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Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni ( September 28 , 1924December 19 , 1996 ) was an Academy Award nominated 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 '' ''.

Mastroianni was married to the Italian actress Flora Carabella ( 19261999 ), 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 Flora and Catherine were at his bedside when he died of Pancreatic Cancer at the age of 72.


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