Giovanna Ralli
Giovanna Ralli (born 2 January 1935) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Born in Rome, Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7; at 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filippo. After appearing in Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada's Variety Lights (1950), Ralli had her first film roles of weight in mid-fifties, often in comedy films. In 1959 she had a leading role in Roberto Rossellini's General Della Rovere, that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, while in 1960 her performance in Escape by Night, still directed by Rossellini, was awarded with the Golden Gate Award for Best Actress at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Ralli was married to Ettore Boschi. Ralli later won a Nastro d'Argento award, as best actress, for La fuga (1964). In the mid-sixties she had a brief Hollywood career, starting from Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?. In 1974 she won her second Nastro d'Argento, as best supporting actress, for We All Loved Each Other So Much. Starting from early eighties, Ralli focused her activities on stage. In 1993 she received a Flaiano Prize for her career. In 2003 she was made a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic. At the 2015 Taormina Film Fest, where she received a special award for her career, Ralli announced her retirement from acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanna Ralli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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We All Loved Each Other So Much
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General Della Rovere
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
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The Immature: The Trip
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The Children Are Watching Us
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Variety Lights
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The Immature
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Viva l'Italia!
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What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
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Deadfall
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Cold Eyes of Fear
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Di che segno sei?
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Sex with a Smile
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Love in the City
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Il pranzo della domenica
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It's a Hard Life
as AnnaLuciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual...
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The Thieves
as Maddalena, moglie di ScognamiglioAn Italian-American mobster is sent back to Naples from the States. He moves to Italy with all...
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A Golden Boy
as madre di DavideA young copywriter moves to Rome in the wake of his screenwriter father's death, where he meets...
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The Hussars
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It Happened in the Park
as Virginia (segment: Incidente a Villa Borghese)Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are...
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The Girls of San Frediano
as Mafalda PaniniAndrea, a young and charming florentine mechanic in the 1950s, romances five beautiful women...
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I tre ladri
as MariettaTapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by...
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Escape by Night
as Esperia BeliIn Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to...
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The Nun of Monza
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The Most Wonderful Moment
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Cannon for Cordoba
as LeonoraIn 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to...
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
as SelfA film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the...
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Towards Evening
as PinaItaly, 1977. Professor Bruschi is a retired widower who lives according to a strict routine he...
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A Hero of Our Times
as MarcellaAlberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm...
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Dad Becomes Mom
as Marcella, figlia di GiuseppeThe Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman,...
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Roman Tales
as MarcellaAlvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario,...
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Nel blu dipinto di blu
as AssuntinaTuri, a young Sicilian, makes ends meet by doing some occasional work and singing in taverns in...
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A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
as OslaviaA hooker, mother of two, leaves her abusing husband for a young boxer. On the street she gets...
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La famiglia Passaguai
as Marcella, figlia di GiuseppeWhen Passaguai family patriarch Giuseppe (Fabrizi) decides to take advantage of a corporate...
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Marcel!
as GrandmotherThe young girl, an insomniac. The mother, an artist. The dog, named Marcel. The little girl...
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Let's Talk About Women
as ProstituteVittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual...
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To Love Ophelia
as Ofelia CeciarettiAlthough he is in his thirties, Orlando still feels like a child. He is terrified of the outside...
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Wild Cats on the Beach
as GiovannaVarious short stories. Giovanna arrives from Rome with her husband Alberto for a film audition....
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Carmen di Trastevere
as CarmenCarmen, wife of a certain Vincenzo detained for theft, chooses Antonio as a friend. When the...
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Easy Years
as TeresaA Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to...
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Le signorine dello 04
as BrunaThe lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one...
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A Mink Coat
as GabrielaA newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives...
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At the Edge of the City
as uncreditedBased on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class...
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La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
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My Wife's Enemy
as LucianaMarco and Luciana are married and in love, but the passion of Marco for football distract him,...
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Time of Vacation
as LellaHoliday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various...
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The She-Wolf
as AgneseA woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the...
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The Caper of the Golden Bulls
as AngelaPeter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and...
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Madame du Barry
as uncreditedThe daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the...
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The Fabiani Affair
as Camille FabianiThe tale of the famous vendetta, vengeance over the years between two families. For nearly...
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The Invisible Woman
as LauraDrama about the fading relationship between a professor and his wife. Based upon a short story...
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The Bigamist
as Valeria MasettiA traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are...
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A Very Handy Man
as Tuzza AzaraIn late 19th century Sicily, handsome free-spirit Liolà wanders into town, where he encounters...
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Manolesta
as Dott.ssa Angela De MariaGino Quirino aka Manolesta, a thief and a con man, lives on a barge anchored on the Tiber with...
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The Taste of Violence
as MariaPerez kidnaps the President's daughter to trade her for imprisoned revolutionaries.
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The Maids
as VirginiaGabriella, a maid, wears a jewel at a dancing party which belongs to her mistress, and when it...
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The Escape
as Piera FabbriA young married woman who is desperately unhappy is tempted into a lesbian relationship with an...
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Arrivano i bersaglieri
as NunziatinaIn the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La...
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Colpita da improvviso benessere
as ElisabettaElisabetta is a fishmonger with petty-bourgeois aspirations who cohabits with Luiso Malerba, an...
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Languidi baci... perfide carezze
as ElenaItalian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi
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The Truth About La Dolce Vita
as uncreditedOn October 20th, 1959, producer Giuseppe Amato is alone in a screening room, watching Federico...
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Chi dice donna, dice donna
as La signorina XFilm in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who...
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Move and I'll Shoot
as Giovanna - la figlia dell'osteRenato Tuzzi, a primary school teacher, is a shy man, unable to be respected by the turbulent kids.
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Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
as RinaA private detective and a girl obsessed with thriller novels investigate the murder of a rich...
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Take Me As I Am
as uncreditedThe director of the Rome office of an American news agency is seduced by his boss' daughter, who...
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Warriors Five
as ItaliaWorld War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an...
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Prima di sera
as La commessa della farmaciaA middle-aged insurer, after spending a sleepless night because of a quarrel with his wife, goes...
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Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!
as CarmelinaA landowner pretends he's in love with a provocative bar owner to make his fianceè jealous. She...
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Un uomo facile
as LinaThe changing fortunes of two boxers are explored in this interesting drama by Paolo Heusch, seen...
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Once a Year, Every Year
as LauraA man enters a restaurant in Trastevere, in the suburbs of Rome, and asks the owner to cook him...
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La maestrina
as una bambinaIn a small mountain town, a new teacher arrives, Maria Bini, who, with her extreme...
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