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- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Mario Monicelli was born on May 16, 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Organizer (1963), Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958). He was married to Antonella Salerni. He died on November 29, 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- SpouseAntonella Salerni (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenOttavia MonicelliRosa Monicelli
- ParentsMaria Carreri
- RelativesMino Monicelli(Sibling)Franco Monicelli(Sibling)Furio Monicelli(Sibling)Giovanna Monicelli(Sibling)Giorgio Monicelli(Half Sibling)Silvana Monicelli(Half Sibling)
- Monicelli died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 95, after committing suicide by jumping from a window of the San Giovanni hospital in Rome, where he was admitted a few days earlier for prostate cancer.
- He attended the University of Milan, where he studied history. While a student, he directed a 16mm feature film which won a prize at the 1935 Venice Film Festival.
- His movies Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), The Great War (1959) and The Girl with a Pistol (1968) were Oscar-nominate for "Best Foreign Language Film".
- Has three daughters; Martina (b.1967), Ottavia (b.1974) and Rosa (b.1988).
- Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1982.
- The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death. These are the themes that make Italians laugh, anyway.
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