Monica Vitti Dies: Italian Screen Icon Of 1960s Classics Was 90
deadline.comMonica Vitti, the Italian screen icon known for a string of 1960s classics, has died aged 90, according to reports in Italy.The news was conveyed by writer, director and politician Walter Veltroni on behalf of Vitti’s husband, Roberto Russo:Roberto Russo, il suo compagno di tutti questi anni, mi chiede di comunicare che Monica Vitti non c’è più.
Lo faccio con dolore, affetto, rimpianto.— walter veltroni (@VeltroniWalter) February 2, 2022The feted actress, best known for movies including L’Avventura (1960), Red Desert (1964), L’Eclisse (1962) and La Notte (1961), had been battling Alzheimers disease for two decades.Vitti was born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli in Rome in 1931.
She acted in amateur productions as a teenager then trained at Rome’s National Academy of Dramatic Arts.The actress shot to global fame following spectacular collaborations with legendary director Michelangelo Antonioni in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Vitti starred in L’Avventura as a detached and cool protagonist drifting into a relationship with the lover of her missing girlfriend.
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