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Virna Pieralisi, mais conhecida como Virna Lisi (Jesi, 8 de novembro de 1936 - Roma, 18 de dezembro de 2014) foi uma atriz italiana. [1] Em 1994, ela recebeu o prêmio de Melhor Atriz no Festival de Cannes e o Prêmio César por seu trabalho em A Rainha Margot. [2] [3]
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Early career
Born in Ancona, Italy, Lisi began her film career in her teens. Discovered in Rome by two Neapolitan producers, Antonio Ferrigno and Ettore Pesce, she debuted in La corda d'acciaio (The Steel Rope, 1953). Initially, she appeared in musical films, like E Napoli canta (Naples Sings, 1953) and Questa è la vita (Of Life and Love, 1954, with Totò). Nonetheless, her beauty was more valued than her talent, as seen in the films Le diciottenni (Eighteen Year Olds) and Lo scapolo (The Bachelor), both r...
Hollywood career
Though she turned down the Tatiana Romanova role in From Russia with Love (1963), Hollywood producers sought a new Marilyn Monroe and so, Lisi debuted in Hollywood comedy as a green-eyed blonde temptress with Jack Lemmon in How to Murder Your Wife (1965) and appeared with Tony Curtis in Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966). Lisi then starred with Frank Sinatra, in Assault on a Queen (1966), in The Girl and the General, co-starring with Rod Steiger, and in two films with Anthony Quinn, The Secr...
Later career in Europe
To overcome her typecasting playing seductresses, Lisi sought new types of roles, of evil women or of a lover in relationships of disparate age for example. In those years, she participated in Italian productions, in Casanova 70 and Le bambole (1965), Arabella (1967), and Le dolci signore (1968). She turned down the part played by Jane Fonda in Roger Vadim’s Barbarella (1968). Lisi also starred in The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) which shared the Grand Prix (then equivalent to the...
She was married to Franco Pesci, an Italian property developer and architect. They were married for 53 years until his death, a year before her. After her marriage she briefly retired from acting, saying: “My husband was not very happy about my career, Franco is a jealous man — thank God! After we married he tried to take me away from all this movi...
The Argentinian band Sumo (led by Luca Prodan) made a song for her, "TV Caliente a.k.a. Virna Lisi[es]" (1986), composed by Luca Prodan, whose brother, the actor Andrea Prodan, appeared with her in the movie I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1988). A Brazilian rock band named Virna Lisi[pt] (1989–1997) was named after her. Meilland International SA name...
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18 de dez. de 2014 · A atriz italiana Virna Lisi, uma das musas do cinema da década de 1960, morreu nesta quinta-feira em Roma, aos 78 anos, por causa de um tumor detectado há um mês.
18 de dez. de 2014 · A atriz Virna Lisi, considerada uma musa do cinema italiano, morreu aos 78 anos sem nunca ter parado de atuar. Foi seu filho, citado pela imprensa italiana, que anunciou a morte. Ele afirmou que a atriz tinha uma doença incurável.
Virna Lisi. Actress: Queen Margot. Stunning Italian actress Virna Lisi, a brief but lovely Hollywood import in the 1960's, was merely one of a plethora of European movie beauties who proved over the course of their long careers, that they were capable of more than just visual performances.
19 de dez. de 2014 · Virna Lisi, who first captivated Italian moviegoers with her smoldering eyes, sulky smile and stunning beauty before sweeping into Hollywood in the 1960s to star opposite such leading men as...
