Born May 31, 1921· Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]
† Died April 22, 2006
30Roles★ 6.5Average rating
Born into a multilingual aristocratic family in Pola, Istria, Valli entered the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome as a teenager, launching a film career that began in the mid-1930s with light-hearted “Telefoni Bianchi” productions. A dramatic turn came with Mario Soldati’s Piccolo mondo antico (1941), earning her a special Best Actress prize at Venice, while wartime titles such as Stas…
