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      • Anna Magnani holding a cat on the roof terrace of her apartment in Rome, 1961. Magnani’s personal life was marked by relationships with Rossellini and the Italian actor Massimo Serato, with whom she had a son, Luca. After Luca became paralyzed by polio as a toddler, Magnani dedicated herself to caring for him.
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  2. Read about some famous cat lovers throughout history: ancient Egyptians, St. Gertrude of Nivelles, Catherine the Great, Anna Magnani, Eartha Kitt, Sanrio, Freddie Mercury, Ai Weiwei, and Taylor Swift.

  3. Oct 21, 2016 · Anna Magnani is one of the all-time greats of Italian cinema, and an Academy award winner. But more importantly, she was a gattara, that is, a cat lady. Specifically, a gattara is a person (usually female) who feeds and otherwise looks after stray cats.

  4. One of the most famous of these cat lovers was the great Italian filmstar Anna Magnani. While working at Teatro Argentina which borders the ruins, Ms. Magnani would spend her breaks feeding her four legged friends.

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  5. May 6, 2024 · Anna Magnani holding a cat on the roof terrace of her apartment in Rome, 1961. Magnani’s personal life was marked by relationships with Rossellini and the Italian actor Massimo Serato, with whom she had a son, Luca.

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  6. She had a love for animals and was known to rescue stray cats and dogs, showing her compassionate and caring nature beyond her on-screen persona. Anna Magnani was an Oscar winning Italian stage and film actress. This biography profiles her childhood, life, acting career, achievements and timeline.

  7. Apr 30, 2024 · The groundbreaking Italian neorealist films of the 1940s were centred around ordinary people. No movie stars required. Yet it was a movie star that came to embody their earthy grit: the force of nature Anna Magnani.

  8. Jan 26, 2017 · Known as the volcano or La Lupa, the she-wolf, Anna Magnani was beloved by Italians for the emotional authenticity with which she played a series of resilient working-class women.