Actor and presenter Sandra MiloOne of the most beloved artists of Italian cinema and muse of famous director Federico FelliniHe died at home at the age of 90 RomeSurrounded by his family, he leaves behind a long career spanning more than six decades, local media reported today.
‘sandrocchiaUnder the nickname given to her by Fellini, with whom she had an affair as well as the socialist leader Bettino Craxi, she shot 70 films in Italian cinema and worked with many great directors in these films. Roberto Rossellini, Antonio Pietrangeli, Luigi Zampa, Dino Risi, Pupi Avati, Gabriele Salvatores and Gabriele Muccino.
Milo was a fighter from his debut in ‘Lo scapsolo’ (‘The Bachelor’) with Alberto Sordi in 1955 until his final performance in the series ‘Gigolò percaso’, which aired last Christmas, and three years ago he chained himself in the Government headquarters. Demanding improvements for entertainment workers.
“A hero of Italian cinema leaves. With the disappearance of Sandra Milo Screens small and big are losing a hugely talented artist with overwhelming charisma“said Undersecretary of Culture Lucia Borgonzoni, underlining the ability to “extremely easy change registration” which has “captured the hearts of millions of Italians”.
Born in Tunisia as Salvatrice Elena Greco on March 11, 1933, Milo’s family returned to Italy when she was three years old, and when she was only 15, Milo married Marquis Cesare Rodighiero, from whom she left only a few months later to start her modeling career. in Milan.
Milo, who entered the cinema with Sordi with the help of Greek filmmaker Moris Ergas, the father of his daughter Débora, started filming with famous actors such as Totò, Brigitte Bardot and Vittorio de Sica, and starred in ‘Il generale’ in 1959. Della Rovere’ (“El general de la Rovere”) by Roberto Rossellini and ‘Fantasmi a Roma’ ‘Ghosts of Rome’ with Vittorio Gassman and Marcello Mastroiani in 1961.
with Fellini Long secret love for 17 yearsAs he revealed in 2009, he directed her in the films “8 y 1⁄2” (“Fellini 8½”) and “Giulietta degli Spiriti” (“Giulietta of the Spirits”), and also appeared in many important films in the 60s, such as: ‘L ‘ombellone’ (‘The Umbrella’), 1965, by Dino Risi, with Enrico Maria Salerno.
After being away from the screens for a while, after marrying Ottavio De Lollis in 1968 and having two children named Ciro and Azzurra, she became a familiar face of the big screen in the 80s and returned to the cinema in recent years. The movie ‘Happy Family’, which Gabriele Salvatores combined with theater in 2010.
The actress, who has also been the lover of socialist leader Bettino Craxi for two years, explained the following in a television interview in 2007: He helped his mother dieHe said: “Man should die with dignity.”