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#ClaudiaCardinale

Claudia Cardinale, all’anagrafe Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale (Tunisi, 15 aprile 1938), è un’attrice italiana.

È stata definita l’attrice italiana più importante emersa negli anni sessanta ed è stata l’unica a conseguire una notorietà internazionale paragonabile a quella di Sophia Loren,o di Gina Lollobrigida, entrambe facenti parte della precedente generazione di attrici negli anni cinquanta. La stampa internazionale l’ha spesso definita la donna più bella del mondo durante quel decennio.

La sua «bellezza in pari tempo solare e notturna, delicata e incisiva, enigmatica e inquietante» è stata utilizzata e valorizzata dai maggiori autori dell’epoca d’oro del cinema italiano. Si ricordano in particolare le sue interpretazioni per Visconti (Il Gattopardo, Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa), Fellini (8½), Bolognini (Il bell’Antonio, La viaccia, Senilità), Zurlini (La ragazza con la valigia), Comencini (La ragazza di Bube), Sergio Leone (C’era una volta il West), Luigi Zampa (Bello, onesto, emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata), Luigi Magni (Nell’anno del Signore) e Damiano Damiani (Il giorno della civetta).

Nel 1984 vince il Premio Pasinetti alla miglior attrice alla 42ª Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia per Claretta. Ha inoltre vinto il Leone d’oro alla carriera, l’Orso d’oro alla carriera al Festival di Berlino, 5 David di Donatello e 5 Nastri d’argento.

Come le altre attrici della sua generazione, ha incarnato un nuovo modello femminile, una donna volitiva e battagliera, che vuole essere libera e indipendente  afferma la proprietà di se stessa ed aspira ad un ruolo paritario nei rapporti affettivi e professionali.

Compagna per oltre un decennio del produttore cinematografico Franco Cristaldi, principale artefice della sua carriera, dalla metà degli anni settanta è legata al regista Pasquale Squitieri e dalla fine degli anni ottanta risiede stabilmente in Francia. Ha due figli, Patrick e Claudia junior. Nel 1979 diventa nonna.

 

Claudia Cardinale (born 15 April 1938) is an Italian Tunisian film actress and sex symbol who appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in several English films.

Born and raised in La Goulette, a neighbourhood of Tunis, Cardinale won the “Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia” competition in 1957, the prize being a trip to Italy, which quickly led to film contracts, due above all to the involvement of Franco Cristaldi, who acted as her mentor for a number of years and later married her. After making her debut in a minor role with Omar Sharif in Goha (1958), Cardinale became one of the best-known actresses in Italy after roles in films such as Rocco and His Brothers (1960), Girl with a Suitcase (1961), The Leopard (1963), Cartouche (1963), and Fellini’s 8½ (1963).[a] From 1963, Cardinale became known in the United States and Britain following her role in The Pink Panther opposite David Niven. For several years, she appeared in Hollywood films such as Blindfold (1965) opposite Rock Hudson, Lost Command (1966), The Professionals (1966), The Hell with Heroes (1968), and the Sergio Leone epic Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), a joint US-Italian production, in which she was praised for her role as a former prostitute opposite Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, and Henry Fonda.

Jaded with the Hollywood film industry and not wanting to become a cliché, Cardinale returned to Italian and French cinema, and garnered the David di Donatello for Best Actress award for her roles in Il giorno della civetta (1968) and as a prostitute alongside Alberto Sordi in A Girl in Australia (1971). In 1974, Cardinale met director Pasquale Squitieri, who would become her husband, and she frequently featured in his films, including I guappi (1974), Corleone (1978) and Claretta (1984), the last of which won her the Nastro d’Argento Award for Best Actress. In 1982, she starred in Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo as the love interest of Klaus Kinski, who raises the funds to buy a steamship in South America. In 2010, Cardinale received the Actress Award at the 47th Antalya “Golden Orange” International Film Festival for her performance as an elderly Italian woman who takes in a young Turkish exchange student in Signora Enrica.

Outspoken on women’s rights causes over the years, Cardinale has been a UNESCO goodwill ambassador for the Defense of Women’s Rights since March 2000. In February 2011, the Los Angeles Times Magazine named Cardinale among the 50 most beautiful women in film history.

 

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#YvesSaintLaurent

-Yves Henri Donat Mathieu Saint Laurent /iv ɑ̃’ʁi dɔ’na ma’tjø sɛ̃ lo’ʁɑ̃/ (Orano, 1º agosto 1936 – Parigi, 1º giugno 2008) è stato uno stilista francese, tra i più famosi e conosciuti creatori di moda del XX secolo.

