On this day, 100 years ago...

... Italian actress Giulietta Masina was born.

She is perhaps best remembered outside of Italy for her roles in "La Strada" (1956) and "Juliet of the Spirits" (1965), but back home she was tremendously popular and widely known as a star of screen and radio. She was also married to writer/director Frederico Fellini for more than 50 years. They were reportedly in love for all those years, and she has been described his main source of inspiration from the time they first began working together on radio.

Masina passed away in 1994, just a months after her husband's death. Here's an artistic tribute by "Keneru" and Milo Manara.