Jul 31 2010 10:28 AM ET

Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico dies at 96

Filed under: Movies, News

Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi D’Amico passed away at 96, reports The New York Times. She had a hand in classics like  Bicycle Thieves and Big Deal on Madonna Street.

Her death was first reported by the ANSA news agency earlier today and confirmed by her family. Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano called her a ”great protagonist of one of the best seasons of Italian cinema.”

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