Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (Italian pronunciation: [marˈtʃɛllo mastroˈjanni]; 28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor. He is regarded as Italy's biggest film star of all time. His films include: La Dolce Vita; 8½; La Notte; Divorce Italian Style; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian Style; The 10th Victim; A Special Day; City of Women; Henry IV; Dark Eyes; and Everybody's Fine. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival, two Golden Globe Awards and three Academy Awards nominations.
Marcello Mastroianni | |
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Mastroianni in 8½, 1963 | |
Born | Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni 28 September 1924 |
Died | 19 December 1996 72) Paris, France | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1938–1996 |
Spouse(s) | |
Partner(s) | Faye Dunaway (1968–1970) Catherine Deneuve (1970–1974) Anna Maria Tatò (1976–1996, his death) |
Children | 2, including Chiara |
Relatives | Ruggero Mastroianni (brother) |
Early life
Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, and grew up in Turin and Rome. His father Ottone Mastroianni worked as a carpenter. Mastroianni's mother Ida Irroles came from the middle-class Jewish family of Moissej and Malka Idelson. Ida's parents emigrated from Russia, she grew up in Hamburg with strangers, later came to Italy and married there. It was not until the 1980s that Mastroianni learned of his Jewish roots.[1] Mastroianni was a nephew of sculptor Umberto Mastroianni. During World War II, after the division into Axis and Allied Italy, he was interned in a loosely guarded German prison camp, from which he escaped to hide in Venice.
His brother Ruggero Mastroianni was a film editor who worked on some of Marcello's films (City of Women, Ginger and Fred),[2] and appeared alongside Marcello in Scipione detto anche l'Africano, a spoof of the once popular sword and sandal (peplum) film genre released in 1971.
Career
Mastroianni made his screen debut as an uncredited extra in Marionette (1939) when he was fourteen, and made intermittent minor film appearances until landing his first big role in Atto d'accusa (1951). Within a decade he became a major international celebrity, starring in Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); and in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) playing a disillusioned and self-loathing tabloid columnist who spends his days and nights exploring Rome's high society. Mastroianni followed La Dolce Vita with another signature role, that of a film director who, amidst self-doubt and troubled love affairs, finds himself in a creative block while making a movie in Fellini's 8½ (1963).
His other prominent films include Days of Love (1954) with Marina Vlady; La Notte (1961) with Jeanne Moreau; Too Bad She's Bad (1954), Lucky to Be a Woman (1956), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), Sunflower (1970), The Priest's Wife (1971), A Special Day (1977) and Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter (1994) – all co-starring Sophia Loren; Luchino Visconti's White Nights (1957); Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian Style (1961); Family Diary (1962) with Jacques Perrin; A Very Private Affair (1962) with Brigitte Bardot; Mario Monicelli's Casanova 70 (1965); Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) with Rita Tushingham; The Pizza Triangle (1970) with Monica Vitti; Massacre in Rome (1973) with Richard Burton; The Sunday Woman (1975) with Jacqueline Bisset; Stay As You Are (1978) with Nastassja Kinski; Fellini's City of Women (1980) and Ginger and Fred (1986); Marco Bellocchio's Henry IV (1984); Macaroni (1985) with Jack Lemmon; Nikita Mikhalkov's Dark Eyes (1987) with Marthe Keller; Giuseppe Tornatore's Everybody's Fine (1990); Used People (1992) with Shirley MacLaine; and Agnès Varda's One Hundred and One Nights (1995).
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times: for Divorce Italian Style, A Special Day and Dark Eyes. Mastroianni, Dean Stockwell and Jack Lemmon are the only actors to have been twice awarded the Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. Mastroianni won it in 1970 for The Pizza Triangle and in 1987 for Dark Eyes.
Mastroianni starred alongside his daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, in Raúl Ruiz's Three Lives and Only One Death in 1996. For this performance he won the Silver Wave Award at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. His final film, Voyage to the Beginning of the World (1997), was released posthumously.
