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, two Best Actor awards at the

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film festivals, two Golden Globes, and three

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nominations. Born in the

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and raised in

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and

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, Mastroianni made his film debut in 1939 at the age of 14, but did not seriously pursue acting until the 1950s, when he made his critical and commercial breakthrough in the caper comedy '' Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1959). He became an international celebrity through his collaborations with director

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, first as a disillusioned tabloid columnist in ''

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'' (1960), then as a creatively-stifled filmmaker in ''

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'' (1963). Excelling in both dramatic and comedic roles, he formed a notable on-screen duo with actress and

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, co-starring with her in eleven films between 1954 and 1994. Despite international acclaim, Mastroianni largely shunned Hollywood, and remained a quintessentially Italian thespian for the majority of his career. He was the first actor to receive an

nomination for a non-English language performance, and was nominated for Best Actor three times – '' Divorce Italian Style'' (1961), '' A Special Day'' (1977), and ''Dark Eyes'' (1987). He was one of only three actors, the others being

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and Dean Stockwell, to win the prestigious

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twice. Mastroianni's contributions to Italian art and culture saw him receive multiple civil honours, including the

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, the highest-ranking knighthood of the country.

Early life

Mastroianni was born in

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, a small village in the

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within the

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, and grew up in

and

. He was the son of Ida (née Irolle) and Ottone Mastroianni. Both of his parents were from the nearby town of Arpino. His father ran a carpentry shop. Mastroianni was a nephew of sculptor Umberto Mastroianni. During

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, after the division into

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and Allied

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, he was

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in a loosely guarded

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prison camp, from which he escaped to hide in

. His brother Ruggero Mastroianni was a film editor who worked on some of Marcello's films ('' City of Women'', '' Ginger and Fred''), and appeared alongside Marcello in '' Scipione detto anche l'Africano'', a spoof of the once popular Sword and Sandal film genre released in 1971.

Acting career

Mastroianni made his screen debut as an uncredited extra in ''

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'' (1939) when he was fourteen, and made intermittent minor film appearances until landing his first big role in '' Atto d'accusa'' (1951). Within a decade he became a major international celebrity, starring in '' Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958); and in

's ''

'' (1960) playing a disillusioned and self-loathing tabloid columnist who spends his days and nights exploring Rome's decadent high society. Mastroianni followed ''La Dolce Vita'' with another signature role, that of a film director who, amidst self-doubt and troubled love affairs, finds himself in a creative block while making a film in Fellini's ''

'' (1963). His other prominent films include '' Days of Love'' (1954) with

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; '' La Notte'' (1961) with

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; '' Too Bad She's Bad'' (1954), '' Lucky to Be a Woman'' (1956), ''

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'' (1963), ''

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'' (1964), ''

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'' (1970), '' The Priest's Wife'' (1971), '' A Special Day'' (1977) and

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's ''

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'' (1994) – all co-starring

;

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's '' White Nights'' (1957);

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's '' Divorce Italian Style'' (1961); '' Family Diary'' (1962) with Jacques Perrin; '' A Very Private Affair'' (1962) with

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;

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's '' Casanova 70'' (1965); '' Diamonds for Breakfast'' (1968) with Rita Tushingham; '' The Pizza Triangle'' (1970) with

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; '' Massacre in Rome'' (1973) with

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; '' The Sunday Woman'' (1975) with

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; '' Stay As You Are'' (1978) with

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; Fellini's '' City of Women'' (1980) and '' Ginger and Fred'' (1986);

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's '' Henry IV'' (1984); '' Macaroni'' (1985) with

;

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's '' Dark Eyes'' (1987) with Marthe Keller;

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's '' Everybody's Fine'' (1990); ''

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'' (1992) with

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; and

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's '' One Hundred and One Nights'' (1995). He was nominated for the

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three times: for ''Divorce Italian Style'', ''A Special Day'' and ''Dark Eyes''. Mastroianni, Dean Stockwell and

are the only actors to have been twice awarded the Best Actor at the

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. Mastroianni won it in 1970 for ''The Pizza Triangle'' and in 1987 for ''Dark Eyes''. Mastroianni starred alongside his daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, in Raúl Ruiz's '' Three Lives and Only One Death'' in 1996. For this performance he won the Silver Wave Award at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. His final film, '' Voyage to the Beginning of the World'' (1997), was released posthumously.