-Yves Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, dit Yves Saint Laurent, né le à Oran en Algérieet mort le à Paris en France, est un grand couturier français, l’un des plus célèbres au monde et dont les collections de haute couture font partie de l’histoire du XXe siècle.

– Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃]; 1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008),professionally known as Yves Saint-Laurent, was a French fashion designer who, in 1961, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers in the twentieth century. In 1985, Caroline Rennolds Milbank wrote, “The most consistently celebrated and influential designer of the past twenty-five years, Yves Saint Laurent can be credited with both spurring the couture’s rise from its 1960s ashes and with finally rendering ready-to-wear reputable.” He was able to adapt his style to accommodate the changes in fashion during that period. He approached fashion in a different perspective by wanting women to look comfortable yet elegant at the same time. He is also credited with having introduced the tuxedo suit for women and was known for his use of non-European cultural references, and non-white models.

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#BrigitteBardot

Brigitte Anne Marie Bardot, anche conosciuta come B.B. (“Bri-Bri” da bambina) (Parigi, 28 settembre 1934), è un’attrice, ex modella, cantante, ballerina e attivista francese.

Dopo gli esordi come danzatrice classica, diviene prima modella, posando per svariate copertine di riviste di moda, quindi attrice e infine, dal 1962, cantante. Negli anni del successo si consacrò come un’icona sexy. Dal 1962, inoltre, è un’attivista per i diritti degli animali, attività che l’ha assorbita completamente a partire dal suo abbandono del cinema avvenuto nel 1973.

 

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (French: [bʁiʒit baʁˈdo]; born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, singer, dancer and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred to by her initials, B.B.[

Bardot was an aspiring ballerina in her early life. She started her acting career in 1952. After appearing in 16 routine comedy films that had limited international release, she became world-famous in 1957 after starring in the controversial film And God Created Woman. Bardot caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir’s 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a “locomotive of women’s history” and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France. She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 film Le Mépris. For her role in Louis Malle’s 1965 film Viva Maria! Bardot was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress. From 1969 to 1978, Bardot was the official face of Marianne (who had previously been anonymous) to represent the liberty of France.

Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business, she starred in 47 films, performed in several musical shows and recorded over 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985 but refused to accept it.After her retirement, she established herself as an animal rights activist. During the 2000s, she generated controversy by criticizing immigration and Islam in France and has been fined five times for inciting racial hatred.

 

Brigitte Bardot (connue sous les initiales de « BB »), née le à Paris, est une actrice de cinéma, mannequin, chanteuse et militante de la cause animale française.

Figure féminine des années 1950 et 1960, elle est une star mondiale, l’égérie et la muse de grands artistes de l’époque. Emblème de l’émancipation des femmes et de la liberté sexuelle, elle passe des rôles de femme-enfant à ceux de femme fatale.

Elle tourne avec les plus grands réalisateurs, incarnant des personnages à l’élégante légèreté et à la sensualité photogénique. Elle devient rapidement un sex-symbol et acquiert une renommée internationale. Avec à son actif 45 films et plus de 70 chansons en près de 21 ans de carrière, Brigitte Bardot est une des artistes françaises les plus célèbres au monde.

En 1973, elle met un terme à sa carrière d’actrice et se consacre dès lors à la défense des animaux, notamment en présidant la fondation Brigitte-Bardot. À partir des années 1990, plusieurs de ses déclarations suscitent la controverse, en particulier lorsqu’elle critique les égorgements pratiqués par les musulmans et la montée de l’islam en France.

 

 

#RomySchneider

Romy Schneider, pseudonimo di Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-Retty (Vienna, 23 settembre 1938 – Parigi, 29 maggio 1982), è stata un’attrice tedesca naturalizzata francese.

La vera svolta nella carriera di Romy Schneider avvenne con il film L’amante pura (1958). Durante la lavorazione conobbe Alain Delon e con lui ebbe una lunga relazione sentimentale, trasferendosi a Parigi. Da questo momento recitò in film di produzione prevalentemente francese e italiana, come La piscina (1968) di Jacques Deray, La Califfa (1970) di Alberto Bevilacqua, Ludwig (1973) di Luchino Visconti, dove fu una ben diversa Elisabetta di Baviera, e La morte in diretta (1979) di Bertrand Tavernier, distinguendosi per la luminosa bellezza e il temperamento drammatico.

Romy Schneider (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a film actress born in Vienna who held German and French citizenship. She started her career in the German Heimatfilm genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central character of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Austrian Sissi trilogy. Schneider moved to France where she made successful and critically acclaimed films with some of the most notable film directors of that era.

