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A group of children take a character played by this actress to the room of a terminally ill boy and demand that she make him laugh. That character played by this actress becomes fascinated with a tightrope walker whose act includes balancing a table on the tightrope (15[1])and eating a plate of spaghetti. In a different film, this actress is strongly backlit (-5[1])by a spotlight while she slowly moves towards the camera and a magician places a flower crown on her head as part of a (*) hypnosis. In that film, this actress’ character realizes her lover intends to rob her and push her off a cliff, just as a man did at the start of the film. (-5[1])Another film begins as a character played by this actress reluctantly leaves home to join her late sister’s husband, the traveling strongman Zampano. For 10 points, name this actress (10[1])who starred in Nights of Cabiria and La strada, both collaborations with (-5[1])her husband Federico Fellini. ■END■

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