Carla Gravina
Acting
- Born:
- 1941-08-05
- Place of birth:
- Gemona del Friuli, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Biography
Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She appeared in 40 films between 1957 and 1993. Born in Gemona, Gravina made her film debut at fifteen years old, in Alberto Lattuada's Guendalina. Very active in films and on television series, both in comedic and dramatic roles, from the late 1970s she gradually focused her activities on stage and in political activism, being a PCI deputy between 1980 and 1983. During her career Gravina won a number of international awards, including the Best Actress Award for her performance in Alessandro Blasetti's Love and Chatter at the 1958 Locarno International Film Festival, the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ettore Scola's La terrazza at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and the award for Best Actress for Margarethe von Trotta's The Long Silence at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival.
Known For
Filmography
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Come quando fuori piove
The Long Silence
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
La Locandiera
Mon Ami Washington
Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
The Terrace
Orient Express
Nella vita di Sylvia Plath
Madame Bovary
Mother and Daughter
Ciné regards
Boomerang
The Antichrist
And Now My Love
Il gioco della verità
Hail the Artist
Tony Arzenta
The Inheritor
The Pisciotta Case
Alfredo, Alfredo
Without Apparent Motive
Il segno del comando
The Brothers Karamazov
The Invisible Woman
Sierra Maestra
The Lady of Monza
Nero Wolfe
Mother's Heart
The Violent Four
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Caravaggio
A Bullet for the General
Scaramouche
Anche l'inferno trema
Il marito geloso
Il giocatore
A Day for Lionhearts
Scano Boa
Everybody Go Home!
Five Branded Women
Esterina
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
First Love
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Love and Chatter
Guendalina