News about Anna Magnani

'I fell for a woman old enough to be my mother'; HOWARD JACOBSON writes about the joys of late romance.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 2, 2024
When I was seven years old, I first fell in love. My mother had five of her friends over for afternoon tea. All of them captured my heart. Quite normal psychology.

Brigitte Bardot's poodle and Mussolini's pet CHICKEN lie in Italy's 100-year-old pet cemetery, where Chiron and Mussolini's pet CHICKEN are on display

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 12, 2022
More than 1,000 pets have been buried in 'Casa Rosa', where vibrantly painted wooden shrines adorned with stuffed animals and figurines share the space with classic headstones under the shade of pines and palms. Many have pedigree owners, including 'La Dolce Vita' director Federico Fellini, Oscar-winning actress Anna Magnani and Brigitte Bardot, whose poodle died while the French sex symbol was shooting a film in Rome. But Benito Mussolini, the late Italian emperor, was the most well-known. Pictured (top left to top right): Luigi Molon, the animal's director, and gravestones in honor of their beloved animals.