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Virna Lisi is an Italian actress with a long, distinguished career in international cinema. She has had high-profile roles in many TV movies and miniseries in Italy, France, the USA and the UK, including Christopher Columbus.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Roles 2.1 Starring Roles 2.2 Guest Starring Roles 2.3 Specials and Made-for-TV Movies 2.4 Talk, News and Game Show Appearances 2.5 Notable Film Roles 3 Memorable Moments 4 Awards and Accolades 4.1 Other Awards 5 Trivia

[edit] Biography

Born Virna Lisi Perialisi on September 8, 1937 in Ancona, Marches, Italy.

[edit] Roles

[edit] Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Ottocento		1959	1
Il Caso Maurizius		1961	1
Cenerentola	Cenerentola	1961	1
Philo Vance		1974	1
Christopher Columbus	Dona Moniz Perestrello	1985	1
Se un Giorno Busserai alla Mia Porta	Livia Bandini	1986	1
The Mysteries of the Dark Jungle		1990	1
Passioni		1993	1
Uno di Noi		1996	1
Deserto di Fuoco	Christine Duvivier	1997	1
Il Bello Delle Donne	Miranda Spadoni	2001-2003	1	2	3
La Memoria e il Perdono	Elena Satta	2001	1
Caterina e le Sue Figlie	Caterina	2005	1

[edit] Guest Starring Roles

[edit] Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The 38th Annual Academy Awards	Presenter	April 18, 1966	Academy Awards
Balzac: A Life of Passion	Madame de Berny	September 13, 1999
Le Ali della vita	Sorella Alberta	March 21, 2000
I Ragazzi della via Pál	Edit Horváth	December 3, 2003
A casa di Anna	Anna	December 12, 2004

[edit] Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
What's My Line? (1950)	Show 837	November 20, 1966
The Barbara McNair Show		April 10, 1971
Festival di Sanremo		March 4, 2006

[edit] Notable Film Roles

• Eva (1962): Francesca
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1965): Milena Zulian
• How to Murder Your Wife (1965): Mrs. Ford
• Casanova '70 (1965): Gigliola
• Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966): Julie Ferris
• The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969): Caterina Malatesta
• Bluebeard (1972): Elga
• Beyond Good and Evil (1977): Elisabeth Nietzsche
• Ernesto (1979): Ernesto's Mother
• The Cricket (1980): Wilma Malinverni
• Time for Loving (1983): Adriana
• Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989): Elvira
• Queen Margot (1994): Catherine de Médicis
• Follow Your Heart (1996): Olga Anziana
• The Best Day of My Life (2002): Irene

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Awards and Accolades

[edit] Other Awards

• Cannes Film Festival
  • Won: Best Actress (1994) - Queen Margot

• César Awards, France
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress (1994) - Queen Margot

• David di Donatello Awards, Italy
  • Won: Best Actress (1980) - The Cricket
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress (1983) - Time for Loving
  • Won: Special David (1996)

• Flaiano International Prizes, Italy
  • Won: Career Award (1995) - For work in cinema

• Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbons, Italy
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress (1977) - Beyond Good and Evil
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress (1982) - Follow Your Heart
  • Won: Best Actress (1989) - Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress (1994) - Queen Margot
  • Won: Best Actress (1996) - Follow Your Heart
  • Won: Best Supporting Actress (2001) - The Best Day of My Life

• Laurel Awards, USA
  • Nominated: New Faces, Female (1964)

[edit] Trivia