Wertmüller
Americannoun
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Lina Wertmüller, who died in December, became the first woman nominated in the category ever in 1977 for “Seven Beauties.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Lina Wertmüller made Academy Awards history when she became the first female director nominee for the film “Seven Beauties,” died Thursday in Rome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
In the broad sense, Ms. Wertmüller was a political filmmaker, but no one could ever quite figure out what the politics were.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Wearing her trademark white-framed glasses, the diminutive, 5-foot-tall Ms. Wertmüller said she was delighted to accept the prize, although she had a suggestion for the historically male-dominated Academy.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
Ms. Wertmüller adopted Maria Zulima Job, her husband’s child with another woman, shortly after Ms. Job’s birth in 1991.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
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