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Her performance in The World's Most Beautiful Woman (also known as Beautiful But Dangerous, 1955) led to her receiving the first David di Donatello for Best Actress award. [9] In this movie Lollobrigida played Italian soprano Lina Cavalieri and sang all the songs in the movie, including arias from Tosca, in her own voice. [15]
Farewell, My Beautiful Lady (Italian: Addio mia bella signora) is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Fernando Cerchio and starring Gino Cervi, Alba Arnova and Armando Francioli. [1] It presents a love triangle between a Colonel of the Bersaglieri , his wife and his young student set against the backdrop of Italy's entry into ...
A. Adelasia; Adele (given name) Adriana; Agnese; Albina (given name) Alessa; Alessandra; Alessia; Alina; Allegra (given name) Amalia (given name) Amelia (given name)
On 10 June 1940, in the small Sicilian town of Castelcutò, a teenage boy named Renato experiences three major events: Italy enters World War II; he receives a new bike; and he first sees the beautiful and sensual Malèna, who is the most desired young woman in town. Her husband is in the armed forces fighting the British in Africa, and she ...
Statue of Italia turrita e stellata in Naples. Italia turrita (pronounced [iˈtaːlja turˈriːta]; lit. ' Turreted Italy ') is the national personification or allegory of Italy, in the appearance of a young woman with her head surrounded by a mural crown completed by towers (hence turrita or "with towers" in Italian).
Beautiful but Dangerous (Italian: La donna più bella del mondo, lit. 'The World's Most Beautiful Woman'; French: La belle des belles) is a 1955 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It is a biographical film about Italian opera soprano Lina Cavalieri. [1] The film is a co-production between Italy and France. [2]
[2] [12] It became a loanword to English language in 1584, [13] defining as "an idealized virtuous and beautiful woman" (Oxford Dictionary of English, 1998). [2] Previously, in vernacular Italian communities of the Middle Ages, such as northern Italian dialects, Madonna meant variously, including a high-born lady, a spouse's mother and the ...
Lidia Poët (Italian pronunciation: [ˈliːdja poˈɛt]; 26 August 1855 – 25 February 1949) was the first modern female Italian lawyer. Her disbarment led to a movement to allow women to practice law and hold public office in Italy.