Lina Sastri

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Lina Sastri
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Sastri in 1987
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Pasqualina Sastri

Naples, Italy
Occupation(s)Actress, singer

Pasqualina "Lina" Sastri is an Italian actress and singer.

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Life and career

Born in Naples, Lina Sastri started acting in amateur dramatics at very young age. She made her professional debut with the theatrical company Teatro Libero, and had her breakout in 1974, starring in the musical drama Masaniello. On stage, she worked intensively with Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, and her collaborations include Eduardo De Filippo, Fabio Carpi and Memè Perlini. [1]

Sastri made her film debut in Il prefetto di ferro , in 1977. In 1984 she won a Silver Ribbon for Best Actress and a David di Donatello in the same category for her performance in Mi manda Picone . [2] One year later, she won the same two awards for her role in Segreti segreti . [2] In 1987 she was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for Damiano Damiani's L'inchiesta . [2]

As a singer she has released numerous albums, mainly sung in the Neapolitan dialect. She participated at the Sanremo Festival in 1992 with the song "Femmene 'e mare". [3] She considers herself Roman Catholic. [4]

Partial filmography

Lina Sastri (right) on the set of Celluloide, Rome, Italy, 1996 Steve Scott with Lina Sastri on the set of Celluloide 1996.jpg
Lina Sastri (right) on the set of Celluloide, Rome, Italy, 1996

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References

  1. ↑ Liperi, Felice; Ruggeri, Roberto (1990). "Sastri, Lina". In Castaldo, Gino (ed.). Dizionario della canzone italiana (in Italian). Milan: Armando Curcio. ICCU   IT\ICCU\IEI\0077890.
  2. 1 2 3 Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema (in Italian). Rome: Gremese Editore. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.
  3. ↑ Benedetti, Arrigo (1992). "[Title unknown]". L'Europeo (in Italian). Vol. 48, no. 10–17. Editoriale Domus.
  4. ↑ Giordano, Lucio (25 February 2022). "L'ho sempre amato e da piccola volevo farmi suora di clausura". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 8. pp. 86–89.
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