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Monica Vitti has died at the age of 90. The award-winning actress has passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Walter Veltroni, the former Mayor of Rome and a film critic, confirmed the news via a Twitter post.
He wrote: "Roberto Russo, her companion in these years, asks me to communicate that Monica Vitti is no more. I do so with great grief, affection, and nostalgia. " The movie star was best known for appearing in a series of films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni in the 1960s, including 'L'Avventura', 'Red Desert' and 'La Notte'.
Monica subsequently switched her focus to starring in comedy movies, and she worked multiple times with director Mario Monicelli. Dario Franceschini, Italy's minister of culture, has already hailed her as the "queen of Italian cinema". He said: "Farewell to Monica Vitti, farewell to the queen of Italian cinema.
" The actress' first English-language film was 'Modesty Blaise' - a James Bond spy spoof - in 1965. She also worked with the likes of Etore Scola and Luis Bunuel, and starred alongside a host of big-name actors, including Sir Michael Caine, Terence Stamp and Richard Harris. Monica actually appeared in a number of Italian-language films that were never released overseas.
She won as many as seven Italian Golden Globes for Best Actress during her career. What's more, Monica was awarded the Career Golden Globe and five David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress, as well as the Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion Award in 1995. The film star married her long-term partner Roberto Russo in 2000 and made her last public appearance in 2002, when she attended the French premiere of the stage musical 'Notre-Dame de Paris'.
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Monica Vitti was the “Queen of Italian Cinema,” best known in the English-speaking world for her starring role in the spy spoof “Modesty Blaise.”Vitti began acting professionally in the 1950s and soon became well known in Italy. She became a muse of the great Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, starring in several of his films including “L’Avventura” and “La Notte.” After gaining fame in Italy and as a rising star in international film circles, Vitti was cast in the 1966 British spy comedy “Modesty Blaise.” She starred in her first English-language film as the title character, a criminal mastermind hired by the British Secret Service.
Monica Vitti has died at the age of 90 after a battle with Alzheimer's disease.The Italian actress was one of the biggest stars in film in Italy, had played in a movie with the legendary Michael Caine and had a career spanning 30 years. Sadly, the European star endured dementia for two decades at the end of her life.The news has been reported by a number of Italian news outlets, which was initially announced by director Walter Veltroni on behalf of the late star's husband Roberto Russo, according to Deadline.The stunning blonde, who was known for her films with acclaimed director Michelangelo Antonioni, first graced screens in the 1950s, but her career really took off when she landed roles in big-screen movies such as L'Avventura and Red Desert in the 1960s.
1960’s “L’Avventura” and 1966’s “Modesty Blaise” — was confirmed Wednesday by Walter Veltroni, a filmmaker and the former mayor of Rome.“Roberto Russo, her companion in these years, asks me to communicate that Monica Vitti is no more. I do so with great grief, affection, and nostalgia,” Veltroni posted to Twitter.The blond bombshell was the new wave leading lady of movies helmed by the most legendary international filmmakers in the industry: She worked with directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Ettore Scola and Luis Buñuel, often starring alongside the superstar likes of Sir Michael Caine, Terence Stamp and Richard Harris.Born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli to strict, poverty-stricken parents on Nov.
Twitter by a former culture minister, Walter Veltroni, who said he had been asked to communicate her death by her husband, the photographer Roberto Russo.Vitti had been out of the public spotlight for years, living quietly in Rome with her husband. She reportedly suffered from dementia.In her glamour days in the 1960s, when she was best known for her starring roles in “L’Avventura,” “La Notte,” “Eclisse" ("Eclipse") and “Red Desert,” all films directed by Antonioni, her lover at that time.