Giovanna Ralli

Giovanna Ralli born 2 January 1935 is an Italian stage film and television actress 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 After appearing in Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuadas Variety Lights 1950 Ralli had her first film roles of weight in midfifties often in comedy films In 1959 she had a leading role in Roberto Rossellinis 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 Ralli was married to Ettore Boschi Ralli later won a Nastro dArgento award as best actress for La fuga 1964 In the midsixties she had a brief Hollywood career starting from Blake Edwards What Did You Do in the War Daddy In 1974 she won her second Nastro dArgento as best supporting actress for We All Loved Each Other So Much Starting from early eighties Ralli focused her activities on stage In 1993 she received a Flaiano Prize for her career In 2003 she was made a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic At the 2015 Taormina Film Fest where she received a special award for her career Ralli announced her retirement from acting Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanna Ralli licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia