Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor.
Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, the son of Ida (née Irolle) and Ottone Mastroianni, who ran a carpentry shop. Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II, he was interned in a German prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. Mastroianni was married to Italian actress Flora Carabella (1926 ...
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Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor.
Mastroianni was born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, the son of Ida (née Irolle) and Ottone Mastroianni, who ran a carpentry shop. Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II, he was interned in a German prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. Mastroianni was married to Italian actress Flora Carabella (1926 - 1999) from 1948 until his death. They had one child together, Barbara. His brother Ruggero Mastroianni (1929 - 1996) was a highly regarded film editor who not only edited a number of his brother's films, but appeared alongside Marcello in Scipione detto anche l'Africano, a comedic take on the once popular peplum/sword and sandal film genre released in 1971.
Mastroianni had a daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, with the actress Catherine Deneuve, his longtime lover during the seventies. Both Flora and Catherine were at his bedside when he died of...
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