MAZINI JULIET

Italian actress. Filmed in the movies: "Fires of variety," "The White Sheik," "The Road", "Nights Kabir", "Juliet and spirits," "Ginger and Fred" and others of her talent is inherent connection lyricism and grotesque .

Julie Anne Mazina born February 22, 1921 in the hamlet of San Giorgio di Piano, near Bologna, in a family of teachers and employees. She was the eldest of four children. Julie from an early age has shown the propensity to the theater (played in the children′s performances), to dance and music.

After graduating from elementary school she was sent to study in Rome aunt. Mazina got into school nurses ursulinok. She is ready to become a pianist, but was admitted to the university. Later, Juliet teaching diploma in modern literature.

As a student pilot Theater, she played Plavta, Goldoni. Then it was invited to the theater Kvirino. Julie heavily involved diction, and, desiring to get rid of severoitalyanskogo pronunciation, began working in radio. There she played in funny skit about the life of two lovers "Adventures Chikko and Pallini, unknown author signed" Federico. "

This author was Federico Fellini, the amateur caricaturist, a member of humorous magazine "Marcus Aurelius. " He called Juliet, and said he wanted to make a film on the play and asked her about the meeting . . . And in October 1943, Fellini and Mazina married. At the request of Federico she was Juliet.

Mazina became enthusiastic cinema. But the producers found it insufficiently beautiful. While Fellini wrote one script after another, his wife for a long time could not obtain the role. "I felt neglected, deprived of its own affairs, and this sense of growing," - recalls the actress.

Finally in 1947 she received a role in the film Alberto Lattuady "Without compassion. " Mazin created a tragicomic way prostitutes Marcello - guilelessly with a kind, trusting soul. The film was shown at the Venice Festival of 1948. The actress was awarded the prize "Silver Ribbon" for the role of the second plan. However, some thought that this movie "sentenced" her to prostitute roles - a funny and at the same time patetichnoy. Another "Silver ribbon, awarded by Italian film critic, Mazina won in 1951 for the role of itinerant actress in Fellini directing debut - the picture" Fires variety.

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"Circle told me that a long career - says the actress. - However, neither the producer did not give me nothing but the episodes. Even in the "White Sheika" [1952], who raised my husband, I played the smallest role - street girls Kabir - for a fee of fifty thousand lire. I have already started to think that before the end of his days will serve in such roles.

Written scenario Fellini film "The Road" attracted producers, but they denied that the primary role played Mazina. Then Federico broke a contract for the setting of the picture. However, after some time he returned to the project "Roads", and after much debate producers (Carlo Ponti and Dino de Laurentis) agreed to Mazina.

It is in the film-parable "The Road" (1954) was the true birth of the great actresses. Mazina played a village girl Dzhelsominu, because of the fierce mother sold the needs of nomadic tsirkachu. Her holy simplicity, natural feeling, simply, and kindness confronting cruelty, maltreatment and lying insensible Dzampano.

"gait and gestures Dzhelsominy clown, crying her eyes and laugh at the same time, dumb questions, frozen in her opinion, her fixed smile will remain forever in our memory - Bohemian G. writes cinema. - Created by an actress in this film surpasses the notion of professional skill, just not comparable to him. Brilliant - no other words to evaluate her game. "

Mazin was a worldwide success. In England, the United States, especially in France the name Dzhelsominy had everyone′s lips. Once is not named Juliet - and muse Fellini "and" baby-clown "and" Chaplin in a skirt! And Chaplin himself later wrote: "This is an actress I admire more than anyone to it. " Her given name restaurants, dolls, candy, even the ship.

Mazina informed journalists: "Dzhelsomina grew as a child within ten years of our marriage. Every day, my husband watched me take notes, cultivating this image. Much he learned from my children′s pictures, a lot - of gestures, podsmotrennyh in the kitchen when I zlilas themselves because of the overdone roast. Especially liked it my habit to smile, not razzhimaya lips of the famous smile that has become a feature of the shape Dzhelsominy.

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In a circle of friends Mazina told another: "Nobody did not understand that Dzhelsomina - this is not me, and he," female "part of his soul, vulnerable, poetic. " She did not like the whole "circus" entourage - makeup , cloth, in which its rites, and that she had to portray a complete subordination of its heroine Dzampano this monster.

In the "Dear" (1954) and Kabir Nights "(1957) Mazina acted in small roles in the film Fellini" Fraud ". There, Julia played a young artist′s wife, which she tries to return to the path of an honest life, turn away from involvement in various shady.

In the nights Kabir "Mazina again played the role of a prostitute - but is not broken, women, and full of life, ready to fight for themselves. Juliet is like the role. Following the success of "Nights Kabir" Fellini said: "Actually, I am obliged to all. And I never tire of repeating, it is a good, patient and intelligent, that wonderful actress born in this little woman here this rostochka.

Juliet Mazina won numerous prizes at international festivals in Cannes, San Sebastian, Moscow, another "Silver ribbon.

Directed by Grigori Kozintsev wrote: "It is - the heart of the movie, actress amazing diversity and charm. However, it is - a special charm, it is achieved is not visually appealing . . . The essence of her art that she finds in that girls scored humanity. The actress reveals that by its nature it is created for good and reasonable life, but the social system in which it exists, its ugly creatures. And starts to shine through the squalor of human charm. "

Mazina and Fellini made triumphal trip to Hollywood. Juliet remembered as a dinner, arranged in their honor by American directors, for dessert filed terrifying statue of marzipan, depicting not the Dzhelsominu not something Kabir, and also settle a number of edible bike Dzampano almost life-size . . .

