“You are father-born. You have no mother. The pain you feel is the pain of lack, not the pain of loss. What you hope to regain in my person you have in truth never had.”
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Monica Vitti
Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, known professionally as Monica Vitti, was an Italian actress who starred in several award-winning films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the 1960s. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde. On her death, Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini called her "the Queen of Italian cinema".
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entertainment · Italian actress (1931–2022) · comedian · screenwriter · film director · stage actor · film actor · actor · also Monica Vitti, Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, Vitti
Born 3 November 1931 · Died 2 February 2022 · Q106881
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2026· 7 entries
“His mother is entitled to her convictions, he believes. If she wants to spend her declining years making propaganda against cruelty to animals, that is her right.”
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“Norma and his mother have never liked each other. Probably his mother would have chosen not to like any woman he married.”
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“Not rape, not quite that, but undesired nevertheless, undesired to the core. As though she had decided to go slack, die within herself for the duration, like a rabbit when the jaws of the fox close on its neck. So that everything done to her might be done, as it were, far away.”
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“Why? Because a woman's beauty does not belong to her alone. It is part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.”
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“Is he happy? By most measurements, yes, he believes he is. However, he has not forgotten the last chorus of Oedipus: Call no man happy until he is dead.”
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Financial Times: Monica Vitti — the Italian screen goddess who was far more than a muse
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2025· 1 entry
Yahoo: Film at Lincoln Center and Cinecittà to Host First-Ever American Festival Dedicated to Monica Vitti
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2022· 8 entries
New York Daily News: Monica Vitti, award-winning Italian star of ‘L’Avventura’ and ‘The Girl With the Pistol,’ dead at 90
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New York Post: ‘Queen of Italian cinema’ Monica Vitti dead at 90 after Alzheimer’s battle
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People: Actress Monica Vitti — Remembered as the 'Queen of Italian Cinema' — Dead at 90
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KTVZ: ‘Queen of Italian cinema’ Monica Vitti dies at 90
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Died 2022-02-02.
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WSLS 10: 'Queen of Italian cinema' Monica Vitti dies at age 90
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The Hollywood Reporter: Monica Vitti, Italian Film Icon, Dies at 90
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Deadline.com: Monica Vitti Dies: Italian Screen Icon Of 1960s Classics Was 90
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2018· 1 entry
Her husband confirmed she was still living at home with him in Rome and that he looked after her with the assistance of a caregiver
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2011· 1 entry
It was disclosed that Alzheimer's disease had "removed her from the public gaze for the last 15 years"
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2002· 1 entry
When she attended the Paris premiere of the stage musical Notre-Dame de Paris
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2000· 1 entry
Vitti married Roberto Russo, with whom she had been in a relationship since 1983
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1995).
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Won Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (1995).
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1993· 1 entry
Vitti was awarded the Festival Tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival in France
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1989· 1 entry
Vitti tried writing and directing and created Scandalo Segreto (1990), in which she also starred alongside Elliott Gould
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1984· 2 entries
Earned Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (1984).
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France awarded her the Order of Arts and Letters
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actress for Amori miei (1979).
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actress for Duck in Orange Sauce (1976).
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Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for Duck in Orange Sauce (1976).
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actress for Polvere di stelle (1974).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actress for Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1971).
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1969· 2 entries
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for The Girl with the Pistol (1969).
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Awarded David di Donatello for Best Actress for The Girl with the Pistol (1969).
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1963· 1 entry
Awarded Targa d'Oro for Three Fables of Love (1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress for La Notte (1962).
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1957· 1 entry
Joined Michelangelo Antonioni's Teatro Nuovo di Milano and dubbed the voice of Dorian Gray in the director's Il Grido (The Cry, 1957)
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-11-03.
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