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- Caterina Murino was born on September 15, 1977, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. In 1996 she took fourth place in the Miss Italy contest. Then she moved to Milan, where she began working as a model in commercials for MasterCard, Swatch, Mercedes-Benz and Nescafe, among other gigs. From 1999-2000 she studied acting at the Scuola di Cinema e Teatro di Francesca de Sapio in Italy.
In 1999 she made her acting debut in a stage production of "Richard III" and appeared in several Italian-language plays. In 2002 she began her film and television career with bit parts in Italian, German and French productions. Her breakthrough came in 2004, when she co-starred opposite Jean Reno in the French comedy The Corsican File (2004).
She is trilingual, speaking French, English and Italian. She is a versatile actress and a good athlete. Her talents include singing, dancing tango, flamenco and oriental dances, as well as horseback riding. She co-starred as Solange, one of three Bond girls, opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006). - Actress
- Soundtrack
Anna Maria Pierangeli was born June 19, 1932, in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Anna and her twin sister, Marisa Pavan, both had their eyes on becoming film stars, since that was one of the big Italian pastimes. Anna adopted her surname and split it in half, and it was as Pier Angeli that she would find fame. Her first role was an uncredited part in 1948's The Million Dollar Nickel (1952), an Italian production. Pier was 16 at the time and it was to be the first of many roles for this beautiful woman. The film was largely forgettable but it was a start. The following year she played in another Italian production, Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950). Again it was a very small role, and she was not seen on the screen again until 1951. Between 1949 and 1951 she appeared in stage productions and found work in menial jobs. When she did return it was in the film The Light Touch (1951) as Anna Vasarri. Later that year she won the title role in Teresa (1951). However, she again hit a drought with only one film in 1952 and two in 1953. The next year things began to pick up, however, with Hollywood beckoning. After the Italian Miss Nitouche (1954) she caught the eyes of Hollywood moguls, who cast her in Flame and the Flesh (1954) and The Silver Chalice (1954). Now she divided her time between Italy and the US making movies. She married Vic Damone in 1954, a union that lasted only four years and produced one son.
No film offers came in 1955, but in 1956 Pier landed the role of Norma Graziano (wife of fighter Rocky Graziano) in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) opposite Paul Newman. The film was well received at the box office and she had hopes that things were going to pick up again. She played Ynez in Port Afrique (1956) later that year and then another drought ensued. After The Vintage (1957), Merry Andrew (1958) and SOS Pacific (1959), she made three more films in 1960. Then once again 1961 saw no appearances. In 1962 Pier played Ildith in Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) and later that year played in a French production entitled White Slave Ship (1961). After the Italian production of Shadow of Evil (1964) she returned in the hit European-American co-production Battle of the Bulge (1965).
After a handful of films between 1966 and 1970, Pier realized her dreams of super-stardom were not to be. She had divorced her second husband (Armando Trovajoli) in 1969 and made her final appearance on the screen in 1971 in the low-budget sci-fi opus Octaman (1971). On September 10th of that year Pier was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her Beverly Hills home. She was only 39 years old.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Maria Luisa Pierangeli and her twin sister Anna Maria were born in Sardinia, Italy. They were fraternal twins with different personalities as well. Anna Maria was dreamy and innocent; Maria Luisa was independent and studious. They moved to Rome in the late 1940s. In 1948 their lives changed when director Vittorio De Sica cast Anna in Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950). In 1950 the family moved to Hollywood, where Anna Maria changed her name to Pier Angeli.
Marisa was not interested in acting, but was cast by John Ford in What Price Glory (1952) starring James Cagney. She changed her last name to Pavan, the name of a Jewish officer her family had hidden from the Nazis during World War 2. Marisa signed a contract with Fox, but was relieved when it was broken. She wanted a wider choice of roles than her sister. Pavan's performance in The Rose Tattoo (1955) supporting Italian icon Anna Magnani, earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
She lost interest in Hollywood while filming Solomon and Sheba (1959). She remembered it as a bad experience, and not just because costar Tyrone Power died during the filming. Pavan turned her attention to television in the 1960s. She and husband Jean-Pierre Aumont toured America and Europe in plays and musicals, including "Gigi". Later in France, she returned to film.
