Italian TV entertainer Raffaella Carra died on July 5, 2021
in Rome, Italy.
Trying to define Raffaella Carrà is
really difficult. Because this multifaceted artist really did it all. Singer,
dancer, actress, TV lady. Born Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni in Bologna,
Italy on June 18, 1943, she grew up in Romagna. She grew up following the
Musichiere, learning titles and refrains by heart. At the age of eight she
left Romagna to attend the National Dance Academy of Rome, that of Jia Ruskaia. She
is 14 when Ruskaia tells her that her ankles are too small and that going on
like this, maybe at 28 she could have been a choreographer. Raffaella runs
away and decides to try the way of cinema and enrolls in the Experimental
Center of Cinematography. In 1960 she won a small part in "La
lunga notte del '43
" by Florestano Vancini. Three years
later she shoots "I Compagni" and then "Celestina" with
Carlo Lizzani. Then the American experience. With Frank Sinatra he
starred in "Von Ryan’s Express". '' I was chosen from a lot of
famous actresses who wanted to play alongside Frank. He was a great
gentleman, but I didn't know his songs. I used to go to the juke-box and
put the Beatles on. He was perplexed,'' she recalled. Hollywood
doesn't drive her crazy. Raffaella appeared in one Euro-western as Carmela
in 1962’s “Shadow of Zorro” starring Frank Latimore, Robert Hundar and Paul
Piaget.
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