Juliet Mazina shot relatively little. After Nights Kabir "she played a naive and a bit funny tryapichnitsu Nandó in the film" Fortunella "(1957). Then, along with Anna Magnani took part in the film Renato Castellani "Hell in the City" (1958). However, the brutal but sentimental drama had not had a wide resonance.

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Hollywood producer suggested Mazina lucrative five-year contract. But she refused. She could not separate a long time with Fellini. Over fifty years of marriage, she played the role of loving wife, is not jealous trusted him in everything, although he knew all about his many relationships. And yet they could not live without each other . . .

Mazina sought to express themselves in other areas: journalism, publishing, sometimes acted as a leading television, in concert with the reading of poetry classics. Juliet got a degree: she has successfully defended at the University of Rome thesis on "The social situation and psychology of the actor in our time. "

A few roles in which she took in Germany, did not bring her satisfaction. Third Fellini film, designed to Mazina - Juliet and Ghosts ", was only in 1965. Juliet at this time appears in the image of ladies from the society. "The entire film - a story of a man facing crisis - told reporters the actress. - But if we compare it with other works of Fellini (as many are trying to hold a parallel), then I can say that the heroine of this film is not in the clinical condition, which was shown to Guido in 8 1 / 2. "Juliet is only the deepest amazement to the real world around her. timorously this substance is rarely able to apply to the culture and the people of their society . . . I have merged with the character that I had to realize, as soon as Federico told me the contents of the picture. "In fact, disappointment and passive wife in the tape "Juliet and spirits" cause Mazina disgust: "The timid zakompleksovannaya, zadavlennaya woman. I do not like this type - a type of Mediterranean women, which at first completely subordinated to the will of the parents, and then - the will of her husband. I would not only very quietly took care of her husband′s family, I would smash his head. And not for anything would tihonechko escape. "

In the late 1960′s actress shot abroad - including from the English director B. Forbes in the movie "mad from Chaillot" (on the play by Jean Giraudoux).

In 1973, she appeared in the title role in TV series "Eleanor", and in 1976 - even in a single series "Camille" (directed by Sandro Bolki), delivered by well-known novel by the author of Faust Chalente "very cold winter.

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" Here Mazina played in a realistic manner. Her heroine - is already old, a woman left her husband, which, in difficult post-war years, a long three children. "The work of Camille - said Juliet - helped me to experience their own post-war life, when I made some reassessment of values, realizing that the really important person in life. " These two teleromana benefited from the tremendous success of Italian visitors.

Mazina rejected many of the proposals, giving up the roles that are contrary to its representations on the problems of high art. Subsequently, it is sometimes spared no on some of their failures - for example, from such interesting suggestions as to strike at the Antonioni film "The Adventure", the Berlanga - to screen "Lasarilo to Tormesa (troubled her that she would have to play a teenage boy ).

In 1985, he was shown two pictures with the Mazina - "Mother Metelitsa" and "Ginger and Fred. "

"Metelitsa Mother" - filming Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Mrs. Metelitsa. Mazina very warmly commended the creative collaboration with Juraj Yakubisko - Slovak director. The Role of Mother Metelitsa Juliet plays with wisdom and warmth. Talent and skill of the actress, the director of fiction, folklore lusciousness brought well-deserved success of the film.

In the same year, Julia has played in the Fellini film "Ginger and Fred" the role of the once famous pop artist, nicknamed Ginger. Her partner was Marcello Mastroianni. According to Fellini, the film together in a common plot, two lines of his films. "On the one hand, Juliet - prosopopoeia if enchanted, vulnerable and a celebration of innocence, on the other - Marcello - the embodiment of the right to live irresponsible . . . "

Mazina stressed that created it in this movie all the way home from the old feeling of love. In this sense, according to Juliet, this film is not about moving a couple of old estradnikov, but about love, meeting and separation of people loving each other.

Mazina acknowledged that it was thanks to the films of Fellini heard everywhere admired her - and the actress is lstilo. However, it is believed that the really do not understand. In the first film with her participation, shot in 1948, and last, which was completed in 1985, had passed thirty-seven years.

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Twenty of them it was not filmed. And all she had participated in twenty-seven films. Among them are the only significant eleven. Seven withdrew Fellini, only four, she played the role of the protagonist.

In an interview with film critics Kedziho Tulio, who wrote a book about Juliet Mazina, she blamed her husband that he was impatient with her, svoevlasten not want her to listen, says that he has the right to freedom of expression. "Especially in my family, I command. " Strongly agree with those who, under the word "feminine" imply a weakness of character, subordination, a quiet tenderness.

So Fellini was intolerable, Juliet did not want to obey. It makes no cigarette smoke, even the smell of tobacco in his presence, no smoking, except incorrigible Mastroianni. It is almost defiantly lit one cigarette after another, and none of her husband′s comments, like: "Juliet is the fifth" is simply not heard.

But Juliet loved life, maybe even more than her husband. She likes to communicate with other people. It was many years headings on the pages of the newspaper "Stampa" diligently responded to letters. When was younger, she enjoyed the luxury cars, expensive clothes, liked to look at beautiful men, and dancing. Enjoyed holidays, large families with many children. She was thrilled when people have expressed their recognition of her love.

During the summer of 1993 at the clinic she was diagnosed - a heavy cancer. "accurate diagnosis Juliet Mazina never learned - her doctor said. - While it was a course of chemotherapy, however, was confident that her illness is not so dangerous. "

A 31 October 1993 Fellini died - for the day before his death marked the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding.

In spring 1994, has not Mazina. She was 73 years. She died in his sleep.

"Although I am a Catholic believer and regularly go to church - she said - I am afraid of death, I am afraid of her, I′m afraid . . . "