Veteran Italian actress Virna Lisi dies at 78

December 18, 2014 21:46

Veteran Italian actress Virna Lisi, known for her role in 1965 comedy classic 'How To Murder Your Wife', today died in Rome. She was 78. The actress was recently diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer, reported Variety.

Lisi is survived by a son, Corrado, and three grandchildren, Franco, Federico, and Riccardo. Born in Ancona 1936 as Virna Pieralisi, she began her film career as a teenager in 1953.

Her prominent roles in Italian post-war films include 1957 drama 'La Donna Del Giorno', 1963 crime movie 'Il Delitto' Dupre, with Alain Delon, and Mario Monicelli's 1965 Italo comedy classic 'Casanova 70', in which she co-starred with Marcello Mastroianni.

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