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Virna Pieralisi, better known as Virna Lisi [ˈvirna ˈliːzi], was an Italian actress. Her film appearances included How to Murder Your Wife (1965), Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966), Beyond Good and Evil (1977), and Follow Your Heart (1996). For the 1994 film La Reine Margot, she won Best Actress at Cannes and the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Birth Name
Virna Lisa Pieralisi
Born
Sunday, 08 November 1936
Died
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Aznavour by Charles | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Latin Lover | Rita | 2015 |
| The Oscars | Self - Actress (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore | Self | 2014 |
| L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self | 2011 |
| Hollywood on the Tiber | Self | 2009 |
| Il falso bugiardo | Self | 2008 |
| Donne sbagliate | Anna Miglio | 2007 |
| L'onore e il rispetto | Ersilia Fortebracci | 2006 |
| Marcello, una vita dolce | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Aznavour by Charles | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Latin Lover | Rita | 2015 |
| The Oscars | Self - Actress (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore | Self | 2014 |
| L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self | 2011 |
| Hollywood on the Tiber | Self | 2009 |
| Il falso bugiardo | Self | 2008 |
| Donne sbagliate | Anna Miglio | 2007 |
| L'onore e il rispetto | Ersilia Fortebracci | 2006 |
| Marcello, una vita dolce | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
| I ragazzi della via Pál | Edit Horváth | 2003 |
| The Best Day of My Life | Irene Mazzoni / Irene | 2002 |
| Le ali della vita 2 | Sorella Alberta | 2001 |
| Tides of Change | Marchesa Orsola Maironi | 2001 |
| Spider's Game | Contessa Marta Dandolo | 2001 |
| Le ali della vita | Sorella Alberta | 2000 |
| Balzac: A Passionate Life | Madame de Berny | 1999 |
| Cristallo di rocca - Una storia di Natale | Sanna | 1999 |
| Va' dove ti porta il cuore | Olga anziana / Olga | 1996 |
| One Hundred and One Nights | Self - in Cannes | 1995 |
| Queen Margot | Catherine de Médicis | 1994 |
| I misteri della giungla nera | Sara Corishant | 1991 |
| Merry Christmas... Happy New Year | Elvira | 1989 |
| Via Panisperna Boys | Signora Maiorana | 1989 |
| I Love N.Y. | Anna Cotone | 1987 |
| Christopher Columbus | Dona Moniz Perestrello | 1985 |
| Amarsi un po'... | Princess Maria Cellini / Principessa Cellini | 1984 |
| Time for Loving | Adriana Balestra | 1983 |
| Miss Right | Anna | 1982 |
| Venetian Lies | Luisa Herrighe | 1981 |
| The Cricket | Wilma Malinverni / Wilma / singer-prostitute | 1980 |
| Ernesto | Ernesto's Mother | 1979 |
| Beyond Good and Evil | Elisabeth / Elizabeth Nietzsche | 1977 |
| Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti | Julia | 1977 |
| Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca | (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Challenge to White Fang | Sister Evangelina | 1974 |
| White Fang | Sister Evangelina | 1973 |
| The Serpent | Mrs. Annabel Lee / Annabel Lee | 1973 |
| Bluebeard | The Singer / Elga | 1972 |
| Les galets d'Étretat | Alny | 1972 |
| Roma bene | Silvia Santi | 1971 |
| Love Me Strangely | Nathalie Revent / Nathalie | 1971 |
| The Statue | Rhonda Bolt | 1971 |
| The Heist | Stella Menzoni | 1970 |
| The Christmas Tree | Catherine Graziani | 1969 |
| The Barbara McNair Show | Self | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | John's Beautiful Cousin in Rome | 1969 |
| The Secret of Santa Vittoria | Caterina Malatesta / Caterina | 1969 |
| Better a Widow | Rosa Minniti | 1968 |
| Arabella | Arabella | 1967 |
| Anyone Can Play | Luisa | 1967 |
| The Girl and the General | Ada | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| The 25th Hour | Suzanna Moritz | 1967 |
| Not with My Wife, You Don't! | Julie Ferris | 1966 |
| Assault on a Queen | Rosa Lucchesi | 1966 |
| The Birds, the Bees and the Italians | Milena Zulian | 1966 |
| Oggi, domani, dopodomani | Dorotea (segment "L'ora di punta") / Dorotea | 1965 |
| Made in Italy | Virginia (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 1") | 1965 |
| A Maiden for the Prince | Giulia | 1965 |
| The Dean Martin Show | Self | 1965 |
| The Possessed | Tilde | 1965 |
| Casanova 70 | Gigliola | 1965 |
| The Dolls | Luisa (segment "La telefonata") | 1965 |
| How to Murder Your Wife | Mrs. Ford | 1965 |
| Coplan prend des risques | Ingrid Carlsen / Ingrid | 1964 |
| The Black Tulip | Caroline 'Caro' Plantin | 1964 |
| Don't Tempt the Devil | Gina Bianchi | 1963 |
| The Shortest Day | Naja, una spia austriaca | 1963 |
| Eva | Francesca Ferrara | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself | 1961 |
| Duel of the Titans | Julia | 1961 |
| 5 marines per 100 ragazze | Grazia | 1961 |
| Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare | Silvia | 1961 |
| Un militare e mezzo | Anita Rossi | 1960 |
| Caterina Sforza, la leonessa di Romagna | Caterina Sforza | 1959 |
| Il mondo dei miracoli | Laura Damiani | 1959 |
| Lost Souls | Anna | 1959 |
| Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche | Ragazza | 1958 |
| Il conte di Matera (Il tiranno) | Greta Tramontana di Casamaiora | 1958 |
| The Doll That Took the Town | Liliana Atteni / Liliana Attenni | 1957 |
| Vendicata! | 1956 | |
| The Bachelor | Extra | 1955 |
| The Hussars | Elisa | 1955 |
| New Moon | Lucia | 1955 |
| Addio, Napoli! | 1955 | |
| Eighteen Year Olds | Maria Rovani | 1955 |
| Il vetturale del Moncenisio | Jeanne Thibaud, figlia di Jean Claude | 1954 |
| Il cardinale Lambertini | Maria di Roccasibalda | 1954 |
| Piccola santa | Maria | 1954 |
| La corda d'acciaio | Stella | 1954 |
| Lettera napoletana | Anna Esposito | 1954 |
| Violenza sul lago | Laura, Marco's daughter / Laura | 1954 |
| Desiderio 'e sole | Laura / Laura Morera | 1954 |
| ...e Napoli canta! | Maria Mariani / Maria | 1953 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - on film | 1948 |
