Carla Gravina
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Terrace
as Carla 1980
A Bullet for the General
as Rosario 1967
Everybody Go Home!
as Silvia Modena 1960
The Antichrist
as Ippolita Oderisi 1974
The Inheritor
as Liza Rocquencourt 1973
Without Apparent Motive
as Jocelyne Rocca 1971
Tony Arzenta
as Sandra 1973
Alfredo, Alfredo
as Carolina 1972
The Violent Four
as Anna 1968
Five Branded Women
as Mira 1960
Boomerang
as Muriel 1976
And Now My Love
as Sarah's Italian Girlfriend 1974
The Seven Cervi Brothers
as Verina, moglie di Aldo Cervi 1968
Hail the Artist
as Elisabeth Montei 1973
Mother's Heart
as Lorenza Garrone 1969
Guendalina
as Amica di Guendalina (uncredited) 1957