Born Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni in Fontana Liri, Italy on September 28, 1924. The son of a carpenter he was raised in Turin and Rome. He was captured during World War II and interned in a Nazi prison camp. He was able to escape and hid out in Venice. In 1945 he began working for a film company and took acting lessons. His first film role was in “I Miserabili” (1948). Eventually by the end of the 1950s he was an International star appearing in such films as “La dolce vita” (1960) and “8 ½” both directed by Federico Fellini. Marcello was married to actress Flora Carabella (1948-1996) and they had one child Barbara. Mastroianni fathered a child with actress Catherine Deneuve they named Chiara Mastrianni who was born in 1972 and she became an actress. Mastroianni's brother Ruggero was also in the film industry as a well respected film editor. Mastroianni died on December 19, 1996 in Paris, France from pancreatic cancer. Marcello made only one Euro-western “Don't Touch the White Woman!” (1973) where he played General George Armstrong Custer. Today we remember Marcello Mastroianni on what would have been his 85th birthday.
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