Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1941-08-05 (Age: 85)
Place of Birth
Gemona del Friuli, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
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.
Filmography (39)
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
2021
Come quando fuori piove
1998
The Long Silence
1993
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
1988
La Locandiera
1986
Mon Ami Washington
1984
Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
1982
The Terrace
1980
Nella vita di Sylvia Plath
1979
Mother and Daughter
1978
Boomerang
1976
The Antichrist
1974
And Now My Love
1974
Il gioco della verità
1974
