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  | | Anna Magnani | |
  | | Anna Magnani was an Italian actress. | |
  | | She had an unhappy childhood. | |
  | | She never knew her father and her mother deserted her. | |
  | | Her grandparents raised her. | |
  | | She started her education at a French convent school. | |
  | | Later she attended the Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome. | |
  | | She had tough life. | |
  | | She sang in cabarets and nightclubs to make money. | |
  | | She won an Academy Award for acting in "The Rose Tattoo." | |
  | | She married a film director and had a son, Luca. | |
  | | Her last role was in Fellini’s Roma. | |
  | | She died of cancer at 65. | |