Who was the female star of the Rome-set film, 'La Dolce Vita'?
"in Rome,"" as lived by Anita Ekberg in the 1961 film ""La Dolce Vita"". Despite their opposite temperaments and outlooks on life, they fall in love. Elsa coaxes Fred out of his shell but tries his patience by telling him several lies about herself. She claims to be a widow and hides her severe kidney disease, which requires dialysis. Fred doesn't know whether or not to believe Elsa's claim that Pablo Picasso made a painting of her. She says that she has it in a safe, for which she has misplaced the key. Erika Alexander plays the aide Laverne, who"
"La Dolce Vita La Dolce Vita (; Italian for ""the sweet life"" or ""the good life"") is a 1960 Italian drama film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. The film follows Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni), a journalist writing for gossip magazines, over seven days and nights on his journey through the ""sweet life"" of Rome in a fruitless search for love and happiness. ""La Dolce Vita"" won the ""Palme d'Or"" (Golden Palm) at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Costumes. The film was a massive box office hit in Europe with 13,617,148 admissions in Italy and"
"the world. The number of tourists, however, fell dramatically towards the 1870s, when Rome became a battle-ground for revolutionaries and one of the homes of the Risorgimento, and remained like that except for a brief period in the 1920s. However, since Rome escaped World War II relatively unscathed, unlike Milan or Naples, it became an extremely popular and fashionable city in the 1950s and 60s, when numerous glamorous and exciting films, such as ""Roman Holiday"", ""Ben Hur"" and more famously ""La Dolce Vita"" were filmed in the city. Numerous stars, actors, actresses and celebrities, such as Federico Fellini, Audrey Hepburn,"
"earned the ""Palme d'Or"" (Golden Palm) at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. ""Entertainment Weekly"" voted it the 6th Greatest film of all time. In 2010, the film was ranked #11 in ""Empire"" magazine's ""The 100 Best Films of World Cinema"". La Dolce Vita La Dolce Vita (; Italian for ""the sweet life"" or ""the good life"") is a 1960 Italian drama film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. The film follows Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni), a journalist writing for gossip magazines, over seven days and nights on his journey through the ""sweet life"" of Rome in a fruitless search for"
"her career on theater, in particular on comedy plays. She is married to journalist Fabrizio Ricci. Valeria Ciangottini Valeria Ciangottini (born 6 August 1945) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Born in Rome, at fourteen years old Ciangottini was chosen by Federico Fellini, after he noticed her at the exit of the school, for the role of Paola in ""La Dolce Vita"". From then she started a successful acting career, being usually cast in the stereotypal role of young, pure and tender girls. She is also active on television, in which she played main roles in several TV-movies"
"Valeria Ciangottini Valeria Ciangottini (born 6 August 1945) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. Born in Rome, at fourteen years old Ciangottini was chosen by Federico Fellini, after he noticed her at the exit of the school, for the role of Paola in ""La Dolce Vita"". From then she started a successful acting career, being usually cast in the stereotypal role of young, pure and tender girls. She is also active on television, in which she played main roles in several TV-movies and series, and she hosted several programs for children. Over the years Ciangottini has essentially focused"
"Anita Ekberg Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (; 29 September 193111 January 2015) was a Swedish born Italian actress in American and European films. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film ""La Dolce Vita"" (1960). Ekberg worked primarily in Italy, where she became a permanent resident in 1964. Anita Ekberg was born on 29 September 1931, in Malmö, Skåne, the sixth of eight children of Gustav Fredrik Ekberg by the former Alva Maria Larsson. In her teens, Anita worked as a fashion model. Ekberg entered the Miss Malmö competition in 1950 at her mother's"
"the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, the years of ""la dolce vita"" (""the sweet life""), Rome became a fashionable city, with popular classic films such as ""Ben Hur"", ""Quo Vadis"", ""Roman Holiday"" and ""La Dolce Vita"" filmed in the city's iconic Cinecittà film studios. The rising trend in population growth continued until the mid-1980s, when the ""comune"" had more than 2.8 million residents. After that, population started to decline slowly as inhabitants began to move to nearby suburbs of Rome. Rome constitutes a ""comune speciale"", named """"Roma Capitale"""", and is the largest both in terms of land area"
"in the 1950s and early 1960s, the years of ""la dolce vita"" (""the sweet life""), with popular classic films such as ""Ben Hur"", ""Quo Vadis"", ""Roman Holiday"" and ""La Dolce Vita"" being filmed in the city's iconic Cinecittà Studios. A new rising trend in population continued until the mid-1980s, when the commune had more than 2.8 million residents; after that, population started to slowly decline as more residents moved to nearby suburbs. The Rome metropolitan area has about 4.4 million inhabitants . Being the capital city of Italy, all the principal institutions of the nation are located there, including the"
"Love in Rome Un amore a Roma (internationally released as Love in Rome) is a 1960 Italian romantic drama film directed by Dino Risi. Marcello (Baldwin), a young writer, loves Anna (Demongeot), a femme fatale-ish beauty who can’t remain faithful to any man for very long. Anna has her sights set on a movie career. However, she only seems to be able to secure parts in low-brow peplum films. Marcello is frustrated by Anna's capricious nature, while he himself is involved with two other women, Fulvia (Martinelli) and Eleonora (Perschy). At one point, Marcello even proposes to Eleonora but is"
"unable to follow it through. Love in Rome Un amore a Roma (internationally released as Love in Rome) is a 1960 Italian romantic drama film directed by Dino Risi. Marcello (Baldwin), a young writer, loves Anna (Demongeot), a femme fatale-ish beauty who can’t remain faithful to any man for very long. Anna has her sights set on a movie career. However, she only seems to be able to secure parts in low-brow peplum films. Marcello is frustrated by Anna's capricious nature, while he himself is involved with two other women, Fulvia (Martinelli) and Eleonora (Perschy). At one point, Marcello even"
"Isabella Rossellini Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian neorealist film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as ""Blue Velvet"" (1986) and ""Death Becomes Her"" (1992). Rossellini also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her performance in ""Crime of the Century"" (1996). Rossellini was born in Rome, the daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman, who was of Swedish and German descent, and Italian director"
"war, as one of the driving forces behind the ""Italian economic miracle"" of post-war reconstruction and modernisation. It became a fashionable city in the 1950s and early 1960s, the years of ""la dolce vita"" (""the sweet life""), with popular classic films such as ""Ben Hur"", ""Quo Vadis"", ""Roman Holiday"" and ""La Dolce Vita"", being filmed in the city's iconic Cinecittà Studios. A new rising trend in population continued until the mid-1980s, when the commune had more than 2,800,000 residents; after that, population started to slowly decline as more residents moved to nearby suburbs. Rome today is one of the most"
"From then Dalma started a successful career, even if often limited to stereotyped roles of cold, sophisticated and sometimes snobbish noblewomen. After the war she mainly appeared in character roles and, gradually, moved away from the cinema industry. Rubi Dalma Rubi Dalma (24 April 1906 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian actress. Born Giusta Manca di Villahermosa in Milan, she belonged to an aristocratic family from the Sardinian town of Sassari. After a bit part in the Camillo Mastrocinque's film ""Regina della Scala"", in which she basically played herself, Manca di Villahermosa decided to start a career as an"
"Lory Del Santo Loredana ""Lory"" Del Santo (born 28 September 1958) is an Italian actress, model and television celebrity. Born in Povegliano Veronese, Del Santo started her career as a in the 1975 edition of Festivalbar. In the late-1970s she obtained her first film roles, mainly in sexy comedy films, and in 1980 she entered the Miss Universe competition. In the early-1980s Del Santo became popular thanks to her participation in successful TV shows such as Antonio Ricci's ""Drive In"" and Renzo Arbore's ""Tagli, ritagli e frattaglie"". Del Santo was a focus of gossip columns, mainly for her relationship with"
"Barbara De Rossi Barbara De Rossi (born 9 August 1960) is an Italian actress who has combined a career in international cinema with longstanding popularity in Italian television. Barbara De Rossi was born in 1960 in Rome to an Italian wine importer and his German wife. She spent many of her early years in Rimini. At the age of 15, De Rossi was spotted by director Alberto Lattuada in a beauty contest. Her film debut was in Lattuada's ""Stay As You Are"" (1978), alongside Marcello Mastroianni and Nastasia Kinski. She went on to play Virna Lisi's screen daughter in ""La"
