Giovanna Ralli

Giovanna Ralli (born 2 January 1935) is an Italian stage, film and television actress.[1]

Giovanna Ralli
Giovanna Ralli in La vita agra (1964)
Born (1935-01-02) 2 January 1935
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationActress
Years active1942–2014
Spouse(s)Ettore Boschi (1977–?)

Life and career

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] Ralli was married to Ettore Boschi.

Ralli later won a Nastro d'Argento award, as best actress, for La fuga (1964).[5] In the mid-sixties she had a brief Hollywood career, starting from Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?.[6] In 1974 she won her second Nastro d'Argento, as best supporting actress, for We All Loved Each Other So Much.[5] Starting from early eighties, Ralli focused her activities on stage.[2] In 1993 she received a Flaiano Prize for her career.[3] In 2003 she was made a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic.[7] At the 2015 Taormina Film Fest, where she received a special award for her career, Ralli announced her retirement from acting.[8]

Filmography
Ralli with Nino Taranto and Clelia Matania in Easy Years (1953)
Ralli with Maurizio Arena and Vittorio De Sica in It Happened in the Park (1953)
Ralli with Marcello Mastroianni in The Most Wonderful Moment (1957)

References
  1. "Ralli, Giovanna".
  2. Fulvia Caprara (17 October 1989). "Giovanna Ralli la moglie che non-perdona". La Stampa.
  3. Francesca Pellegrini. "Giovanna Ralli – La passione di Giovanna". MyMovies. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  4. "SOVIET FILM WINS CONTEST ON COAST; 'Ballad of a Soldier' Named Best in San Francisco's Fourth Movie Festival". The New York Times. 2 November 1960.
  5. Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
  6. Michael Short (9 August 1966). "In Hollywood .Giovanna Ralli Seeks Us Stardom". Ellensburg Daily Record.
  7. "Ciampi ai registi stranieri "Venite a girare in Italia"". La Repubblica. 8 April 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  8. Franco Cicero (16 June 2015). "La Ralli: dico addio alle scene". Gazzetta del Sud. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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