Personal Info
Birth date
1921-02-22 (104 Years)
Day of death
1994-03-23
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
San Giorgio di Piano, Italy
Also known as
Giulia Anna Masina
Джульетта Мазина
Giulietta Masina
Biography
Giulietta Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) was an Italian film and stage actress. She starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both winners of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, in 1956 and 1957, respectively. Masina won the Best Actress award at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival for the later film. She was the wife and muse of the Italian film director Federico Fellini, in whom she found an artistic equal and collaborator. Owing to her intense performances of naïve characters dealing with cruel circumstances, Masina is often called the "female Chaplin". Description above from the Wikipedia article Giuletta Masina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Nights of Cabiria
7.988
Overview:
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.La Strada
7.911
Overview:
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.The Oscars
6.961
Overview:
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.The Swindle
7.304
Overview:
Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Through a series of mishaps and personal entanglements, things go badly for Augusto.At the Edge of the City
6.5
Overview:
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.Don't Sting the Mosquito
3.5
Overview:
Rita, a vivacious co-ed flees her boarding school with her music teacher, who is also engaged to her. She wants to take part in a singing contest but her father who is dead against it has her kidnapped. He finally gives in when his wife threatens to sing in the contest herself.Ciao, Federico!
6.8
Overview:
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."100 Years of Love
7
Overview:
Six episodes (adapted from as many short stories: Gozzano, D'Annunzio, Guido Rocca, Marino Moretti, Alba de Céspedes and Oreste Biancoli), six love stories set in different moments in italian recent history.Federico Fellini's Autobiography
6.3
Overview:
Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most of his films upon his own reflections, dreams, life events and fantasies, who did not convey any special message for humanity but regarded cinema simply as entertainment. Is there an answer to everything? Can it possibly be? If yes, then life can no longer be so curious, so dynamic, so creative...Ginger and Fred
6.841
Overview:
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.Europe '51
7.357
Overview:
A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.Juliet of the Spirits
7.22
Overview:
Middle-aged Giulietta grows suspicious of her husband, Giorgio, when his behavior grows increasingly questionable. One night when Giorgio initiates a seance amongst his friends, Giulietta gets in touch with spirits and learns more about herself and her painful past. Slightly skeptical, but intrigued, she visits a mystic who gives her more information -- and nudges her toward the realization that her husband is indeed a philanderer.The Madwoman of Chaillot
7.1
Overview:
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in a 20th-century society endangered by power and greed and imagines the rebellion of the "little people" against corrupt and soulless authority.Variety Lights
7
Overview:
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.My Name Is Anna Magnani
8
Overview:
Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity ... Punctuated with photos that tell her career in theater and cinema, Extracts of films, this documentary portrait also gives the floor to his friends and relatives, from Roberto Rossellini to Marcello Mastroianni, through Federico Fellini.Position Wanted
8.2
Overview:
Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful wife; then for an actor and his wife on the verge of leaving each other and last for Raffaele who wants to marry her. At last uncle Matteo dies...Stars Meet in Moscow
NYR
Overview:
Documentary essay about the First Moscow International Film Festival, held in August 1959, about its participants and guests - Soviet and foreign actors, directors who came to the film forum.Jons und Erdme
NYR
Overview:
Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the Lithunian moors.Pardon, Are You for or Against?
6
Overview:
A successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious reasons, is in fact separated from his wife and leads a frenetic life divided between numerous lovers.Behind Closed Shutters
6
Overview:
Sandra searches her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa.Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
6.7
Overview:
Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During this film viewers go with him to the Colisseum at night, on a subway ride past Roman ruins, to the Appian Way, to a slaughterhouse, and on a visit to Marcello Mastroianni's house. Fellini also is seen in his own office interviewing a series of unusual characters seeking work or his help.Hell in the City
7.3
Overview:
A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive ladies who are totally lost in prison life.The Feather Fairy
7
Overview:
A fairy-tale about an old lady who takes care of snow and Jakub who does not fear death. It reflects the idea of people's longing for happiness, love and understanding, their effort to overcome troubles and win over death. It criticizes greed and evil desires.The High Life
4
Overview:
Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest to find the perfect one. In her brief relationships, she goes from one disillusionment to another, constantly deluding herself about the intentions of her lovers.Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
6.1
Overview:
A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he creates. Several actors, a producer, a writer, and a production manager talk about working with Fellini. Archive footage of Fellini and others on the set plus clips from his films provide commentary and illustration for the points interviewees make. Fellini is fully in charge; actors call themselves puppets. He dismisses improvisation and calls for "availability." His sets and his films create images that look like reality but are not; we see the differences and the results.Acting
2023The Feather Fairy - Two Worlds as Perinbaba (archive footage)
2021We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2021Fellinopolis as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2006Fellini dice... as Self
2004Giulietta Masina: The Power of a Smile as Self (archive footage)
2003Fellini: I'm a Born Liar as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000Federico Fellini's Autobiography as Self (archive footage)
1991A Day to Remember as Bertille
1990Anthony Quinn: An Original as Self
1986Ginger and Fred as Amelia "Ginger" Bonetti
1985The Feather Fairy as Perinbaba
1985Sogni e bisogni (11 Episodes) as Destino
1983Notre Dame de la Croisette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983Fellini nel cestino as Self
1980My Name Is Anna Magnani as Self
1976Camilla (4 Episodes) as Camilla
1973Eleonora (6 Episodes) as Eleonora
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self
1970Ciao, Federico! as Self (uncredited)
1970Fellini: The Director as Creator as Unknown
1969The Madwoman of Chaillot as Gabrielle
1969Fellini: A Director’s Notebook as Self
1967Don't Sting the Mosquito as Maria Cristina, mother of Rita
1966Pardon, Are You for or Against? as Anna
1965Juliet of the Spirits as Giulietta Boldrini
1965Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini' as Self
1960The High Life as Doris Putzke
1959Stars Meet in Moscow as Self
1959Jons und Erdme as Erdme
1959Hell in the City as Lina
1958Fortunella as Nanda Diotallevi, detta 'Fortunella'
1957Nights of Cabiria as Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli
1955The Swindle as Iris
1955Good night… lawyer! as Carla
1954La Strada as Gelsomina
1954100 Years of Love as The Neighbour at the Rear Window (segment "Purificazione")
1954Angels of Darkness as Rosita
1953Lo scocciatore as Irene
1953At the Edge of the City as Gina Ilari
1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self
1952Il romanzo della mia vita as Paola
1952Europe '51 as Passerotto
1952The White Sheik as Cabiria, the Prostitute
1952Wanda the Sinner as Nadina
1951Position Wanted as Ermelinda
1951Seven Hours of Troubles as Figlia di Romolini
1951Behind Closed Shutters as Pippo
1950Variety Lights as Melina Amour
1948Without Pity as Marcella
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (1 Episode) as Self
1946Paisan as Young Woman on Palace Stairs (uncredited)