Giovanna Ralli
| Giovanna Ralli OMRI | |
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Giovanna Ralli in La vita agra (1964)
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| Born | 2 January 1935 Rome, Italy |
| Citizenship | Italian |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1942–2014 |
| Spouse | Ettore Boschi (m. 1977; died 2013) |
Giovanna Ralli (born 2 January 1935) is an Italian stage, film, and television actress.[1]
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 the mid-1950s, 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, also directed by Rossellini, was awarded with the Golden Gate Award for Best Actress at the San Francisco International Film Festival.[4]
Ralli later won a Nastro d'Argento award, as best actress, for La fuga (1964).[5] In the mid-1960s, 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 the early 1980s, 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] Jasmine Trinca eventually convinced her to make a final appearance in her 2022 directorial debut film Marcel!.[9] The same year, Ralli was awarded a David di Donatello for her career.[9]
Personal life
Ralli considers herself Roman Catholic.[10]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | The Little Teacher | Little Girl | Cameo |
| 1943 | The Children Are Watching Us | Girl at Park | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Variety Lights | Young Woman | Uncredited |
| 1951 | The Passaguai Family | Marcella Passaguai | |
| 1952 | The Passaguai Family Gets Rich | ||
| 1953 | Fermi tutti, arrivo io! | Rina | |
| Easy Years | Teresa | ||
| La Lupa | Agnese | ||
| The Ship of Condemned Women | Deported Woman | Cameo | |
| It Happened in the Park | Virginia | ||
| Rivalry | Luisa | ||
| 1954 | The Three Thieves | Marietta Rossi | |
| Madame du Barry | Cadette | ||
| Prima di sera | Pharmacist | ||
| 1955 | Le signorine dello 04 | Bruna De Blasi | |
| Le ragazze di San Frediano | Mafalda | ||
| A Hero of Our Times | Marcella | ||
| Les Hussards | Cosima | ||
| Roman Tales | Marcella | ||
| 1956 | The Bigamist | Valeria Masetti | |
| Una pelliccia di visone | Gabriella Silvestri | ||
| Time of Vacation | Lella | ||
| Peccato di castità | Valentina Colasanti | ||
| 1957 | The Most Wonderful Moment | Luisa Morelli | |
| Le belle dell'aria | Giovanna | ||
| 1958 | Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! | Carmelina | |
| Move and I'll Shoot | Giovanna | ||
| 1959 | My Wife's Enemy | Luciana | |
| Le cameriere | Virginia | ||
| I ladri | Maddalena Scognamiglio | ||
| The Defeated Victor | Lina | ||
| Wild Cats on the Beach | Giovanna | ||
| General Della Rovere | Valeria | ||
| Nel blu, dipinto di blu | Assuntina | ||
| 1960 | Escape by Night | Esperia Belli | |
| 1961 | Garibaldi | Rosa | |
| Le Goût de la violence | Maria Laragana | ||
| Pastasciutta nel deserto | Angela | ||
| 1962 | Horace 62 | Camille Fabiani | |
| Warriors Five | Italia | ||
| La monaca di Monza | Marianna de Leyva, the Nun of Monza | ||
| Carmen di Trastevere | Carmen | ||
| 1964 | Liolà | Tuzza Azzara | |
| Let's Talk About Women | Prostitute | Cameo | |
| La vita agra | Anna | ||
| La fuga | Piera Fabbri | ||
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Rosa Romano | |
| 1967 | The Caper of the Golden Bulls | Angela Tresler | |
| 1968 | Deadfall | Fé Moreau | |
| The Mercenary | Columba | ||
| 1969 | The Invisible Woman | Laura | |
| 1970 | Cannon for Cordoba | Leonora | |
| Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato | Oslavia | ||
| 1971 | Cold Eyes of Fear | Anna | |
| 1974 | To Love Ophelia | Ophelia Ceceretti | |
| What Have They Done to Your Daughters? | Deputy Prosecutor Vittoria Stori | ||
| We All Loved Each Other So Much | Elide Catenacci | ||
| 1975 | What's Your Sign? | Cristina | |
| Sex with a Smile | Esmeralda | ||
| 1976 | Chi dice donna, dice donna | Miss X | |
| Colpita da improvviso benessere | Elisabetta Mancini | Also co-writer | |
| Languid Kisses, Wet Caresses | Elena | ||
| 1980 | Arrivano i bersaglieri | Nunziatina | |
| 1981 | Manolesta | Angela De Maria | |
| 1990 | Towards Evening | Pina | |
| 1994 | Once a Year, Every Year | Laura | |
| 2003 | Il pranzo della domenica | Franca Malorni | |
| 2004 | L'ultimo regalo | Mrs. Silvano | Short film |
| 2008 | Blood of the Losers | Giulia Dogliani | |
| 2011 | The Immature | Iole | |
| 2012 | The Immature: The Trip | ||
| 2014 | A Golden Boy | Davide's Mother | |
| 2022 | Marcel! | The Grandmother | |
| 2024 | Titanus 1904 | Herself |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Poliziotti | Rosa | Television film |
| 1995 | Machinations | Marianne Stadler | Television film |
| 1995–1997 | Un prete tra noi | Elisabetta | 12 episodes |
| 2001 | Angelo il custode | Elisa Anselmi | 8 episodes |
| 2003 | Una famiglia per caso | Amalia | Television film |
| 2005 | I colori della vita | Dora | Television film |
| 2008–2010 | I Married a Cop | Erminia Santamaria | 34 episodes |
| 2009 | Al di là del lago | Ada | Television film |
| L'isola dei segreti – Korè | Giovanna Grimaldi | 4 episodes | |
| 2011 | Tutti pazzi per amore | Aunt Elvira | 2 episodes |
References
- Back to citation Mira, Alberto. "Ralli, Giovanna". Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
- Back to citation occurrence 2.0 Back to citation occurrence 2.1 Caprara, Fulvia (17 October 1989). "Giovanna Ralli la moglie che non-perdona". La Stampa (in Italian).
- Back to citation occurrence 3.0 Back to citation occurrence 3.1 Pellegrini, Francesca. "Giovanna Ralli – La passione di Giovanna". MyMovies (in Italian). Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- Back to citation "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.
- Back to citation occurrence 5.0 Back to citation occurrence 5.1 Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema, 1927-1997 (in Italian). Preface by Claudio G. Fava. Rome: Gremese. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
- Back to citation Short, Michael (9 August 1966). "In Hollywood Giovanna Ralli Seeks Us Stardom". Ellensburg Daily Record.
- Back to citation "Ciampi ai registi stranieri "Venite a girare in Italia"". La Repubblica (in Italian). 8 April 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- Back to citation Cicero, Franco (16 June 2015). "La Ralli: dico addio alle scene". Gazzetta del Sud (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- Back to citation occurrence 9.0 Back to citation occurrence 9.1 Ciofani, Lorenzo (3 May 2022). "Giovanna Ralli, un paio d'ali". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- Back to citation Giordano, Lucio (3 June 2022). "Ho sempre amato Dio, anche se L'ho pregato di farmi avere un figlio e non mi ha ascoltato". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 22. pp. 98–101.