"noted in the ""New York Times"" of 12 September 1963, ""When Gidget, played with the proper pout and correct ingenuousness by Cindy Caroll[sic], arrives in Rome with her group of happy friends, she is bound to fall in love with a married and handsome Italian magazine writer, enjoy such exotic delicacies as fettucini and chicken cacciatore, and experience the thrill of attending a 'Dolce Vita' cocktail party. As one of Gidget's friends explains, it's part of her 'growing up.' Gidget falls out of love in time...and all ends happily. Jeff sums up the entire experience in two immortal sentences: 'I"
"calls her a whore and leaves her, for which she is not emotionally prepared. Miles casts her as ""The Happiness Girl"" in the Glass Corporation's advertising campaign for a chocolate firm. On location at a palazzo near Rome, Diana smiles in her medieval/Renaissance costume and completes ""The Happiness Girl"" shoot. She is much taken with the beauty of the building and the landscape and gets on well with the Prince, Cesare (José Luis de Villalonga), who owns the palazzo (The Medici villa in Poggio a Caiano was used in the film). With the gay photographer Malcolm (Roland Curram) who has"
"gunshot at her home in Torcegno. She was 83 years old; some media, however, reported her age as 75, since she herself claimed to have been born in 1936. Dorian Gray (actress) Maria Luisa Mangini (2 February 1928 – 15 February 2011), better known as Dorian Gray, was an Italian actress. Gray made her stage debut in 1950. After five years she left the world of the theater and devoted herself to cinema. The role she played most often in films was that of a seductive sex kitten. She played the titular ""bad girl"" in ""Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina""."
"Rubi Dalma Rubi Dalma (24 April 1906 - 7 August 1994) was an Italian actress. Born Giusta Manca di Villahermosa in Milan, she belonged to an aristocratic family from the Sardinian town of Sassari. After a bit part in the Camillo Mastrocinque's film ""Regina della Scala"", in which she basically played herself, Manca di Villahermosa decided to start a career as an actress and she adopted the stage name Rubi Dalma (sometimes spelled as Rubi D'Alma or Ruby Dalma). Her breakout role was as the aristocrat donna Paola unsuccessfully courted by Vittorio De Sica in Mario Camerini's ""Il signor Max""."
"Harry's Bar (Rome) Harry's Bar Rome is a historic bar and restaurant located on the famous Via Veneto in Rome Italy. It gained international fame when it was featured in director Federico Fellini's classic 1960 film La Dolce Vita. Today It operates on trendy Via Veneto as a bar and restaurant and attracts an upscale Roman and international crowd (at times celebrities). It is not related to the other Harry's Bars in Venice, Florence, Paris, or London. The history of Harry's Bar Rome has been handed down by the ones who lived it and who decided to share the most"
"Demetra Hampton Demetra Lisa Ann Hampton (born June 15, 1968) is an American actress and model. She is best known for portraying the character of Valentina in the eponymous Italian television series. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she first began her career as a model in New York City, before being chosen for the character and moving to Italy. She went on to appear in films such as ""Three Columns in the News"" (1990), ""Kreola"" (1993), ""National Lampoon's Last Resort"" (1994) and ""Chicken Park"" (1994). In 2001, after working on the film, ""Gabriel"", Hampton went on a hiatus from acting until"
"was voted second in 1962, fifth in 1972 and seventh in 1982. In 2010, it was ranked #40 in ""Empire"" magazine's ""The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema."" Anna (Lea Massari) meets her friend Claudia (Monica Vitti) at her father's villa on the outskirts of Rome prior to leaving on a yachting cruise on the Mediterranean. They drive into Rome to Isola Tiberina near the Pons Fabricius to meet up with Anna's boyfriend, Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti). While Claudia waits downstairs, Anna and Sandro make love in his house. Afterwards Sandro drives the two women to the coast where they join"
"Daniela Rocca Daniela Rocca (12 September 1937 in Acireale, Italy – 28 May 1995 in Milo, Italy) was an Italian actress, model and writer. Rocca was born and raised in Acireale, a small town near Catania. She became Miss Catania in 1953, and was discovered by talent scouts after competing in a Miss Italy competition. She made her film debut in French director Maurice Cloche's ""Marchands de Filles"" (1957) and also appeared in the Riccardo Freda film ""Caltiki - il mostro immortale (1959)"", and ""Esther and the King"" (1960). More film roles followed, but Rocca did not find fame until"
