Franco Zeffirelli Biography & Movies
Born: February 12, 1923
Died: June 15, 2019
Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who received his first Oscar nomination in 1969 for Romeo and Juliet (1968), went on to direct classics such as The Champ (1979), Hamlet (1990), Jane Eyre (1996) and Tea with Mussolini (1999). He died at his home in Rome on June 15 of natural causes at age 96. See All