 

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#SophiaLoren

Sophia Loren, nome d’arte di Sofia Villani Scicolone (Roma, 20 settembre 1934), è un’attrice italiana.

Tra le più celebri attrici della storia del cinema, la Loren entra nel mondo della settima arte giovanissima e si impone ben presto, agli inizi degli anni cinquanta, come sex symbol grazie al corpo da maggiorata. Da Vittorio De Sica sarà diretta in film come La ciociara, che le valse l’Oscar alla migliore attrice, il primo dato ad un’attrice in un film non in lingua inglese e l’unica attrice insieme a Marion Cotillard a detenere questo record. Nel 1965, per il film Matrimonio all’italiana, riceverà una seconda candidatura all’Oscar, mentre nel 1991 le verrà assegnato un Oscar alla carriera.

Durante la sua lunga carriera, ha vinto 2 Oscar, 5 Golden Globe, un Leone d’oro, la Coppa Volpi a Venezia, un Prix d’interprétation féminine a Cannes, un Orso d’oro alla carriera a Berlino, un BAFTA, 9 David di Donatello (di cui quattro riconoscimenti speciali) e 3 Nastri d’argento. Nel 1999, l’American Film Institute (31 premi) ha inserito la Loren al ventunesimo posto tra le più grandi star della storia del cinema, fra le 25 attrici della classifica la Loren è l’unica attrice ancora in vita.

 

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Sophia Loren (/soʊˈfiːə ləˈrɛn/; Italian pronunciation: [soˈfiːa ˈlɔːren]; born Sofia Villani Scicolone [soˈfiːa vilˈlaːni ʃʃikoˈloːne], 20 September 1934) is an Italian film actress. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons after entering a beauty pageant, Loren began her film career in 1950 at age 15. She appeared in several bit parts and minor roles in the early part of the decade, until her five-picture contract with Paramount in 1956 launched her international career. Notable film appearances around this time include The Pride and the Passion, Houseboat, and It Started in Naples.

Her talents as an actress were not recognized until her performance as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica’s Two Women; Loren’s performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962 and made her the first artist to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. She holds the record for having earned six David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress, the most ever received: Two Women; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian Style (for which she was nominated for a second Oscar); Sunflower; The Voyage; and A Special Day. After starting her family in the early 1970s, Loren spent less time on her acting career and chose to make only occasional film appearances. In later years, she has appeared in American films such as Grumpier Old Men and Nine.

Aside from the Academy Award, she has won a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award, the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Honorary Academy Award in 1991. In 1995, she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements, one of many such awards. In 1999, Loren was acknowledged as one of the top 25 female American Screen Legends in the American Film Institute’s survey, AFI’s 100 Years…100 Stars.

#PabloPicasso #LuciaBosè

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso semplicemente noto come Pablo Picasso (Málaga, 25 ottobre 1881 – Mougins, 8 aprile 1973) è stato un pittore, scultore e litografo spagnolo di fama mondiale, considerato uno dei maestri della pittura del XX secolo.

Fu anche un apprezzato ceramista e prolifico disegnatore; usava dire agli amici di considerarsi «anche un poeta». Picasso è figlio di María Picasso e di José Ruiz Blasco Lopez dè Onate, anch’egli pittore ed insegnante. Pur nella duplicità dell’assegnazione dei cognomi nei paesi latini, Picasso preferì sempre utilizzare il cognome della madre piuttosto che quello paterno

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso (/pɪˈkɑːsoʊ, –ˈkæsoʊ/;Spanish: [ˈpaβlo piˈkaso]; 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973), was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture,[3][4] the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), and Guernica (1937), a portrayal of the Bombing of Guernica by the German and Italian airforces at the behest of the Spanish nationalist government during the Spanish Civil War.

Lucia Bosè (Milano, 28 gennaio 1931) è un’attrice italiana, madre di Miguel, Lucia e Paola ed ex-moglie di Luis Miguel Dominguín.

Insieme a Silvana Pampanini e Gina Lollobrigida è stata la prima maggiorata del cinema italiano.

Lucia Bosè (born 28 January 1931), is an Italian actress, who was at the height of her fame during the period of Italian Neorealism, the 1940s and 1950s. She is the mother of famous Spanish singer Miguel Bosé.