Personal life
Mastroianni married Flora Carabella (1926–1999) on 12 August 1950.[3] They had one daughter together, Barbara (1951–2018),[4] but eventually separated because of his affairs with younger women.[3][5] Mastroianni's first serious relationship after the separation was with Faye Dunaway, his co-star in A Place for Lovers (1968). Dunaway wanted to marry and have children, but Mastroianni, a Catholic, refused to divorce Carabella.[3] In 1970, after more than two years of waiting for Mastroianni to change his mind, Dunaway left him.[3] Mastroianni told a reporter for People magazine in 1987 that he never got over his relationship with Dunaway. "She was the woman I loved the most", he said. "I'll always be sorry to have lost her. I was whole with her for the first time in my life."[6]
Mastroianni had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972), with French actress Catherine Deneuve, who was nearly 20 years his junior and lived with him for four years in the 1970s. During that time, the couple made four movies together: It Only Happens to Others (1971), La cagna (1972), A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) and Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974). After Mastroianni and Deneuve broke up, Carabella reportedly offered to adopt Chiara because her parents' work kept them away so often. Deneuve would have none of it.[7]
Mastroianni's other lovers reportedly included actresses Anouk Aimée, Ursula Andress, Claudia Cardinale, Carole Mallory and Lauren Hutton.[3] Around 1976, he became involved with Anna Maria Tatò, an author and filmmaker. They remained together until his death.[3]
He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1994.[8]
Death
Mastroianni died of pancreatic cancer on 19 December 1996 at the age of 72.[9][10] Both of his daughters, as well as Deneuve and Tatò, were at his bedside.[3] The Trevi Fountain in Rome, associated with his role in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, was symbolically turned off and draped in black as a tribute.[10][11]
At the 1997 Venice Film Festival, Chiara, Carabella and Deneuve tried to block the screening of Tatò's four-hour documentary, Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember.[12] The festival refused and the movie was shown.[12] The three women reportedly tried to do the same thing at Cannes.[12] Tatò said Mastroianni had willed her all rights to his image.[12]
Awards and recognition
Wins
- David di Donatello
- Best Actor
- 1964 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- 1965 Marriage Italian Style
- 1986 Ginger and Fred
- 1988 Dark Eyes
- 1995 Sostiene Pereira
- 1983 Carrer David
- 1995 Special David
- 1997 Carrer David (posthumous)
- Best Actor
- Nastro d'Argento
- Best Actor
- 1955 Days of Love
- 1958 White Nights
- 1961 La Dolce Vita
- 1962 Divorce Italian Style
- 1986 Ginger and Fred
- 1988 Dark Eyes
- 1991 Towards Evening
- 1997 Special Nastro d'Argento (posthumous)
- Best Actor
- Venice Film Festival
- Golden Lion
- 1990 Honorary Award
- Best Actor
- 1989 What Time Is It?
