Roberto Russo Biography – Roberto Russo Wiki
Roberto Russo is an Italian filmmaker, cameraman, screenwriter, and director. He is known for his work on Flirt (1983), Francesca รจ mia (1986), and Secret Scandal (1990). He is best known as the husband of the late actress Monica Vitti who was an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the early-to-mid 1960s. After working with Antonioni, she changed focus and started making comedies, working with director Mario Monicelli on many films. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde.
Vitti won five David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress, seven Italian Golden Globes for Best Actress, the Career Golden Globe, and the Venice Film Festival Career Golden Lion Award. She passed on February 2, 2022, at the age of 90 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
Roberto Russo Age
Russo was born on September 28, 1947, in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Roberto Russo Wife
In 2000, he married his wife Monica Vitti, with whom she had been in a relationship since 1973. He had lived with Monica Vitti for 27 years before marrying her. She made her last public appearance in 2002 at the Paris premiere of the stage musical Notre-Dame de Paris. In 2011, it was disclosed that Alzheimer’s disease had “removed her from the public gaze for the last 15 years.” In 2018, he confirmed she was still living at home with him in Rome and that he looked after her personally, with the assistance of a caregiver.
His wife Vitti died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease on February 2, 2022, at the age of 90. He survives her.
Monica Vitti Death
His wife Monica Vitti died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease on February 2, 2022, at the age of 90. He survives her.
Italian prime minister Mario Draghi expressed his “deep grief” for the death of Vitti, describing her as an “actress of great irony and extraordinary talent that has conquered generations of Italians with her spirit, her skills, her beauty. “You have given prestige to Italian cinema in the world,” he said while offering condolences to her husband and loved ones. “Goodbye Monica Vitti, goodbye to the Queen of Italian cinema. Today is a truly sad day, a great artist, and a great Italian has vanished,” Italy’s culture minister, Dario Franceschini, said.
Roberto Russo Children
The couple never stated whether they had children of their own or not. Earlier on in an interview, his wife recalled a troubled and poverty-stricken childhood under strict parents who, to her bitter resentment, kept her secluded at home while allowing her brothers the freedom of the city. The experience, she said, made her wary of marriage and disinclined to have children according to The New York Times.
