Name	Anna Magnani
Other Name(s)	Nannarella
Height	5' 3"  (160 cm)
Build	Average
Eye Color	Brown - Dark
Hair Color	Black
Date of Birth	March 7, 1908
Birthplace	Rome, Italy
Star Sign	Pisces
Died	September 26, 1973 (Aged 65)
Nationality	Italian
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Actress
Celebrity Index	An
Claim to Fame	Roma, città aperta - La rosa tatuata
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Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

Animals are good, better than humans really, animals do not betray you.

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Trivia

Is portrayed by Lina Sastri in Celluloide (1996)

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Tennessee Williams, after meeting her, said, "I never saw a more beautiful woman, enormous eyes, skin the color of Devonshire cream.".

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Grandmother of Italian actress Olivia Magnani.

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Convinced that she would never win the Oscar for The Rose Tattoo (1955), she didn't attend the ceremony. The reporter who woke her out of a sound sleep in Rome to give her the news had a difficult time convincing her he wasn't kidding. "You're lying," Magnini supposedly said. "If this is a joke, I'll kill you!".

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Tennessee Williams wrote the role of Serafina in his play, The Rose Tattoo, for Anna, but her English skills were too limited to appear in the 1951 Broadway production. Instead, Maureen Stapleton played the role to great acclaim. Stapleton also would originate the role of Lady Torrance in Williams' Orpheus Descending, a role Magnani also would later play on film.

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Her beloved son Luca was the result of a brief affair with Italian matinée idol Massimo Serato.

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Her friendship with Tennessee Williams was the subject of an Off-Broadway play in New York, Roman Nights, by Franco D'Alessandro, which starred Franca Barchiesi as Magnani and Roy Miller as Williams. A film adaptation is in the works.

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See also Trivia Index (A) :: Quotes Index (A) :: Connections Index (A)

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