Carla Gravina

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

Nero Wolfe

Orient Express

Big Deal on Madonna Street

Scaramouche

Tony Arzenta

The Antichrist

A Bullet for the General

The Brothers Karamazov

All Movies (39)

• Alida Valli: In Her Own Words2021 · as Self
• Come quando fuori piove1998 · as Anita
• The Long Silence1993 · as Dr. Carla Aldrovandi
• Days of Inspector Ambrosio1988 · as Tullia Bandelli
• La Locandiera1986 · as Mirandolina
• Mon Ami Washington1984
• Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich1982
• The Terrace1980 · as Carla
• Nella vita di Sylvia Plath1979 · as Sylvia Plath
• Mother and Daughter1978 · as Mother
• Boomerang1976 · as Muriel
• The Antichrist1974 · as Ippolita Oderisi
• And Now My Love1974 · as Sarah's Italian Girlfriend
• Il gioco della verità1974 · as Anna Incoronato
• Hail the Artist1973 · as Elisabeth Montei
• Tony Arzenta1973 · as Sandra
• The Inheritor1973 · as Liza Rocquencourt
• The Pisciotta Case1972 · as Gemma
• Alfredo, Alfredo1972 · as Carolina
• Without Apparent Motive1971 · as Jocelyne Rocca
• The Invisible Woman1969 · as Delfina
• Sierra Maestra1969 · as Carla
• The Lady of Monza1969 · as Caterina da Meda
• Mother's Heart1969 · as Lorenza Garrone
• The Violent Four1968 · as Anna
• The Seven Cervi Brothers1968 · as Verina, moglie di Aldo Cervi
• Caravaggio1967 · as Tullia
• A Bullet for the General1967 · as Rosario
• Anche l'inferno trema1965
• A Day for Lionhearts1961 · as Mariuccia
• Scano Boa1961 · as Clara
• Everybody Go Home!1960 · as Silvia Modena
• Five Branded Women1960 · as Mira
• Esterina1959 · as Esterina
• Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura1959 · as Celeste
• First Love1959 · as Betty
• Big Deal on Madonna Street1958 · as Nicoletta
• Love and Chatter1958 · as Maria Furlani
• Guendalina1957 · as Amica di Guendalina (uncredited)

All TV Shows (6)

• Orient Express1979 · as Hélène
• Madame Bovary1978 · as Emma Bovary
• Il segno del comando1971 · as Lucia
• The Brothers Karamazov1969 · as Katerina Ivànovna
• Nero Wolfe1969 · as Helen Frost
• Scaramouche1965 · as Marietta Biancolella