Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28, 1924 - December 19, 1996) was an Academy Award nominated Italian film actor. Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison, but he escaped and hid in Venice. In 1945 he started working for a film company and began taking acting lessons. His film debut was in "I Miserabili" (1947).

Brother of actor Raffaele Pisu Italian voice of John Wayne in Seven Sinners (1940), The Spoilers (1942), Fort Apache (1948) and Flying Leathernecks (1951).

For the 2001 release of the book "Milking the Moon", which is actually an "oral autobiography" of many hours of tape recorded conversations that Eugene Walter had with novelist Katherine Clark, the publishers are promoting Eugene as "the most well-known man you've never heard of." After three years in Alaska as an Army cryptographer during World War II, he made is way to New York's Greenwich Village for a few years. Then to Paris for the 1950s, and to Rome for the 1960s. Along the way he...

Founder of the 'Premio Strega', an Italian literature award.

Brother-in-law of Mary Jane Gumm and Virginia Gumm. Was once the stepfather of Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joey Luft. Long-time companion of actor Henry Brandon.

Brother of actor Carlo Ninchi. Cousin of actress Ave Ninchi