Vittorio De Sica
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| Known for: |
The Bicycle Thief, General della Rovere, Bread, Love and Dreams |
| Birthday: |
7 July 1902,
Sora, Latium, Italy |
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Father of
Manuel De Sica and
Christian De Sica.

De Sica lived with his second wife,
María Mercader, from 1942 on, but couldn't marry her until 1968 after acquiring French citizenship, which allowed him to finally divorce
Giuditta Rissone, his first.

Best known for his light earthy acting roles opposite Italy's most famous sex goddesses at the time:
Gina Lollobrigida and
Sophia Loren.

De Sica continued to act in films in order to finance his own projects.

He was a compulsive gambler

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 229-237. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

His movies
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,
Marriage Italian-Style,
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis were Oscar-nomiinated for "Best Foreign Language Film".
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis won.
The Bicycle Thief and
Shoe-Shine received special Honarary Awards for their high and oustanding quality.

Is portrayed by
Edmund Purdom in
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
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