FrameThrower · Actors · Stefania Sandrelli
Stefania Sandrelli
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1970–1971
Born 5 June 1946 · Viareggio, Toscana, Italy
Stefania Sandrelli is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the "Italian-style comedy" (commedia all'italiana), starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in Divorce Italian Style as Angela, the cousin and love interest of Ferdinando, played by Marcello Mastroianni. Sandrelli was born in Viareggio, Tuscany, into a middle-class family, the daughter of Florida and Otello Sandrelli (who died when she was eight years old), owners of a pension in Viareggio.
As a girl, Sandrelli studied ballet and learned to play the accordion. Sandrelli had a brother, Sergio, seven years older, who had a successful music career and died in 2013
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1970–1971
- Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement2005
- David di Donatello for Best Actress
- David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Stefania takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 41% natural — the look of the work Stefania takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 129 frames from Stefania Sandrelli's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.