Giulia Anna "Giulietta" Masina (22 February 1921 – 23 March 1994) was an
Italian
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film actress best known for her performances as Gelsomina in ''
La Strada
''La strada'' () is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano. The film tells the story of Gelsomina, a simple-minded young woman ( Giulietta Masina) bought from her mot ...
'' (1954) and Cabiria in ''
Nights of Cabiria
''Nights of Cabiria'' ( it, Le notti di Cabiria) is a 1957 drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. It stars Giulietta Masina as Cabiria, a prostitute living in Rome. The cast also features François Périer and Amedeo Nazzar ...
'' (1957), for which she won the
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
The Best Actress Award (french: Prix d'interprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in officia ...
at the
1957 Cannes Film Festival
The 10th Cannes Film Festival was held from 2 to 17 May 1957.
''Nights of Cabiria'' by Federico Fellini, ''La casa del ángel'' by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, ''A Man Escaped'' by Robert Bresson, and ''The Seventh Seal'' by Ingmar Bergman were entere ...
.
Cinema historian
Peter Bondanella __NOTOC__
Peter Bondanella (1943–2017) was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Italian, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies at Indiana University, United States.
Selected publications
*''Federico Fellini: Essays in Criticism''. Ed. by P. Bon ...
described Masina's work as "masterful" and "unforgettable," and
Charlie Chaplin, with whose work Masina's is often compared,
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filmbug.com; accessed 19 October 2018. called her "the actress who moved him most."
Both ''La Strada'' and ''Nights of Cabiria'' won