# Favorite Italian Actors/Actresses? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607 "2020-03-16T22:20:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/1 "2020-03-16T22:20:14Z")
1. Marcello Mastroianni 2. Vittorio De Sica (my favorite director of all-time) 3. Gian Maria Volonte 4. Anna Magnani 5. Sophia Loren ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/2 "2020-03-16T23:47:11Z")
[Gina Lollobrigida](https://i.redd.it/bqcw0eibkrc11.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/3 "2020-03-17T03:04:34Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > 1. Anna Magnani OMG, I loved her as Serafina in The Rose Tattoo - she was spectacular. I’d like to add Isabella Rossellini to the list. Who could ever forget Dorothy in Blue Velvet? No one. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/4 "2020-03-17T04:41:05Z")
Giancarlo Giannini, especially in his early roles in _The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy_, and _Seven Beauties._ [Guilietta Masini,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulietta_Masina)especially in _La Strada._ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/5 "2020-03-17T05:52:47Z")
[Claudia Cardinale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUI6OICNx4Q) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/6 "2020-03-17T06:40:51Z")
I loved Monica Vitti in _Teresa the Thief_ (Not so much in _Modesty Blaise_). Fabiana Udenio was born in Argentina but grew up in Italy; does she count? She made a name for herself in some really dumb American movies (She was “Alotta Fagina” in _Austin Powers_ and the Italian exchange student in _Summer School_), but really made an impression in these. Also, lots of American TV work. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/7 "2020-03-17T11:04:28Z")
I was massively impressed with [Silvio Orlando](https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/person/silvio-orlando) in the Young Pope / New Pope. I didn’t know his work, but he was really the thread of continuity that held these two shows and their challenging style together. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/8 "2020-03-17T11:36:29Z")
Monica Bellucci. If she’s in it, I’m watching it. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/9 "2020-03-17T12:25:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Giancarlo Giannini, especially in his early roles in _The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy_, and _Seven Beauties._ > > [Guilietta Masini,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulietta_Masina)especially in _La Strada._ Yeah, he was funny in those movies, with his confused look half the time. How could I forget one of the best acting performances, in my 2nd favorite movie of all-time – Giulieta Masina as Gelsominia “If I died, would you be a little sad?” (Tony Quinn is already asleep) ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/10 "2020-03-17T13:45:23Z")
[Alida Valli](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885098/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1). Unforgettable in _The Third Man_. [Valeria Golino](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000420/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1). Her career (at least in American films) is nothing particularly significant, but there’s something about her… ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/11 "2020-03-18T02:00:26Z")
Yeah, Giulietta Massina came first to mind, in a class by herself. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/12 "2020-03-21T07:31:25Z")
Sophia Loren Monica Bellucci ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-italian-actors-actresses/849607/13 "2020-03-21T18:52:29Z")
Only one credit so far, but (no pun intended) brilliant. Gaia Girace