Virna Lisi is remembered in film for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Virna Lisi as Italian actress (1936–2014).
Virna Lisi was born in 1936. Her recorded nationality is Italy.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Virna Lisi is described as actor.
Cinema keeps its people visible long after the industry that produced them has changed shape.
Her work was formally recognised with the David di Donatello for Best Actress.
Working from Italy shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have her, the language the work first appeared in.
Death came in 2014, at 78. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Worked as actor
