Raffaella Carrà

Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni 18 June 1943 5 July 2021 better known as Raffaella Carrà Italian raffa??lla kar?ra was an Italian singer dancer television presenter and actress She was a popular figure in Europe and Latin America both as a result of her many wellknown taped presentations and records and because of her many popular TV shows Carrà is widely regarded as a gay icon Carrà debuted in cinema at age nine in Tormento del passato 1952 She made five other movies before 1960 when she graduated from the national film school of Italy The same year she appeared in Long Night in 1943 and went on to appear in many Italian peplum films including Fury of the Pagans 1960 Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops 1961 Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules 1961 Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules 1962 Pontius Pilate 1962 and Caesar the Conqueror 1962 as well as comedies and action films such as 5 marines per 100 ragazze 1961 The Terrorist 1963 The Organizer 1963 and La Celestina P R 1965 In 1965 she moved to the United States signing with 20th Century Fox As Carrà she starred in the motion picture Von Ryans Express 1965 with Frank Sinatra Edward Mulhare and Trevor Howard In 1966 she guest starred in an episode of the American television series I Spy Sophia as the title character Feeling homesick she decided to return to Italy where she starred in several Italian and French films such as Le Saint prend laffût 1966 the Our Man Flint parody Il vostro super agente Flit 1966 Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice 1969 and Cran darrêt 1970 as well as a few television shows However subsequently her acting career has been scarce with no more than five works mainly for television From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia