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TürkçeVirna Lisi (Virna Lisa Pieralisi)
Photos with Virna Lisi
Biography
Jesi, Marche, Italy
Italian goddess Virna Lisi was merely one of a plethora of European movie beauties who proved over the course of their long careers, that they were capable of more than just visual performances. Born in 1936 as Virna Pieralisi, she began her film career as a teenager in 1953. Cast more for her looks than talent at the onset, her early pictures included The Doll That Took the Town (1957), Don't Tempt the Devil (1963) (aka "Don't Tempt the Devil") and the Italian-made spectacle, Duel of the Titans (1961). Read more... as a tempting blue-eyed blonde starring opposite Jack Lemmon in How to Murder Your Wife (1965), and appearing with Tony Curtis in Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966). Confined to the same type of glamour roles here, she returned to Europe within a couple of years but hardly fared better in such mediocre movies as Arabella (1967). In later decades, however, a career renaissance occurred for Virna. She began to be perceived as more than just a tasty dish, giving a wide variety of mature, award-winning performances. It all culminated in the role of a lifetime with the film, Queen Margot (1994), in which she played a marvelously malevolent "Caterina de' Medici" and captured both the César and Cannes Film Festival awards, not to mention the Italian Silver Ribbon award. She has since reigned supreme as a character lead and support player.
Actor
Character:
Laura
Desiderio 'e sole 1954
7
Character:
Anna Esposito
Lettera napoletana 1954
11
Character:
Extra
Lo scapolo 1955
2
Character:
Laura Damiani
Il mondo dei miracoli 1959
1
Character:
Francesca Ferrara
Eva 1962
3
Character:
Mrs. Ford
How to Murder Your Wife 1965
2
Character:
Gigliola
Casanova '70 1965
3
Character:
Dorotea
Oggi, domani, dopodomani 1965
1
Character:
Julie Ferris
Not with My Wife, You Don't! 1966
3
Character:
Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Music Score Awards
The 38th Annual Academy Awards 1966
6
Character:
John's Beautiful Cousin in Rome
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969
5
Character:
Caterina
The Secret of Santa Vittoria 1969
1
Character:
Herself
Il falso bugiardo 2008
0
Character:
Anna
A casa di Anna 2004
0
Character:
Edit Horváth
I ragazzi della via Pál 2003
0
Character:
Irene
Il più bel giorno della mia vita 2002
0
Character:
Madame de Berny
Balzac 1999
0
Character:
Sanna
Cristallo di rocca 1999
0
Character:
Catherine de Médicis
La reine Margot 1994
1
Character:
Maria
Cinema 1989
1
Character:
Anna Miglio
Donne sbagliate 2007
0
Character:
Sorella Alberta
Le ali della vita 2000
0
Character:
Marchesa Orsola
Piccolo mondo antico 2001
0
Character:
Sorella Alberta
Le ali della vita 2 2001
0
Character:
Elena Satta
La memoria e il perdono 2001
0
Character:
Herself - Actress
The Oscars 2015
25
Character:
Herself
The Dean Martin Show 1965
0
Character:
Wilma Malinverni
The Cricket 1980
0
Character:
Ernesto's Mother
Ernesto 1979
0
Character:
Milena Zulian
The Birds, the Bees and the Italians 1966
0
Character:
Signora Majorana, la madre di Ettore
I ragazzi di via Panisperna 1988
0
Character:
Virginia
Made in Italy 1965
0
Character:
Dona Moniz Perestrello
Christopher Columbus 1985
0
Character:
Elvira
Buon Natale... Buon anno 1989
0
Character:
Adriana Balestra
Time for Loving 1983
0
Character:
Elisabeth Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil 1977
0
Character:
Yolanda
Tenderly 1968
0
Character:
Donna Agnese Vitaliano
Episode #1.1 0
0
Character:
Donna Agnese Vitaliano
Episode #1.2 0
0
Character:
Donna Agnese Vitaliano
Episode #1.3 0
0
Character:
Donna Agnese Vitaliano
Episode #1.4 0
0
Character:
Lucrezia Sciarra
Prima puntata 0
0
Character:
Lucrezia Sciarra
Seconda puntata 0
0
Character:
Lucrezia Sciarra
Terza puntata 0
0
Character:
Lucrezia Sciarra
Quarta puntata 0
0
Character:
Herself
Prima puntata 4 aprile 2009 0
0
Character:
Herself
Episode #1.1 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Ottobre - Il riscatto di una casalinga 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Novembre - L'amicizia tra un uomo ed una donna 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Dicembre - Donne rivali in amore 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Febbraio - fuga dal marciapiede 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Marzo - madre e figlia 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Maggio - il coming out 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Giugno - solitudini a confronto 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Agosto - innamorarsi a 50 anni 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Gennaio 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Febbraio 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Marzo 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Aprile 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Giugno 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Luglio 0
0
Character:
Contessa Miranda Spadoni
Gennaio 0
0