directed by Stanley Kramer, and the war drama The 25th Hour. She garnered attention for a photo of her 'shaving' her face that appeared on the March 1965 cover of Esquire magazine. Later career in Europe To overcome her typecasting playing seductresses, Lisi sought new types of roles, of evil women or of a lover in relationships of disparate age for example. In those years, she participated in Italian productions, in Casanova 70 and Le bambole (1965), Arabella (1967), and Le dolci signore (1968). Lisi also starred in The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966) which shared the Grand Prix (then equivalent to the Palme d'Or, which was not awarded at the time) with A Man and a Woman at the Cannes Film Festival that year. In the early 1970s, she took a temporary hiatus from acting to spend more time with her husband Franco Pesci and their son, Corrado. Nonetheless, Lisi's career underwent a renaissance with a number of projects, including Al di là del bene e del male (1977), Ernesto (1979), and La cicala (1980). For the film La Reine Margot (1994), Lisi's portrayal of Catherine de' Medici won her both the César and Cannes Film Festival awards, along with a Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress. In 2002, Lisi starred in Il più bel giorno della mia vita. Virna Lisi then participated in many sitcoms and TV series. Her last movie was in the Italian comedy drama Latin Lover in 2014, shortly before her death. Death On 18 December 2014, Lisi died of lung cancer in Rome at age 78. Legacy The Argentinian band Sumo (led by Luca Prodan) made a song for her, "" (1986), composed by Luca Prodan, whose brother, the actor Andrea Prodan, appeared with her in the movie I ragazzi di via Panisperna (1988). A Brazilian rock band named (1989–1997) was named after her. Meilland International SA named a rose after her in 1989. Filmography Television Cenerentola (1961) as Cenerentola (1961) (1962) as Sondra Finchley Christopher Columbus (1985) as Dona Moniz Perestrello (1996) Desert of Fire (1997) as Christine Duvivier (1999) as Laure de Berny (1999) as Sanna Le ali della vita (2000) as Sorella Alberta Piccolo mondo antico (2001) as Marchesa Orsola Il bello delle donne (2001) as Contessa Miranda Spadoni Caterina e le sue figlie (2005–2010) as Caterina L'onore e il rispetto (2006) as Ersilia Fortebracci References External links 1936