- Best Supporting Actor
- 1993 1, 2, 3, Sun
- Golden Lion
- Cannes Film Festival
- Best Actor
- 1970 The Pizza Triangle
- 1988 Dark Eyes
- Best Actor
- BAFTA Award
- Golden Globe Award
- César Award
- 1993 Honorary César
Nominations
- Academy Award
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- 1962 Divorce Italian Style
- 1977 A Special Day
- 1987 Dark Eyes
- Academy Award for Best Actor
Filmography and awards
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1939 | Marionette | Extra | Uncredited |
1942 | Una storia d'amore | Extra | |
1944 | I bambini ci guardano | Extra | Uncredited |
1948 | I Miserabili | Revolution member | Uncredited |
1949 | Vertigine d'amore | ||
Vent'anni | |||
1950 | Domenica d'agosto | Ercole Nardi | |
Contro la legge | Marcello Curti | ||
Vita da cani | Carlo Danesi | ||
Atto d'accusa | Renato La Torre | ||
Cuori sul mare | Massimo Falchetti | ||
1951 | Passaporto per l'oriente | Aldo Mazzetti | |
Parigi è sempre Parigi | Marcello Venturi | ||
1952 | Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna | Marcello Sartori | |
L'eterna catena | Walter Ronchi | ||
Tragico ritorno | Marco | ||
Sensualità | Carlo Santori | ||
Penne nere | Pietro Cossuti | ||
Gli eroi della domenica | Carlo Vagnetti | ||
La muta di Portici | Extra | Uncredited | |
1953 | Lulù | Soletti | |
Il viale della speranza | Mario | ||
Non è mai troppo tardi | Riccardo | ||
Febbre di vivere | Daniele Massa | ||
La valigia dei sogni | |||
1954 | Cronache di poveri amanti | Ugo | |
Tempi nostri | Il marito di Maria | (segment "Pupo, Il") | |
Schiava del peccato | Giulio Franchi | ||
Giorni d'amore | Pasquale Droppio | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Casa Ricordi | Gaetano Donizetti | ||
Peccato che sia una canaglia | Paolo | Grolla d'Oro for Best Actor | |
La principessa delle Canarie | Hernán | ||
1955 | Tam tam mayumbe | Alessandrini | |
La bella mugnaia | Luca | ||
1956 | La fortuna di essere donna | Corrado Betti | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
The Bigamist | Mario De Santis | ||
1957 | Padri e figli | Cesare | |
La ragazza della salina | Piero | ||
Il momento più bello | Pietro Valeri | ||
Le notti bianche | Mario | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Il medico e lo stregone | Dr. Francesco Marchetti | ||
1958 | Un ettaro di cielo | Severino Balestra | |
I soliti ignoti | Tiberio | ||
Racconti d'estate | Marcello Mazzoni | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Amore e guai | Franco | ||
1959 | La Loi | Enrico Tosso | |
Il nemico di mia moglie | Marco Tornabuoni | ||
Everyone's in Love | Giovanni | ||
Ferdinando I, re di Napoli | Gennarino | ||
1960 | La Dolce Vita | Marcello Rubini | Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
Il bell'Antonio | Antonio Magnano | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Adua and Friends | Piero Salvagni | ||
1961 | La notte | Giovanni Pontano | |
L'assassino | Alfredo Martelli | ||
Fantasmi a Roma | Reginaldo di Roviano / Federico di Roviano / Gino | ||
Divorzio all'italiana | Ferdinando (Fefè) Cefalù | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor | |
1962 | Vita privata | Fabio Rinaldi | |
Cronaca familiare | Enrico | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
1963 | 8½ | Guido Anselmi | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
I compagni | Prof. Sinigaglia | ||
Ieri, oggi, domani | Carmine Sbaratti | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role David di Donatello for Best Actor | |
1964 | Matrimonio all'italiana | Domenico Soriano | David di Donatello for Best Actor Golden Globe Henrietta Award – World Film Favorite Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
1965 | Casanova 70 | Maggiore Colombetti | San Sebastián International Film FestivalBest Actor |
La decima vittima | Marcello Poletti | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Oggi, domani e dopodomani | Mario / Michele Profili / Mario Gasparri | (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") / (segment "L'ora di punta") / (segment "La moglie bionda") | |
1966 | Io, io, io... e gli altri | Peppino Marassi | Nominated—Golden Globe Henrietta Award – World Film Favorite Actor |
The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Inspector Mosca | ||
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand | Alberto Saporito | ||
1967 | Lo straniero | Arthur Meursault | |
Questi fantasmi | The Ghost | Uncredited | |
1968 | Break Up | Mario Fuggetta | |
Amanti | Valerio | ||