As of 2018, Pavan lives in the South of France. Marisa is the founder and director of URMA (Unis pour la Recherche sur la Maladie d'Alzheimer), an organization she created to support research working to find treatments for Alzheimer's.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Amedeo Nazzari was born on 10 December 1907 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Nights of Cabiria (1957), The Bandit (1946) and Chains (1949). He was married to Irene Genna. He died on 5 November 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Jacopo Cullin was born on 11 April 1982 in Cagliari, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Buio (2013), Al di là del lago (2009) and ZOE.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Nanni Loy was born on 23 October 1925 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Four Days of Naples (1962), Scugnizzi (1989) and Il padre di famiglia (1967). He was married to Bianca Marchesano. He died on 21 August 1995 in Fiumicino, Lazio, Italy.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Franco Solinas was an Italian writer and screenwriter active from the 1950s to the early 1980s, who specialized in political and historical films. He is best known for the screenplay of The Battle of Algiers (1966), which was nominated for three Academy Awards. He worked with several acclaimed directors, including Joseph Losey, Costa-Gavras, Gillo Pontecorvo, and Francesco Rosi.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Sound Department
Mimmo Palmara was born on 25 July 1928 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Ten Gladiators (1963), Tharus figlio di Attila (1962) and Hercules (1958). He died on 10 June 2016 in Rome, Italy.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Giaime Spina was born in Cagliari, Italy. He firstly approached acting when he was 14, at the School of Dramatic Arts of Cagliari, where he studied stage acting for four years. During this time, he starred in various plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, Pinocchio, and Hamlet. Giaime moved to New York City (NY) in 2022 to study International Relations at New York University (NYU), where he is also minoring in Film.- Gigi Gatti was born in 1936 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She was an actress, known for Survivors (1975), The Carnforth Practice (1974) and Public Eye (1965). She died on 25 March 2003 in Gardone Riviera, Lombardy, Italy.
- Actress
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rossana Ghessa was born on 24 January 1943 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She is an actress and producer, known for Bebel, Garota Propaganda (1968), Ana Terra (1971) and O Vampiro de Copacabana (1976). She is married to Durval Garcia.- Gloria Milland was born on 11 October 1940 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Black Duke (1963), D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri (1963) and Fury of Achilles (1962). She died on 27 August 1989 in Ladispoli, Rome, Italy.
- Due to popular demand, Giorgia Palmas posed fully topless for Max Calendar - Feb 2005. She was shirtless for most part of the shoot. Giorgia Palmas was adored for her strip teases and dances during many Italian shows, all the male viewers were finally able to see her topless. As per her interview she didn't have the courage to go topless, but after realizing that many men were wanting to her body, she agreed to the shoot
- Writer
- Director
- Production Designer
Demofilo Fidani was born on 8 February 1914 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla (1972), A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (1972) and Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! (1968). He died in March 1994 in Italy.- Giacomo Fadda was born in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Giacomo is an actor, known for To Rome with Love (2012), Love and Metamorphoses (2014) and Mille bolle blu (1993).
- Actress
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Geppi Cucciari was born on 18 August 1973 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She is an actress and writer, known for The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Referee (2013) and A Boyfriend for my Wife (2014). She was previously married to Luca Bonaccorsi.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Berto Pisano was born on 13 October 1928 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was a composer, known for Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971), Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973) and The Big Blackout (1966). He died on 29 January 2002 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.- Chiara Laudani was born in 1970 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Chiara is a writer, known for Hollywood Flies (2005), Where I've Never Lived (2017) and Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco (2021).
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Additional Crew
Alessandro Lai was born on 22 January 1970 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He is a costume designer, known for Naples in Veils (2017), Black Angel (2002) and Rosa e Cornelia (2000).- Bruno Alias was born on 8 January 1928 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was an actor. He died on 10 April 1996 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Vittorio Attene was born on 1 August 1971 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He is an actor, known for Cheeky (2000), Frivolous Lola (1998) and Non sono io (2004).
- Alessandra Meloni was born on 2 November 1972 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She is an actress, known for A Szent Lörinc folyó lazacai (2003), Le ragazze di Miss Italia (2002) and Mille lire al mese (1996).
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Aiace Parolin was born on 28 March 1920 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Seduced and Abandoned (1964), Black Jesus (1968) and The Climax (1967). He died on 19 November 2016 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Versatile, no other adjective could apply better to the art and personality of Gianni Agus. He indeed worked in the theater, in the cinema, on television, in variety shows. He could be an actor (from romantic lead in his first plays to sidekick to Totò to character actor in Pirandello plays), a TV host or the M.C of the San Remo song contest of 1958. He could sing and dance, perform alone or as part of a company. Yes, Agus could do everything including promoting the career of Vittorio Gassman... who was chosen to replace him after he had slapped the leading actress of his theater company! Gianni Agus appeared in lots of Italian films. He was particularly good as Count Almaviva in Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia "Figaro qua, Figaro là" (1950), as the fascist official in "Il federale" by Luciano Salce (1961), as the fascist mayor in Sergio Corbucci's best film "I due marescialli" 1961) and as Sergio in Dino Risi's "Mordi e fuggi" (1972). Of course Agus lent talent to a series of appalling z comedies. But he was an entertainer first and foremost. If he was given the opportunity to entertain the Italian audience he never turned his nose up at it. That is the reason why he is still fondly remembered by his fellow-countrymen. They are aware that through his nondiscriminatory choices Agus respected them all, whether highbrow or lowbrow.- Additional Crew
- Director
- Actor
Mario Corte was born on 29 November 1878 in Cagliari, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for La serenata della morte (1914), Espiazione (1916) and L'inviolabile (1919). He died on 23 December 1967 in Rome, Italy.