Known for:	Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, Dolce vita, La, Prêt-à-Porter
Birth name:	Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni
Birthday:	28 September 1924, Fontana Liri, Italy

Father of Chiara Mastroianni and Barbara Mastroianni Older brother of film editor Ruggero Mastroianni, who edited several of Marcello's films directed by Federico Fellini From 1971 to 1975 he had an intense relationship with french actress Catherine Deneuve. She was at his bedside when he died, along with their daughter, Chiara Mastroianni. Told interviewers that Federico Fellini hired him for "La Dolce Vita" because he had a "terribly ordinary face." Uncle of Federica Mastroianni. Federico Fellini nicknamed him "Snaporaz" while they are working on Dolce vita, La; 20 years later this was the name of the character he played in City of Women. Since 1998, a "Marcello Mastroianni Award" is given to the best "first time" young actor/actress at the Venice Film Festival. Is buried in the Cimitero di Campo Vereno in Rome, Italy. During his studies at the Centro Universiatio Teatrale, he got to know Luchino Visconti, who gave him a role in "Un Tram che si chiama desiderio" (A Streetcar Named Desire) under his direction. At that time, he also met Anna Magnani and Federico Fellini.

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