Visconti
Americannoun
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an Italian family that ruled Milan and Lombardy from 1277 to 1447.
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Gian Galeazzo 1351–1402, Milanese leader who conquered much of N Italy.
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Luchino 1906–76, Italian stage and film director.
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the ruling family of Milan from 1277 to 1447
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Luchino, real name Luchino Visconti de Modrone. 1906–76, Italian stage and film director, whose neorealist films include Ossessione (1942). His other films include The Leopard (1963), Death in Venice (1970), and The Innocents (1976)
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"Visconti wanted me brunette with long hair. Fellini wanted me blonde," Cardinale said.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who worked with directors Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville and Michelangelo Antonioni, has died at age 88.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
Visconti had found his Rocco, the tragic, tender soul of his next film, the 1960 family drama “Rocco and His Brothers.”
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024
Reyburn at first, Miller at second, Jansen Visconti at third, John Tumpane in left and Roberto Ortiz in right.
From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2023
It also helps a prince a great deal to show himself to be extraordinary in dealing with internal affairs, as in the reports about Messer Bernabo Visconti of Milan.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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