[1] Richard Burt, "No Holes Bard: Homonormativity and the Gay and Lesbian Romance with Romeo and Juliet", essay in Shakespeare Without Class: Misappropriations of Cultural Capital (2000), page 153.
Father: Ottorino Corsi (silk merchant)
Mother: Alaide Garosi (fashion designer, d. tuberculosis)
Boyfriend: Luchino Visconti (film director. cohabited three years)
Slept with: Alain Delon (actor, rumored relationship)
Conservatory: Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence
University: University of Florence
Knight of the British Empire Nov-2004
Hip Replacement Surgery
Wedding: Larry Fortensky and Elizabeth Taylor (1991)
Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Callas Forever (16-Sep-2002)
Tea with Mussolini (26-Mar-1999)
Jane Eyre (9-Feb-1996)
Sparrow (Oct-1993)
Hamlet (19-Dec-1990)
Young Toscanini (5-Sep-1988)
Otello (28-Aug-1986)
La Traviata (18-Feb-1983)
Endless Love (17-Jul-1981)
The Champ (4-Apr-1979)
Jesus of Nazareth (3-Apr-1977)
Brother Sun, Sister Moon (3-Mar-1972)
Romeo and Juliet (25-Sep-1968)
The Taming of the Shrew (27-Feb-1967)
Author of books:
Zeffirelli: An Autobiography (1986, memoir)
AKA Gianfranco Corsi