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#BrigitteBardot

Brigitte Anne Marie Bardot, anche conosciuta come B.B. (“Bri-Bri” da bambina) (Parigi, 28 settembre 1934), è un’attrice, ex modella, cantante, ballerina e attivista francese. Dopo gli esordi come danzatrice classica, diviene prima modella, posando per svariate copertine di riviste di moda, quindi attrice e infine, dal 1962, cantante. Negli anni del successo si consacrò come un’icona sexy. Dal 1962, inoltre, è un’attivista per i diritti degli animali, attività che l’ha assorbita completamente a partire dal suo abbandono del cinema avvenuto nel 1972.

Brigitte Bardot, née Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot le 28 septembre 1934 à Paris, est une actrice de cinéma, ancien mannequin et chanteuse française, militante de la cause animale, fondatrice et présidente de la fondation qui porte son nom. Figure féminine des années 1950 et 1960, elle est une star mondiale, l’égérie et la muse des plus grands artistes de l’époque. Emblème de l’émancipation des femmes et de la liberté sexuelle, elle passe des rôles de femme enfant à ceux de femme fatale. Elle tourne avec les plus grands réalisateurs, incarnant des personnages à l’élégante légèreté et à la sensualité photogénique. Elle devient rapidement un sex-symbol et acquiert une renommée internationale. Avec à son actif 48 films et plus de 80 chansons en près de vingt et un ans de carrière, Brigitte Bardot, tout aussi connue sous les initiales de « BB », est une des artistes françaises les plus célèbres au monde. Elle met un terme à sa carrière d’actrice en 1973 et se consacre dès lors à la défense des animaux.

Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot (French: [bʁiʒit baʁˈdo]; born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, singer and fashion model, who later became an animal rights activist. She was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s and was widely referred to by her initials, B.B.

Bardot was an aspiring ballerina in early life. She started her acting career in 1952 and after appearing in 16 routine comedy films, with limited international release, became world-famous in 1957, with the controversial film And God Created Woman. Bardot caught the attention of French intellectuals. She was the subject of Simone de Beauvoir’s 1959 essay, The Lolita Syndrome, which described Bardot as a “locomotive of women’s history” and built upon existentialist themes to declare her the first and most liberated woman of post-war France.  She later starred in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 film Le Mépris. For her role in Louis Malle’s 1965 film Viva Maria! Bardot was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress. From 1969 to 1978, Bardot was the official face of Marianne (who had previously been anonymous) to represent the liberty of France.

Bardot retired from the entertainment industry in 1973. During her career in show business, she starred in 47 films, performed in several musical shows and recorded over 60 songs. She was awarded the Legion of Honour in 1985 but refused to receive it. After her retirement, she established herself as an animal rights activist. During the 2000s, she generated controversy by criticizing immigration and Islam in France and has been fined five times for inciting racial hatred

 

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#MarcelloMastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni, all’anagrafe Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (Fontana Liri, 28 settembre 1924 – Parigi, 19 dicembre 1996), è stato un attore cinematografico italiano.

È stato uno degli interpreti italiani più conosciuti e apprezzati all’estero negli anni sessanta e settanta, soprattutto per le pellicole recitate in coppia con Sophia Loren e per i ruoli da protagonista nei film di Federico Fellini. Attore fra i più polivalenti del cinema italiano, fu uno dei “mostri” della commedia insieme ad Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman e Nino Manfredi;[1][2] è stato capace di destreggiarsi perfettamente sia nei ruoli drammatici che in quelli comici.

È stato per tre volte candidato all’Oscar al miglior attore: per Divorzio all’italiana (1963), per Una giornata particolare (1978) e per Oci ciornie (1988). Ha vinto 2 Golden Globe, 2 Premi BAFTA, 8 David di Donatello, 8 Nastri d’argento, 5 Globi d’oro e un Ciak d’oro.

È inoltre l’unico attore, insieme a Jack Lemmon e Dean Stockwell, ad aver ottenuto in due diverse occasioni il Prix d’interprétation masculine al Festival di Cannes, nel 1970 per Dramma della gelosia e nel 1987 per Oci ciornie. Ha vinto per ben due volte la Coppa Volpi alla Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia per Che ora è? e Uno, due, tre, stella!. Nel 1990 gli è stato conferito il Leone d’oro alla carriera.

La dolce vita è un film del 1960 diretto da Federico Fellini, vincitore della Palma d’oro al 13º Festival di Cannes e vincitore dell’Oscar per i costumi.

 

–Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross (Italian pronunciation: [marˈtʃɛllo mastroˈjanni]; 28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor. His prominent 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 Stanno tutti bene. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (Napoli, 27 febbraio 1921 – Roma, 15 dicembre 2005) è stato uno scrittore, drammaturgo, regista teatrale, regista e sceneggiatore italiano.

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (26 February 1921 – 15 December 2005) was an Italian playwright, screenwriter, director and author.

 

Ruggero Mastroianni (7 November 1929 – 9 September 1996) was an Italian film editor; critic Tony Sloman has called him “arguably, the finest Italian film editor of his generation.”

Ruggero Mastroianni (Torino, 7 novembre 1929 – Pomezia, 9 settembre 1996) è stato un montatore e attore italiano.

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da sinistra nella foto:  Ruggero Mastroianni, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi,  Marcello Mastroianni

#JaquelineKennedyOnassis

Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, detta Jackie (Jackie Kennedy, durante il primo matrimonio, Jackie O, durante il secondo), coniugata Kennedy in prime nozze e Onassis in seconde nozze (Southampton, 28 luglio 1929 – New York, 19 maggio 1994), è stata una first lady statunitense.

Fu la moglie di John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35º presidente degli Stati Uniti, First Lady dal 20 gennaio 1961 al 22 novembre 1963, data dell’assassinio del marito. Vedova, sposò poi l’armatore greco Aristotele Onassis.

Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier, pronounced /ˌˈdʒækliːn ˈliː ˈbuːvieɪ/; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Five years later, she married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis; they remained married until his death in 1975.

Jacqueline was the elder daughter of Wall Street stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and socialite Janet Norton Lee, who divorced in 1940. In 1951, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French literature at George Washington University and went on to work for the Washington Times-Herald as an Inquiring Photographer.

In 1952, Jacqueline met Congressman John F. Kennedy at a dinner party. Shortly after, he was elected to the United States Senate and the couple married the following year. They had four children, two of whom died in infancy. As First Lady, she aided her husband’s administration with her presence in social events and with her highly publicized restoration of the White House. On November 22, 1963, she was riding with her husband in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, when he was assassinated. She and her children withdrew from public view after his funeral, and she remarried in 1968 after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy.

Following her second husband’s death, for the final two decades of her life, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had a career as a book editor. She is remembered for her contributions to the arts and preservation of historic architecture, as well as for her style, elegance, and grace. She was a fashion icon; her famous ensemble of pink Chanel suit and matching pillbox hat has become symbolic of her husband’s assassination and one of the lasting images of the 1960s. She ranks as one of the most popular First Ladies and in 1999 was named on Gallup’s list of Most Admired Men and Women in 20th century America.jaqueline kennedy a fiumino siste

#SilvanaPampanini

Silvana Pampanini (Roma, 25 settembre 1925 – Roma, 6 gennaio 2016) è stata un’attrice cinematografica italiana che ha goduto di una grande notorietà negli anni cinquanta.

Di famiglia veneta trapiantata a Roma da tre generazioni, si diplomò all’istituto magistrale e al conservatorio musicale di Santa Cecilia. Era ancora una studentessa quando si iscrisse al concorso di Miss Italia rilanciato a Stresa nel settembre del 1946 dopo la pausa bellica: nonostante la vittoria ufficiale di Rossana Martini le vivaci proteste del pubblico determinarono l’assegnazione del premio “ex aequo” anche a Silvana.

Questo concorso di bellezza la lanciò nel mondo del cinema: la Pampanini iniziò la carriera come interprete di pellicole musicali e acquisì una popolarità crescente tramite i settimanali illustrati e i cinegiornali. Suo padre, inizialmente contrario alla carriera della figlia come attrice, lasciò il proprio lavoro e divenne il suo abile agente.

Nella prima metà degli anni cinquanta, poco prima che Sophia Loren e Gina Lollobrigida raggiungessero una grande notorietà, per una breve stagione la Pampanini fu il simbolo più rappresentativo della bellezza italiana a livello mondiale, assieme a Lucia Bosè e Silvana Mangano. Grazie alla sua solida preparazione musicale nel decennio 1947/1957 fu ingaggiata anche per registrare, su dischi in vinile a 78 e 45 giri, numerose canzoni che non sono mai state ripubblicate su supporti più moderni.

 

Born in Rome, Pampanini became one of the most popular movie actresses in her country and was considered a sex symbol in the 1950s. In 1955 she visited New York, Denver and Hollywood but rejected job offers because she could not speak English properly and had some problems with the tax office.

She was also appreciated in France, where they nicknamed her Ninì Pampan, Spain, where she appeared in Tirma, South America, especially in Mexico, where she starred in Sed de Amor with Pedro Armendáriz, and Egypt. She worked with other internationally important actors and directors such as Buster Keaton, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, Totò, Jean Gabin, Henri Vidal, Abel Gance, Vittorio De Sica.

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