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Article: MARCELLO MASTROIANNI, 1924-1996 // Star of 120 films, alter-ego of Fellini
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- December 20, 1996
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In Rome Thursday night, they turned off the water in the Trevi
Fountain and draped the monument in black, in memory of Marcello
Mastroianni. The Italian actor, who died early Thursday at his Paris
home, made about 120 films, but was best remembered for Federico
Fellini's "La Dolce Vita" (1960), in which he waded into the fountain
in pursuit of an elusive sex goddess played by Anita Ekberg.
Mr. Mastroianni, 72, was the most famous European leading
man of the postwar years, the alter-ego of Fellini in six films, the
partner of Sophia Loren in 11, the leading man for all the great
actresses of his time, including Monica Vitti, Brigitte Bardot,
Giulietta Masina, Claudia Cardinale, ...