Giovanna Ralli

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.{{cite news|last=Caprara|first=Fulvia|title=Giovanna Ralli la moglie che non-perdona|language=it|newspaper=La Stampa|date=17 October 1989}} After appearing in Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada's Variety Lights (1950), Ralli had her first film roles of weight in the mid-1950s, often in comedy films.{{cite web|last=Pellegrini|first=Francesca|title=Giovanna Ralli – La passione di Giovanna|language=it|url=http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=4409|access-date=18 March 2013|website=MyMovies}} 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, also directed by Rossellini, was awarded with the Golden Gate Award for Best Actress at the San Francisco International Film Festival.{{cite news|title=Soviet Film Wins Contest On Coast; 'Ballad of a Soldier' Named Best in San Francisco's Fourth Movie Festival|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 November 1960}}

Ralli later won a Nastro d'Argento award, as best actress, for La fuga (1964). In the mid-1960s, she had a brief Hollywood career, starting from Blake Edwards' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?.{{cite news|last=Short|first=Michael|title=In Hollywood Giovanna Ralli Seeks Us Stardom|newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record|date=9 August 1966}} In 1974, she won her second Nastro d'Argento, as best supporting actress, for We All Loved Each Other So Much.{{cite book|last=Lancia|first=Enrico|title=I premi del cinema, 1927-1997|others=Preface by Claudio G. Fava|language=it|location=Rome|publisher=Gremese|year=1998|isbn=88-7742-221-1}} Starting from early 1980s, 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.{{cite news|title=Ciampi ai registi stranieri "Venite a girare in Italia"|language=it|url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/spettacoli_e_cultura/david/ciampi/ciampi.html|access-date=18 March 2013|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=8 April 2003}}

At the 2015 Taormina Film Fest, where she received a special award for her career, Ralli announced her retirement from acting.{{cite news|last=Cicero|first=Franco|title=La Ralli: dico addio alle scene|language=it|url=http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news//146963/La-Ralli--dico--.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724184306/http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/146963/La-Ralli--dico--.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2015|access-date=22 October 2016|work=Gazzetta del Sud|date=16 June 2015}} Jasmine Trinca eventually convinced her to make a final appearance in her 2022 directorial debut film Marcel!.{{cite news |last1=Ciofani |first1=Lorenzo |title=Giovanna Ralli, un paio d'ali |url=https://www.cinematografo.it/news/personaggi/giovanna-ralli-un-paio-dali-j629jitn |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=Cinematografo |date=3 May 2022 |language=it}} The same year, Ralli was awarded a David di Donatello for her career.

Ralli considers herself Roman Catholic.{{cite magazine|first=Lucio|last=Giordano|title=Ho sempre amato Dio, anche se L'ho pregato di farmi avere un figlio e non mi ha ascoltato|language=it|magazine=Dipiù|date=3 June 2022|number=22|pages=98–101}}

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• The Little Teacher by Giorgio Bianchi (1942) – Una bambina
• The Children Are Watching Us (1942, by Vittorio De Sica) – Una bambina
• The Passaguai Family by Aldo Fabrizi (1950)
• Variety Lights by Alberto Lattuada and Federico Fellini (1950)
• The Passaguai Family Gets Rich by Aldo Fabrizi (1952)
• La lupa by Alberto Lattuada (1953)
• Rivalry by Giuliano Biagetti (1953)
• It Happened in the Park by Gianni Franciolini (1953)
• Easy Years by Luigi Zampa (1953)
• The Ship of Condemned Women by Raffaello Matarazzo (1953)
• Le signorine dello 04 by Gianni Franciolini (1954)
• Madame du Barry by Christian-Jacque (1954)
• The Three Thieves by Lionello De Felice (1954)
• Roman Tales by Gianni Franciolini (1955)
• Le ragazze di San Frediano by Valerio Zurlini (1955)
• Les Hussards by Alex Joffé (1955)
• A Hero of Our Times by Mario Monicelli (1955)
• The Bigamist by Luciano Emmer (1956)
• Peccato di castità by Gianni Franciolini (1956)
• The Most Wonderful Moment by Luciano Emmer (1957)
• Nel blu dipinto di blu by Piero Tellini (1959)
• Move and I'll Shoot by Mario Mattoli (1958)
• The Defeated Victor by Paolo Heusch (1958)
• Tuppe tuppe, Marescià! by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1958)
• My Wife's Enemy by Gianni Puccini (1959)
• The Thieves by Lucio Fulci (1959)
• General Della Rovere by Roberto Rossellini (1959)
• Wild Cats on the Beach by Vittorio Sala (1959)
• Escape by Night by Roberto Rossellini (1960)
• Warriors Five by Leopoldo Savona (1960)
• Carmen di Trastevere by Carmine Gallone (1962)
• La monaca di Monza by Carmine Gallone (1962)
• Let's Talk About Women by Ettore Scola (1964)
• La vita agra by Carlo Lizzani (1964)
• La fuga by Paolo Spinola (1964)
• What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? by Blake Edwards (1966)
• The Caper of the Golden Bulls by Russell Rouse (1967)
• The Mercenary by Sergio Corbucci (1968)
• Deadfall by Bryan Forbes (1968)
• The Invisible Woman (1969, by Paolo Spinola) – Laura
• Cannon for Cordoba (1970, by Paul Wendkos) – Leonora
• Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello stato (1971, by Italo Zingarelli) – Oslavia
• Cold Eyes of Fear (1971, by Enzo G. Castellari) – Anna
• What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974, by Massimo Dallamano) – Asst. DA Vittoria Stori
• We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974, by Ettore Scola) – Elide Catenacci
• To Love Ophelia (1974, by Flavio Mogherini) – Ofelia Ceciaretti
• Di che segno sei? (1975, by Sergio Corbucci) – Cristina, Leonardo lover
• Sex with a Smile (1976, by Sergio Martino) – Esmeralda (segment "L'attimo fuggente")
• Chi dice donna dice donna (1976, by Tonino Cervi) – La signorina X (segment "La signorina X")
• Colpita da improvviso benessere (1976, by Franco Giraldi) – Elisabetta
• Languid Kisses, Wet Caresses (1976, by Alfredo Angeli) – Elena
• Con il dovuto rispetto (1976)
• Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980, by Luigi Magni) – Nunziatina
• Manolesta (1981, by Pasquale Festa Campanile) – Anna
• Towards Evening (1990, by Francesca Archibugi) – Pina
• Per non-dimenticare (1992, by Massimo Martelli)
• Once a Year, Every Year (1994, by Gianfrancesco Lazotti) – Laura
• Sunday Lunch (2003, by Carlo Vanzina) – Franca Malorni
• Blood of the Losers (2008, by Michele Soavi) – Giulia Dogliani
• The Immature (2011, by Paolo Genovese) – Iole, Lorenzo's mother
• The Immature: The Trip (2012, by Paolo Genovese) – Iole, Lorenzo's mother
• A Golden Boy (2014, by Pupi Avati) – Madre di Davide
• Marcel! (2022, by Jasmine Trinca) - the grandmother

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