Personal life

Mastroianni married Flora Carabella on 12 August 1950. They had one daughter together, Barbara (1951–2018), and informally separated in 1964 because of his affairs with younger women. Mastroianni's first serious relationship after the separation was with

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, his co-star in '' A Place for Lovers'' (1968). Dunaway wanted to marry and have children, but Mastroianni, a

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, refused to divorce Carabella. In 1970, after more than two years of waiting for Mastroianni to change his mind, Dunaway left him. Mastroianni told a reporter for ''

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'' magazine in 1987 that he never got over the breakup. "She was the woman I loved the most," he said. "I'll always be sorry to have lost her. I was whole with her for the first time in my life." In her 1995 autobiography ''Looking for Gatsby'', Dunaway wrote: "I wish to this day it had worked out." In the 2024 documentary '' Faye'', she described him as the love of her life. After the break up with Dunaway, Mastroianni began a relationship with French actress

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, who was nearly 20 years his junior. They lived together for four years during the 1970s and had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni (born 28 May 1972). During their time together the couple made four films: '' It Only Happens to Others'' (1971), '' La cagna'' (1972), '' A Slightly Pregnant Man'' (1973) and '' Don't Touch the White Woman!'' (1974). After Mastroianni and Deneuve broke up, his estranged wife Carabella reportedly offered to adopt Chiara because her parents' busy careers kept them away from her so often. Deneuve adamantly refused. Mastroianni's other lovers reportedly included actresses

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, Carole Mallory,

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and Ursula Andress. By 1976, he became involved with Anna Maria Tatò, an author and filmmaker. They remained together until his death in 1996. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the

in 1994.

Death

Mastroianni died of

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on 19 December 1996 at the age of 72. Both of his daughters, as well as Deneuve and Tatò, were at his bedside. The

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in Rome, associated with his role in Fellini's ''

'', was symbolically turned off and draped in black as a tribute. A funeral was held at the Church of St. Sulpice in

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in Paris 20 December 1996 before his remains were transferred to Rome where a second ceremony took place at the city hall on 22 December before he was interred in his family vault in Verano Cemetery. At the 1997 Venice Film Festival, Chiara, Carabella, and Deneuve tried to block the screening of Tatò's four-hour documentary, '' Marcello Mastroianni: I Remember''. The festival refused and the film was shown. The three women reportedly tried to do the same thing at Cannes. Tatò said Mastroianni had willed her all rights to his image.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Wins

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** Best Actor ***1964 ''

'' ***1965 ''

'' ***1986 '' Ginger and Fred'' ***1988 '' Dark Eyes'' ***1995 '' Sostiene Pereira'' **1983 ''Carrer David'' **1995 Special David **1997 ''Carrer David'' (posthumous) *

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** Best Actor ***1955 '' Days of Love'' ***1958 '' White Nights'' ***1961 ''

'' ***1962 '' Divorce Italian Style'' ***1986 '' Ginger and Fred'' ***1988 '' Dark Eyes'' ***1991 '' Towards Evening'' **1997 Special Nastro d'Argento (posthumous) *

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***1990 ''Honorary Award'' ** Best Actor ***1989 '' What Time Is It?'' ** Best Supporting Actor ***1993 '' 1, 2, 3, Sun'' *

** Best Actor ***1970 '' The Pizza Triangle'' *** 1988 '' Dark Eyes'' *

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** Best Foreign Actor ***1963 '' Divorce Italian Style'' ***1964 ''

'' *

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** Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy ***1962 '' Divorce Italian Style'' *

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**1993

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Nominations

***1962 '' Divorce Italian Style'' ***1977 '' A Special Day'' ***1987 '' Dark Eyes''

Honours and achievements

Orders

3rd Class / Commander: '' Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana'': 1967 :* Grande ufficiale OMRI BAR

2nd Class / Grand Officer: '' Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana'': 1987 :* Cordone di gran Croce OMRI BAR

1st Class / Knight Grand Cross: '' Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana'': 1994

Notes

References

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