Italian actress Monica Vitti has died at the age of 90, according to La Repubblica.

Since 2001, she has not led a public life due to a serious illness. The news of the death of the star was reported by her husband Roberto Russo through the Italian politician Walter Veltroni. “Roberto Russo asks me to inform you that Monica Vitti is no more. I do this with great pain, tenderness, regret,” said Veltroni.

The first big roles in the career of Monica Vitti were roles in the films of the legend of Italian cinema Michelangelo Antonioni - the trilogy "Adventure", "Night", "Eclipse".

In 1989, Vitti made her directorial debut with the film Scandalo segreto. In 1993, the actress published her autobiography, Sette sottane. In 1995, at the Venice Film Festival, she was awarded the Golden Lion for services to cinema.

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