Born 1935 in Rome, Italian actress Anna Maria Ferrero made her film debut at the age of 15 in Il cielo è rosso (1950). She was soon cast in such films as Il duca di Sant’Elmo (1950) and Il Cristo proibito (1951), the only movie directed by the noted writer Curzio Malaparte.
Ferrero’s career progressed quickly as she worked with prominent directors, such as Michelangelo Antonioni on I vinti, and actors, like Marcello Mastroianni in Carlo Lizzani’s award-winning Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1953). She appeared with the popular comedian Totò in Totò e Carolina (1953) and with star Alberto Sordi in Una parigina a Roma (1954).
Ferrero appeared with Vittorio Gassman in six films: Lorenzaccio, King Vidor’s War and Peace, Kean, which Gassman co-directed, Giovanni dalle bande nere, Le sorprese dell’amore, and Il mattatore. Her last on-screen appearance was in an episode of the movie Controsesso (1964), directed by Ettore Scola.
Ferrero died 2018 at the age of 83. Take a look at these fabulous photos to see the beauty of young Anna Maria Ferrero in the 1950s and 1960s.
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