Giovanna Ralli
Born: 1935-01-02 in Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
Giovanna Ralli (born 2 January 1935) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Born in Rome, Ralli debuted as a child actress at 7; at 13 she made her theatrical debut, entering the stage company of Peppino De Filippo. After appearing in Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada's Variety Lights (1950), Ralli had her first film roles of weight in mid-fifties, often in comedy films. In 1959 she had a leading role in Roberto Rossellini's General Della Rovere, that won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, while in 1960 her performance in Escape by Night, still directed by Rossellini, was awarded with the Golden Gate Award for Best Actress at the San Francisco International Film Festival. Ralli was married to Ettore Boschi. Ralli later won a Nastro d'Argento award, as best actress, for La fuga (1964). In the mid-sixties she had a brief Hollywood career, starting from Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?. In 1974 she won her second Nastro d'Argento, as best supporting actress, for We All Loved Each Other So Much. Starting from early eighties, Ralli focused her activities on stage. In 1993 she received a Flaiano Prize for her career. In 2003 she was made a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic. At the 2015 Taormina Film Fest, where she received a special award for her career, Ralli announced her retirement from acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanna Ralli, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2024
- Titanus 1904 as Self
2022
- La voglia matta di vivere as Self
- Marcel! as Grandmother
- Steno
2020
2014
- A Golden Boy as madre di Davide
2012
- The Immature: The Trip as Mamma Iole
- Sabato, domenica e lunedì as Amelia Priore
2011
- The Immature as Iole, la mamma di Lorenzo
2010
2009
- L'isola dei segreti - Koré as Giovanna Grimaldi
- Al di là del lago as Ada
2008
- Ho sposato uno sbirro
- Blood Of The Losers as Giulia Dogliani
- Married to a Cop as Erminia
2005
2003
- Il pranzo della domenica as Franca Malorni
- Una famiglia per caso
1994
- Once a Year, Every Year as Laura
1992
1990
- Towards Evening as Pina
1984
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer as Self
1981
- Manolesta as Dott.ssa Angela De Maria
1980
- Arrivano i bersaglieri as Nunziatina
1976
- Sex with a Smile as Esmeralda (episodio "L'attimo fuggente")
- Chi dice donna, dice donna as La signorina X
- Colpita da improvviso benessere as Elisabetta
- Languidi baci... perfide carezze as Elena
1975
- Di che segno sei? as Cristina, Leonardo lover
1974
- We All Loved Each Other So Much as Elide
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters? as Asst. DA Vittoria Stori
- To Love Ophelia as Ofelia Ceciaretti
1971
1970
- Cannon for Cordoba as Leonora
1969
- The Invisible Woman as Laura
1968
- The Mercenary as Columba
- Deadfall as Fe
1967
- The Caper of the Golden Bulls as Angela
1966
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? as Gina Romano
1965
- La Fuga as Piera Fabbri
1964
- Let's Talk About Women as Prostitute
- It's a Hard Life as Anna
- A Very Handy Man as Tuzza Azara
1962
- The Fabiani Affair as Camille Fabiani
- The Nun of Monza as Virginia de Leyva
- Carmen di Trastevere as Carmen
- Warriors Five as Italia
1961
- Viva l'Italia! as Rosa
- The Taste of Violence as Maria
- Pastasciutta nel deserto as Angela
1960
- Escape by Night as Esperia Beli
- Take Me As I Am
1959
- General Della Rovere as Valeria
- The Thieves as Maddalena, moglie di Scognamiglio
- Nel blu dipinto di blu as Assuntina
- Wild Cats on the Beach as Giovanna
- My Wife's Enemy as Luciana
- The Maids as Virginia
- Un uomo facile as Lina
1958
- Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! as Carmelina
- Move and I'll Shoot as Giovanna - la figlia dell'oste
1957
- The Most Wonderful Moment as Luisa Morelli
- Las aeroguapas as Giovanna
1956
- The Bigamist as Valeria Masetti
- A Mink Coat as Gabriela
- Time of Vacation as Lella
- Peccato di castità as Valentina Colasanti
1955
- The Girls of San Frediano as Mafalda Panini
- The Young Ladies of 04 as Bruna
- A Hero of Our Times as Marcella
- Roman Tales as Marcella
- The Hussars as Cosima
1954
- Madame du Barry as Cadet
- The Three Thieves as Marietta
- Prima di sera as La commessa della farmacia
1953
- Love in the City as (segment "Gli italiani si voltano")
- It Happened in the Park as Virginia (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")
- The She-Wolf as Agnese
- Easy Years as Teresa
- At the Edge of the City
- Fermi tutti... arrivo io! as Rina
- Rivalità as Luisa
1952
- Dad Becomes Mom as Marcella, figlia di Giuseppe
- La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna as Marcella, figlia di Giuseppe
1951
- La famiglia Passaguai as Marcella, figlia di Giuseppe
1950
- Variety Lights as (uncredited)
1942
- La maestrina as una bambina