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Monica Vitti
The searching, alienated figures in Michelangelo Antonioni’s films, followed by a major career in comedy.
L’Avventura · Red Desert
- Born
- 3 November 1931
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Died
- 2 February 2022
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Monica Vitti
Monica Vitti was an Italian actor who moved from modernist dramas to popular comic roles.
Early life
Early theatre
Born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, she acted in amateur productions as a teenager.
Training
She graduated from Rome’s National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1953.
Career
- 1950s
Theatre and dubbing
Stage work and voice acting preceded her breakthrough screen roles.
- 1960s
Antonioni partnership
L’Avventura and subsequent collaborations brought international recognition.
- 1970s–1980s
Comic stardom
She became a leading performer in Italian screen comedy.
Selected work
L’Avventura
A disappearance gives way to an uneasy relationship.
Red Desert
A woman struggles with an industrial world.
The Girl with a Pistol
A Sicilian woman’s journey becomes a satirical comedy.
Beyond work
Directing
She directed and starred in Secret Scandal in 1990.
Writing
She published autobiographical books in the 1990s.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biographical dates and identifiers ↗Photo: Jack de Nijs for Anefo. CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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