On January 29, local time, Italian actor Sandra Milo, who starred in director Federico Fellini's classic "Eight and a Half", passed away peacefully at her home in Rome at the age of 90.
Sandra Milo's daughter Deborah Urgas announced the news of her mother's death on social media: "She loved to laugh all her life and always left a smile on her face even in the most difficult times. impression. Until the last moment, she hoped that she could be a woman who would keep smiling even in pain. She hoped that the public would remember her beauty and her smile. Therefore, my brothers and sisters and I paid tribute to her at the end Moment put her in a white dress. She once said that as long as a woman is willing, she can still be sexy even at the age of 90. Then, we put on lipstick, high heels, and one of her latest My favorite classical jewelry necklace."
Sandra Milo
Sandra Milo has been in the film industry for nearly 70 years and has acted in more than 80 film and television works. The two most famous works were both directed by Bole Fellini - except In addition to "Eight and a Half Parts" in 1963, there was also "Juliet and the Devil" released two years later. These two performances also enabled her to win the Best Supporting Actress Award twice at the Silver Ribbon Award for Film sponsored by the Italian National Association of Film Journalists. In 2021, Milo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the David Film Award, which represents the highest honor in the Italian film industry.
The young Sandra Milo
Sandra Milo was born on March 11, 1933 to a Sicilian family in what was then French Tunisia. In 1955, at the age of 22, she made her debut in the film industry, starring opposite the famous star Alberto Sordi in the movie "Bachelor". With her pretty appearance and innocent childish voice, she impressed the audience deeply. impression.
Four years later, she was spotted by producer moris ergas, who arranged for her to make her debut in Roberto Rossellini's "General Rovere," which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. important role. In August 1961, Rossellini once again competed at the Venice Film Festival with his new work "Vanina Vannini", and Sandra Milo has been promoted to an out-and-out female lead. The film is adapted from Stendhal's short story of the same name. She plays Vanina, an aristocratic young lady who unfortunately falls in love with a revolutionary young man from the Carbonari Party. In the end, the film failed to receive favorable reviews from the media, and Milo's acting skills were dismissed as worthless by some film critics. He was even given the name "Canina" after the film's protagonist Vanina Vanini. The nickname of canina canini, and both words themselves mean dogs, which is extremely insulting. In addition, during the filming of the film, producer Ergas was said to have repeatedly asked for additional roles for Sandra Milo and interfered in Rossellini's directorial work, which also deeply affected the latter.
Shortly thereafter, Milo married the Greek-born producer and gave birth to daughter Deborah in 1963.
Sandra Milo married director Fellini
After getting married, Sandra Milo lived a life of a husband and a goddaughter, and temporarily retired from the film industry. However, it wasn't long before she was persuaded by Fellini to play the mistress of Marcello Mastroianni's protagonist Guido in "Eight and a Half". After that, she continued to play a supporting role in "Juliet and the Devil". Although she won praise from the media, she also left a stereotype of being good at playing vase, and it was difficult to get truly challenging performance opportunities.
Sandra Milo and Mastroianni in "Eight and a Half Parts"
In 1968, Milo once again withdrew from the entertainment industry and did not come back until 1979. The role he played was also changed from charming to charming due to his age. Lover, transformed into a lost middle-aged woman. In the late 1980s, it was difficult for her to find her place in the Italian film industry, so she entered the television industry and became an excellent children's program host.
Sandra Minogue was married four times in her life and had three children. She was only 15 when she first got married, but just 21 days later, the couple separated and obtained a court-issued annulment of the marriage. After that, her marriage to producer Ergas lasted only 11 years.Later, she married entrepreneur Otavio de Lollis and gave birth to two children. In 1990, after being divorced for many years, she married a young Cuban. However, as she said in an interview with Vanity Fair, this relationship was never real and was just to maintain her popularity. trick.
On the screen, Sandra Milo's most famous role is the mistress in Fellini's movies; off the screen, she actually had a secret love affair with Fellini that lasted 17 years. For a long time in the past, this matter was not known to the outside world. It was not until after Fellini's death that Milo gradually took the opportunity to reveal the matter to the outside world, and claimed that Fellini was the love of her life. "I loved him very much from the beginning, and he just felt attracted to me, but later on, he also realized that he actually loved me. 17 years later, he told me that he realized that I was his life The woman in "Juliet and the Devil." He wanted to spend the rest of his life with me. But I said no. Because I was scared."
Sandra Milo (left) and Giulietta Masina in "Juliet and the Devil"
As for myself and Regarding the relationship between Fellini’s wife, Giulietta Masina, Milo, who had collaborated with her in “Juliet and the Devil,” said, “We are very close friends, but we never talk about my relationship with her husband. Relationship. Maybe she knew, but kept silent. I can be sure that she loves me very much and treats me as a colleague. Juliet is too smart to let herself become a jealous wife. She knows that she is marrying a strange man .so I never felt any embarrassment in being friends with her. I did not regard Juliet as my lover's wife, but as a great actress. My feelings for Federico were so Strong, there is absolutely nothing that I can be embarrassed about."
