Italy On This Day

Controversial figure who met violent death Pier Paolo Pasolini courted controversy in his films, his private life and his politics T...

Twin sister of tragic star Pier Angeli Marisa Pavan (left) with Anna Magnani in The Rose Tattoo The actress Marisa Pavan, whose t...

Factory worker who shot to fame in Bicycle Thieves Maggiorani with Enzo Staiola, who played his son, Bruno, in Vittorio de Sica's...

Woman who scripted many of Italy's greatest movies Suso Cecchi D'Amico, pictured in 1999 Suso Cecchi D’Amico, the most ac...

Sardinian actor seen as the Errol Flynn of Italian cinema Amedeo Nazzari in a scene from the 1950s film by Federico Fellini, Nights of...

Screen siren turned back on glamour roles to prove talent Virna Lisi in a Hollywood publicity shot The actress Virna Lisi, born on t...

How  Life is Beautiful  made Tuscan actor and director famous Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni, whose performance in the 1997 film  L...

Singer found fame on both stage and screen Tito Gobbi, pictured in 1955 Opera singer Tito Gobbi was born on this day in 1913 in Bass...