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Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September
28, 1924 – December 19, 1996) was an
Italy|Italian film actor.

Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the
Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. 
During World War II he was interned in a Nazi
prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. 

In 1945 he started working for a film company, and
began taking acting lessons.  His film debut was
in I Miserabili (from Victor Hugo's Les
Misérables) in 1947. 

He soon became a major international romantic
star, starring in Big Deal on Madonna Street; and
especially when Federico Fellini cast him in La
Dolce Vita with Anita Ekberg in 1960.

He followed that with another signature role, that
of a frustrated, womanizing film director in
Fellini's 8½.

Mastroianni was married to the Italian actress
Flora Carabella (1926-1999), who appeared in many
films including "Lunatics and Lovers" and "A Night
Full of Rain", from 1948 until his death; they had
one child, Barbara. He also had a daughter, Chiara
Mastroianni, with his longtime mistress, the
actress Catherine Deneuve; both were at his
bedside when he died of pancreatic cancer.

==Academy Award Nominations==
*1988 - Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor -
Dark Eyes
*1978 - Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor -
A Special Day
*1963 - Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor -
Divorce, Italian Style

==External links==
*imdb name | id=0000052 | name=Marcello
Mastroianni