Giovanna Ralli
Date of birth: 1935-01-02
Place of birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jo-Anna Ralli, Джованна Ралли
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.
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Peccato di castità
1956-10-18
Adventures of a young married couple during their honeymoon trip.
Easy Years
1953-11-12
A Sicilian professor who moves to Rome gets lost in the maze of Roman ministries and gives in to cor
La famiglia Passaguai
1951-12-20
When Passaguai family patriarch Giuseppe (Fabrizi) decides to take advantage of a corporate discount
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
1966-08-31
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are w
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974-12-21
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday
To Love Ophelia
1974-04-25
Although he is in his thirties, Orlando still feels like a child. He is terrified of the outside wor
The Mercenary
1968-12-20
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutor
Deadfall
1968-09-11
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices the Moreaus attempt to steal diamonds from the chateau
It's a Hard Life
1964-04-22
Luciano Bianchi lives with his wife and son in the small town of Guastalla. As an intellectual and b
The Three Thieves
1954-09-27
Tapioca, a small-time thief, hides out in an elegant apartment, where he is soon joined by Cascarill
La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
1952-03-07
To get ahead after he answers a newspaper ad for a business proposition, Passaguai borrows the more
Let's Talk About Women
1964-03-28
Vittorio Gassman stars as different characters in each of the nine episodes of this unusual Italian
The Thieves
1959-06-27
An Italian-American mobster is sent back to Naples from the States. He moves to Italy with all his i
The Immature
2011-01-21
Six high school friends in their 40s who haven't seen each other in nearly 20 years rekindle their y
Carmen di Trastevere
1962-11-22
Carmen, wife of a certain Vincenzo detained for theft, chooses Antonio as a friend. When the husband
Cannon for Cordoba
1970-10-01
In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to sava
A Hero of Our Times
1955-09-15
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and h
Escape by Night
1960-07-31
In Nazi-occupied Rome, a beautiful bootlegger, to the chagrin of her lover, gives sanctuary to three
The Hussars
1955-12-14
Brigadier Le Gouce and Private Flicot lose their horses during a campaign in Italy. To avoid looking
At the Edge of the City
1953-10-16
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker
Cold Eyes of Fear
1971-04-06
Against a backdrop of Swingin' 60s London a young playboy type "steals" a beautiful Italian girl fro
La voglia matta di vivere
2022-03-17
Dad Becomes Mom
1952-09-26
The Passaguai family is living peacefully, but then they go to see the magician Bhorman, starting a
Viva l'Italia!
1961-02-02
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads
The Taste of Violence
1961-08-10
Perez kidnaps the President's daughter to trade her for imprisoned revolutionaries.
Marcel!
2022-06-01
The young girl, an insomniac. The mother, an artist. The dog, named Marcel. The little girl loves he
Le signorine dello 04
1955-02-09
The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a
Al di là del lago
2009-04-22
Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976-02-11
Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become
La maestrina
1942-10-08
In a small mountain town, a new teacher arrives, Maria Bini, who, with her extreme confidentiality,
Nel blu dipinto di blu
1959-03-11
Turi, a young Sicilian, makes ends meet by doing some occasional work and singing in taverns in a po
Wild Cats on the Beach
1959-05-05
Various short stories. Giovanna arrives from Rome with her husband Alberto for a film audition. The
The Girls of San Frediano
1955-03-11
Andrea, a young and charming florentine mechanic in the 1950s, romances five beautiful women simulta
The Caper of the Golden Bulls
1967-05-24
Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected c
The Invisible Woman
1969-09-04
Drama about the fading relationship between a professor and his wife. Based upon a short story by Al
Sex with a Smile
1976-01-09
Five short comic sketches, all unrelated to each other, except that they are all expressions of Ital
The Escape
1965-01-23
A young married woman who is desperately unhappy is tempted into a lesbian relationship with an inte
A Golden Boy
2014-09-18
A young copywriter moves to Rome in the wake of his screenwriter father's death, where he meets a pu
Variety Lights
1950-12-06
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal
Prima di sera
1954-10-21
A middle-aged insurer, after spending a sleepless night because of a quarrel with his wife, goes to
Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!
