Carla Gravina
Acting • Born 1941-08-05
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
45 credits
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Movie • 1958
Nicoletta
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Movie • 1959
Celeste
Everybody Go Home!
Movie • 1960
Silvia Modena
The Violent Four
Movie • 1968
Anna
Tony Arzenta
Movie • 1973
Sandra
The Inheritor
Movie • 1973
Liza Rocquencourt
The Terrace
Movie • 1980
Carla
Alfredo, Alfredo
Movie • 1972
Carolina
The Antichrist
Movie • 1974
Ippolita Oderisi
The Lady of Monza
Movie • 1969
Caterina da Meda
Five Branded Women
Movie • 1960
Mira
Without Apparent Motive
Movie • 1971
Jocelyne Rocca
Boomerang
Movie • 1976
Muriel
A Day for Lionhearts
Movie • 1961
Mariuccia
The Seven Cervi Brothers
Movie • 1968
Verina, moglie di Aldo Cervi
Days of Inspector Ambrosio
Movie • 1988
Tullia Bandelli
Mother's Heart
Movie • 1969
Lorenza Garrone
Il gioco della verità
Movie • 1974
Anna Incoronato
The Invisible Woman
Movie • 1969
Delfina
First Love
Movie • 1959
Betty
The Pisciotta Case
Movie • 1972
Gemma
Esterina
Movie • 1959
Esterina
Love and Chatter
Movie • 1958
Maria Furlani
Mon Ami Washington
Movie • 1984
La Locandiera
Movie • 1986
Mirandolina
The Long Silence
Movie • 1993
Dr. Carla Aldrovandi
Hail the Artist
Movie • 1973
Elisabeth Montei
And Now My Love
Movie • 1974
Sarah's Italian Girlfriend
A Bullet for the General
Movie • 1967
Rosario
Nella vita di Sylvia Plath
Movie • 1979
Sylvia Plath
Young, Beautiful... Probably Rich
Movie • 1982
Mother and Daughter
Movie • 1978
Mother
Caravaggio
Movie • 1967
Tullia
Come quando fuori piove
Movie • 1998
Anita
Guendalina
Movie • 1957
Amica di Guendalina (uncredited)
Scano Boa
Movie • 1961
Clara
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
Movie • 2021
Self
Sierra Maestra
Movie • 1969
Carla
Anche l'inferno trema
Movie • 1965
Il segno del comando
TV • 1971
Lucia
Nero Wolfe
TV • 1969
Helen Frost
The Brothers Karamazov
TV • 1969
Katerina Ivànovna
Orient Express
TV • 1979
Hélène
Madame Bovary
TV • 1978
Emma Bovary
Scaramouche
TV • 1965
Marietta Biancolella