Diamonds for Breakfast | Grand Duke Nikolay Vladimirovich Godunov | ||
1970 | The Pizza Triangle | Oreste Nardi | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
I girasoli | Antonio | ||
Leo the Last | Leo | ||
Giochi particolari | Sandro | ||
The Priest's Wife | Don Mario | ||
1971 | Scipio the African | Scipione l'Africano | |
Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres | Marcello | ||
Permette? Rocco Papaleo | Rocco Papaleo | ||
1972 | Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 | Augusto Parenti | TV movie |
La cagna | Giorgio | ||
What? | Alex | ||
Roma | Himself | Uncredited | |
1973 | Mordi e fuggi | Giulio Borsi | |
La Grande Bouffe | Marcello | ||
Niente di grave: suo marito è incinto | Marco Mazetti | ||
Rappresaglia | Father Pietro Antonelli | ||
L'idolo della città | Nicolas Montei | ||
1974 | Touche pas à la femme blanche | George A. Custer | |
Allonsanfàn | Fulvio Imbriani | ||
We All Loved Each Other So Much | Himself | ||
1975 | La pupa del gangster | Charlie Colletto | |
Per le antiche scale | Professor Bonaccorsi | ||
Divina creatura | Michele Barra | ||
La donna della domenica | Commissioner Salvatore Santamaria | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor | |
1976 | Todo modo | Don Gaetano | |
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen | Paolo T. Fiume | ||
Lunatics and Lovers | Marchese Luca Maria | ||
1977 | Una giornata particolare | Gabriele | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor Grolla d'oro for Best Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama |
Mogliamante | Luigi De Angelis | ||
Doppio delitto | Bruno Baldassarre | ||
1978 | Ciao maschio | Luigi Nocello | |
Così come sei | Giulio Marengo | ||
Blood Feud | Rosario Maria Spallone | ||
1979 | L'ingorgo – Una storia impossibile | Marco Montefoschi | |
Giallo napoletano | Raffaele Capece | ||
1980 | La terrazza | Luigi | |
La città delle donne | Snàporaz | ||
1981 | Fantasma d'amore | Nino Monti | |
La pelle | Curzio Malaparte | ||
1982 | La Nuit de Varennes | Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor |
Oltre la porta | Enrico Sommi | ||
The Last Horror Film | Himself | Uncredited | |
1983 | Storia di Piera | Lorenzo | Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film |
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela | Nacib | ||
Il generale dell'armata morta | General Ariosto | ||
1984 | Enrico IV | Enrico IV | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor |
1985 | Le due vite di Mattia Pascal | Mattia Pascal | |
Maccheroni | Antonio Jasiello | Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Big Deal After 20 Years | Tiberio | ||
1986 | Ginger e Fred | Pippo Botticella (Fred) | David di Donatello for Best Actor Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Sant Jordi Award for Best Performance in a Foreign Film |
O Melissokomos | Spyros | ||
1987 | Oci ciornie | Romano | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor David di Donatello for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor |
Intervista | Himself | ||
1988 | Miss Arizona | Rozsnyai Sándor | |
1989 | Splendor | Jordan | |
Che ora è? | Marcello | Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
1990 | Stanno tutti bene | Matteo Scuro | |
Verso sera | Prof. Bruschi | Globo d'Oro Award for Best Actor Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Honorary Golden Lion | |||
1991 | To meteoro vima tou pelargou | Missing Politician | |
Le voleur d'enfants | Bigua | ||
A Fine Romance | Cesareo Grimaldi | ||
1992 | Used People | Joe Meledandri | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
1993 | Di questo non si parla | Ludovico D'Andrea | |
Un, deux, trois, soleil | Constantin Laspada, le père | Venice Film Festival – Volpi Cup for Best Actor in a Supporting Role | |
1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Sergei (Sergio) | National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble |
The True Life of Antonio H. | Himself | ||
1995 | Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | L'ami italien / The Italian Friend | |
Sostiene Pereira | Pereira | David di Donatello for Best Actor Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor | |
Al di là delle nuvole | The Man of All Vices | ||
1996 | Trois vies et une seule mort | Mateo Strano / Georges Vickers / Butler / Luc Allamand | Silver Wave |
1997 | Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo | Manoel | released posthumously, (final film role) |
References
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