1958-12-17
A landowner pretends he's in love with a provocative bar owner to make his fianceè jealous. She has
Once a Year, Every Year
1994-10-13
A man enters a restaurant in Trastevere, in the suburbs of Rome, and asks the owner to cook him the
The Most Wonderful Moment
1957-03-21
Pietro is in love with a nurse; they keep their affair secret until she falls pregnant. Worried that
My Wife's Enemy
1959-03-28
Marco and Luciana are married and in love, but the passion of Marco for football distract him, and m
The Nun of Monza
1962-05-10
Virginia de Leyva, daughter of a Spanish Lord, becomes a nun in Monza, in 1600s. She becomes very st
Time of Vacation
1956-09-21
Holiday time in Corniolo, a resort 40 kilometres from Rome. In a recently opened hotel various chara
Warriors Five
1962-09-30
World War II Italy...1943. After parachuting behind enemy lines on an espionage mission, an American
Madame du Barry
1954-10-13
The daughter of a seamstress, Jeanne Bécu could hardly imagine she would later become one of the mos
Take Me As I Am
1960-01-29
The director of the Rome office of an American news agency is seduced by his boss' daughter, who sub
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010-09-01
A Prostitute Serving the Public and in Compliance with the Laws of the State
1971-01-22
A hooker, mother of two, leaves her abusing husband for a young boxer. On the street she gets assaul
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984-09-08
A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian C
Di che segno sei?
1975-10-23
Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is searching a
Steno
2022-11-27
A Mink Coat
1956-08-21
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever
Manolesta
1981-02-12
Gino Quirino aka Manolesta, a thief and a con man, lives on a barge anchored on the Tiber with Bruno
A Very Handy Man
1964-01-23
In late 19th century Sicily, handsome free-spirit Liolà wanders into town, where he encounters an ol
Love in the City
1953-11-27
Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood a
Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
1953-09-05
A private detective and a girl obsessed with thriller novels investigate the murder of a rich entrep
The She-Wolf
1953-09-25
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the sam
Towards Evening
1990-12-21
Italy, 1977. Professor Bruschi is a retired widower who lives according to a strict routine he set f
Pane, burro e marmellata
1977-11-09
Bruno De Santis, successful TV presenter, was left by his wife Sofia. One day he decides to call her
The Fabiani Affair
1962-01-24
The tale of the famous vendetta, vengeance over the years between two families. For nearly nothing a
Pastasciutta nel deserto
1961-12-01
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
2012-05-01
The Immature: The Trip
2012-01-04
Seven thirty-something friends organise a post-grad trip they were never able to take after school.
Languidi baci... perfide carezze
1976-12-08
Italian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi
Blood of the Losers
2008-01-01
General Della Rovere
1959-10-07
The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extra
The Maids
1959-06-14
Gabriella, a maid, wears a jewel at a dancing party which belongs to her mistress, and when it is st
Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
2020-04-12
Colpita da improvviso benessere
1976-02-21
Elisabetta is a fishmonger with petty-bourgeois aspirations who cohabits with Luiso Malerba, an anar
Arrivano i bersaglieri
1980-10-29
In the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La Marmora's t
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
1974-08-10
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia
It Happened in the Park
1953-12-18
Villa Borghese, Rome's biggest urban park, is the place where everyday laughs and dramas are consume
Roman Tales
1955-12-21
Alvaro is been in jail and so he consider himself the most fit to lead his three friends Mario, Otel
The Bigamist
1956-02-17
A traveling salesman is sent to prison after being accused of bigamy, while his wife and son are for
Move and I'll Shoot
1958-03-13
Renato Tuzzi, a primary school teacher, is a shy man, unable to be respected by the turbulent kids.
Un uomo facile
1959-04-24
The changing fortunes of two boxers are explored in this interesting drama by Paolo Heusch, seen fro
Una famiglia per caso
2003-01-05
The Truth About La Dolce Vita
2020-09-11
On October 20th, 1959, producer Giuseppe Amato is alone in a screening room, watching Federico Felli
I colori della vita
2005-05-16
Las aeroguapas
1957-11-24
Titanus 1904
2024-10-17
The Children Are Watching Us
1943-10-27
In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittori
Solo per Dirti Addio
1992-03-08
Stefano is found dead in his car, killed by exhaust fumes that he himself had channeled into the cab
Il pranzo della domenica
2003-04-29
The life of Franca Malorni, exponent of the good bourgeoisie of the capital, suddenly changes when h
Rivalità
1953-01-01
A melodrama supervised by Roberto Rossellini.