Carla Gravina

Italian actress
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Carla Gravina is an Italian actress and politician. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her role in La Terrazza (1980). Her other notable roles were in Love and Chatter (1957), Esterina (1959), and The Long Silence (1993). Gravina used to be a member of the Chamber of Deputies.

Born in Gemona del Friuli, Gravina made her film debut at fifteen years old in Alberto Lattuada's Guendalina. Very active in films and 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. Gravina was involved in a long-term relationship with fellow Italian actor Gian Maria Volontè, with whom she had a child.

Date of Birth5th August 1941
Age83 Years
Zodiac SignLeo
CountryItaly
Current CityGemona del Friuli
Birth PlaceGemona del Friuli
Political AffiliationItalian Communist Party
LanguageItalian
ReferenceIMDB
Career Start1957 (67 years ago)