Current:Home > NewsFellini’s muse and Italian film icon Sandra Milo dies at 90 -WealthEdge Academy
Fellini’s muse and Italian film icon Sandra Milo dies at 90
View
Date:2025-04-27 19:56:56
Sandra Milo, an icon of Italian cinema who played a key role in Federico Fellini’s “8½” and later became his muse, died Monday, her family said. She was 90.
Milo, noted for her distinctive high-pitched voice, died in her sleep at home in Rome, surrounded by her family and beloved dogs Jim and Lady, according to a statement from the family carried by state-run RAI television.
“Ciao Diva!” the Venice Biennale posted on social media, calling Milo an “unforgettable and versatile” actor both in comedy and drama.
Born Elena Salvatrice Greco, Milo had her break in Roberto Rossellini’s 1959 film “Il generale Della Rovere (General Della Rovere).” She went onto star with some of the greats of Italy’s post-war film industry, including Alberto Sordi and Marcello Mastroianni, with whom she appeared in the Oscar-winning “8½.”
Milo played Carla, the mistress to Mastroianni’s film director Guido.
Fellini later cast her alongside his own wife in the 1965 film “Juliet of the Spirits.” Two decades later Milo recounted their 17-year secret love affair in her indirectly autobiographical book, “Caro Federico.”
Milo became a fixture on Italian television as a talk show host, and in 1990 was the victim of an on-air prank that went down in Italian television history as a tasteless precursor to reality TV’s “Punk’d.”
While Milo was hosting a talk show on RAI, a prankster called in and told her that her son, Ciro, had just been hospitalized after a serious car accident. Believing the caller, a terrified Milo fled the studio wailing “Ciro, Ciro!” only to subsequently learn that her son was fine and that she had been tricked.
She is survived by Ciro and her two other children, according to the statement carried by RAI.
veryGood! (27234)
Related
- Working Well: When holidays present rude customers, taking breaks and the high road preserve peace
- UnitedHealth cyberattack one of the most stressful things we've gone through, doctor says
- Saquon Barkley expresses regret over Giants exit as he begins new chapter with Eagles
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calls for new election in Israel amid increasing criticism of Netanyahu
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- 'Grey's Anatomy' premiere recap: Teddy's fate revealed, and what's next for Meredith
- Trump-backed Senate candidate faces GOP worries that he could be linked to adult website profile
- New Mexico state police officer shot, killed near Tucumcari
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes Teaming Up for Delicious New Business
Ranking
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- 'Bee invasion' suspends Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Zverev match at BNP Paribas Open
- FKA Twigs says filming 'The Crow' taught her to love after alleged Shia LaBeouf abuse
- San Francisco protesters who blocked bridge to demand cease-fire will avoid criminal proceedings
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- The Daily Money: Are they really banning TikTok?
- From 'Poor Things' to 'Damsel,' here are 15 movies you need to stream right now
- Minnie Driver gives advice to her 'heartbroken' younger self about Matt Damon split
Recommendation
The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
Best Buy recalls air fryers sold nationwide due to fire, burn and laceration risks
'The American Society of Magical Negroes' is funny, but who is this satire for?
Monica Sementilli and Robert Baker jail love affair reveals evidence of murder conspiracy, say prosecutors
Bodycam footage shows high
Manhattan D.A. says he does not oppose a 30-day delay of Trump's hush money trial
Supreme Court rules public officials can sometimes be sued for blocking critics on social media
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson says he has pancreatic cancer