"Roma Fiction Fest for the role in the TV movie Ovunque tu sia, in 2012 she won Premio Flaiano for Malamore. In 2008, della Rovere appeared in the James Bond film ""Quantum of Solace"" as Gemma, Rene Mathis' girlfriend. Della Rovere has twin daughters, Ludovica and Vittoria, born in 1988 with the entrepreneur Giovanni Malagò. She was companion of the actor Luca Barbareschi and was later linked to film director Gianpaolo Tescari and painter Marco Tirelli. She is an atheist. Lucrezia Lante della Rovere Lucrezia Lante della Rovere (; born 19 July 1966) is an Italian actress in film, television"
"Three Strangers in Rome Tre straniere a Roma, also known as ""Three Strangers in Rome"", is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Claudio Gora starring Claudia Cardinale. The film was one of the very first movies with Claudia Cardinale in a leading role. Three girls from Milan dreaming of a holiday in Rome arrive in the city by train and decide to pretend to be wealthy Danish girls to attract three good looking young men who offer them a guided tour through the landmarks of the city. The girls accept and make the guys spend a fortune, but"
"""La cieca di Sorrento"" (""The Blind Woman of Sorrento"") (1934) and later achieved international fame in Rossellini's ""Rome, Open City"" (1945), considered the first significant movie to launch the Italian neorealism movement in cinema. As an actress she became recognized for her dynamic and forceful portrayals of ""earthy lower-class women"" in such films as ""L'Amore"" (1948), ""Bellissima"" (1951), ""The Rose Tattoo"" (1955), ""The Fugitive Kind"" (1960) and ""Mamma Roma"" (1962). As early as 1950 ""Life"" magazine had already stated that Magnani was ""one of the most impressive actresses since Garbo"". Magnani's parentage and birthplace are uncertain. Some sources suggest she"
"Anna Magnani Anna Magnani (; 7 March 1908 – 26 September 1973) was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in ""The Rose Tattoo"". Born in Rome, she worked her way through Rome's Academy of Dramatic Art by singing at night clubs. During her career, her only child was stricken by polio when he was 18 months old and remained crippled. She was referred to as ""La Lupa,"" the ""perennial toast of Rome"" and a ""living she-wolf symbol"" of the"
"Rossella Como Rossella Como (29 January 1939 – 20 December 1986) was an Italian actress and television personality. Born in Rome, Como started her career at just 16 years old as a TV presenter, in the RAI show ""Primo applauso"". Shortly later, she made her film debut in a little but critically appreciated role in the Dino Risi's comedy film ""Poveri ma belli"". From then Como appeared with some frequency both as an actress and as a presenter in films and on television, as well as on stage. In 1973 she was author and main actress of ""Roma Amor"", a"
"Anna Maria Tatò, an author and filmmaker. They remained together until his death. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1994. Mastroianni died of pancreatic cancer on 19 December 1996 at the age of 72. Both of his daughters, as well as Deneuve and Tatò, were at his bedside. The Trevi Fountain in Rome, associated with his role in Fellini's ""La Dolce Vita"", was symbolically turned off and draped in black as a tribute. At the 1997 Venice Film Festival, Chiara, Carabella and Deneuve tried to block the screening of"
"Silver Spoon Set Silver Spoon Set (, also known as ""The Dauphins"") is a 1960 Italian and French drama film directed and written by Francesco Maselli. The film stars Claudia Cardinale. Shot in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. When I Delfini was first released in Italy in 1960 the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated the film suitable for people 16 years and older. In order for the film to be screened publicly, the Committee recommended the removal of the scene in which Alberto and Fedora are kissing each other in bed because"
"on television, where she got several main roles in some series. Maria Fiore Maria Fiore (1 October 1935 – 28 October 2004) was an Italian film and television actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1952 and 1999. Born Jolanda Di Fiore in Rome, in spite of a non-professional acting background, she made her film debut in a leading role, in the Renato Castellani's pink-neorealist film ""Two Cents Worth of Hope"". Following the success of the film she was one of the most requested actresses until the first half of the 1960s, even if often cast in stock roles of"
"Asolo – where she had made her home for the last four years of her life – at the cemetery of Sant' Anna. Notes Bibliography Eleonora Duse Eleonora Duse (; 3 October 1858 – 21 April 1924) was an Italian actress, often known simply as Duse. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of all time, noted for her total assumption of the roles she portrayed. Duse was the subject of the 1947 biographical film ""Eleonora Duse"". Duse was born in Vigevano, Lombardy, and began acting as a child. Both her father and her grandfather were actors, and"