Maddalena Crippa

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Maddalena Crippa
Born (1957-09-04) 4 September 1957 (age 66)
OccupationActress
SpousePeter Stein

Maddalena Crippa (born 4 September 1957) is an Italian film, television and stage actress. She won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Academy Awards nominee Three Brothers by Francesco Rosi.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Besana in Brianza, Crippa started to act at young age in an amateur dramatics with her father and brothers.[1] At 17 years old, at exams to attend the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, the director Giorgio Strehler was impressed by her acting skills and gave her a role in his adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's Il campiello (1975).[1][2] From then, Crippa started a busy career in theater, working among others with Giancarlo Cobelli, Luca Ronconi and her husband Peter Stein.[1] She is also active in TV-series and in films.[1][2]

Miniseries[edit]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. ^ a b Daniel Meyer-Dinkgräfe. Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 1134767862.

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