Carla Gravina
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
The Inheritor
Tony Arzenta
A Bullet for the General
Guendalina
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Sierra Maestra
Everybody Go Home!
Il gioco della verità
Mother and Daughter
Mother's Heart
Esterina
Hail the Artist
The Long Silence
Scano Boa
Without Apparent Motive
The Terrace
The Antichrist
Five Branded Women
Alfredo, Alfredo
The Pisciotta Case
Boomerang
The Lady of Monza
La Locandiera
Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
The Invisible Woman
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Come quando fuori piove
Love and Chatter
The Violent Four
First Love
Mon Ami Washington
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
A Day for Lionhearts
And Now My Love
Caravaggio
Nella vita di Sylvia Plath
The Seven Cervi Brothers
