What is Monica Vitti?
[[File:Monica Vitti (1965) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Vitti in 1965]] '''Monica Vitti''' (born '''Maria Luisa Ceciarelli'''; 3 November 1931 – 2 February 2022) was an [[Italians|Italian]] actress. She is best known for her starring roles in movies directed by [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] during the early 1960s. She later starred in [[comedy movie]]s directed by [[Mario Monicelli]]. Vitti's movie acting credits include ''[[L'Avventura]]'' (1960), ''[[La Notte]]'' (1961), ''[[Red Desert (movie)|Red Desert]]'' (1964), ''[[The Girl with the Pistol]]'' (1968), ''[[Camera d'albergo]]'' (1981), ''[[Flirt (1983 movie)|Flirt]]'' (1983) and ''[[Secret Scandal]]'' (1989). She won five [[David di Donatello|David di Donatello Awards]] for Best Actress, seven [[Globo d'oro|Italian Golden Globes]] for Best Actress, the Career Golden Globe and the [[Venice Film Festival]] Career Golden Lion Award. Vitti was born in [[Rome]]. She married Roberto Russo in 2000. In 2011, Vitti said she had [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/18_gennaio_18/marito-monica-vitti-basta-fake-news-non-una-clinica-svizzera-1118163c-fc21-11e7-80a4-a8d109924739.shtml|title=Il marito di Monica Vitti: «Basta fake news, non è in una clinica svizzera»|date=18 January 2018|access-date=5 May 2019|lang=it|work=Corriere della Sera|author=Grandi, Annalisa}}</ref> She died on 2 February 2022 from the disease in Rome at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/cinema/2022/02/02/news/monica_vitti-249574730/|title=È morta Monica Vitti, talento smisurato del cinema italiano|work=la Repubblica|date=2 February 2022|access-date=2 February 2022|lang=it|author=Ugolini, Chiara}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0900143}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitti, Monica}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Rome]] [[Category:Italian movie actors]] [[Category:Italian movie directors]] [[Category:Italian stage actors]] [[Category:Italian telev