Stefania Sandrelli
| Stefania Sandrelli | |
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Sandrelli in The Conformist (1970)
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| Born |
5 June 1946 Viareggio, Tuscany. Italy |
| Years active | 1961– |
| Spouse(s) | Nicky Pende (?-?) (divorced) child Vito |
| Partner(s) | Giovanni Soldati (1983-present) Gino Paoli child Amanda Sandrelli |
| Awards |
David di Donatello Best Actress 1989 Mignon Has Come to Stay Best Supporting Actress 2001 The Last Kiss 2002 Sons and Daughters Nastro d'Argento Best Actress 2010 The First Beautiful Thing Best Supporting Actress 1980 La terrazza 1989 Mignon Has Come to Stay 1999 The Dinner 2001 The Last Kiss |
Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946 in Viareggio, Province of Lucca) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the commedia all'Italiana, starting from 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in Divorce, Italian Style, as Marcello Mastroianni's cousin, Angela.
She was born in Viareggio, Tuscany, into a middle-class family, the daughter of Florida and Otello Sandrelli (who died when she was eight years old), owners of a well known pension in Viareggio.
She has a brother, Sergio, seven years older, who had a successful music career and died in 2013. At young age she approached to the music, learning to play the accordion, and studied ballet.
In 1960 Sandrelli won the Miss Cinema Viareggio beauty contest, then she was the cover girl of the magazine Le Ore and had the first opportunities to make films, appearing, among others, in Luciano Salce's Il federale. Her film career was launched by Pietro Germi with Divorce, Italian Style (1961); later she worked three more times with Germi, in Seduced and Abandoned (1963), L'immorale (1967) and Alfredo, Alfredo (1970).
Sandrelli became in a short time a protagonist of the commedia all'italiana, appearing, among others, in Antonio Pietrangeli's Io la conoscevo bene, Mario Monicelli's Brancaleone alle crociate and Ettore Scola's C'eravamo tanto amati. She also starred in several Bernardo Bertolucci's drama films, including The Conformist (1970) and 1900 (1976), and in several French productions.
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