Carmen Scarpitta (26 May 1933 – 26 April 2008) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1960 and 2001.
Scarpitta was born in Hollywood, California. She debuted on stage in 1960 in
Alessandro Manzoni
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's ''Adelchis'' and in
Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. Best known for his work with Federico Fellini, Flaiano co-wrote ten screenplays with the Italian director, including ...
's ''A Martian in Rome'', both directed by
Vittorio Gassman
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He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions ...
.
During her 40-year career. she worked on stage with
Carmelo Bene
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,
Luca Ronconi
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Biography
Ronconi was born in Sousse, Tunisia. After growing up in Tunisia, where his mother was a school teacher, Ronconi graduated ...
and
Luigi Squarzina
Luigi Squarzina (18 February 1922 – 8 October 2010) was an Italian theatre dramatist and director.
Born in Livorno, Squarzina studied in Rome, at the Liceo Classico Tasso, where he had Vittorio Gassman as classmate. He got a degree cum laude i ...
, and starred in films directed by
Federico Fellini
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,
Bernardo Bertolucci
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,
Mauro Bolognini
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Early years
Bolognini was born in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy. ...
,
Luigi Magni
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Life and career
Born in Rome, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with ''Tempo di villeggiatura''. In 1968 he collaborated wi ...
.
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She died from a gas leak in her house in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.][
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Theatre
*'' Adelchi'' of Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (, , ; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel '' The Betrothed'' (orig. it, I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the maste ...
, directed by Vittorio Gassman
Vittorio Gassman (; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as , was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions ...
, (1960).
*''Oresteia
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'' of Aeschylus
Aeschylus (, ; grc-gre, Αἰσχύλος ; c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek ...
, directed by Vittorio Gassman, (1960).
*'' Un marziano a Roma'' of Ennio Flaiano
Ennio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist, and drama critic. Best known for his work with Federico Fellini, Flaiano co-wrote ten screenplays with the Italian director, including ...
, directed by Vittorio Gassman, (1960).
*''Right You Are (if you think so)
''Right You Are (if you think so)'' (, also translated as ''So It Is (If You Think So)'', is an Italian drama by Luigi Pirandello. The play is based on Pirandello's short story ''La signora Frola e il signor Ponza, suo genero''.
It premiered 18 ...
'' of Luigi Pirandello
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, directed by Mario Ferrero, (1964).
*''L'attenzione'' of Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Alberto Pincherle ; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his d ...
, directed by Edmo Fenoglio, (1967).
*''Visita alla prova de L'isola purpurea'', di Mikhail Bulgakov
Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...
, directed by Raffaele Maiello, (1968).
*'' La vita comincia ogni mattina'', of Terzoli & Vaime, directed by Pietro Garinei
Pietro Garinei (1 February 1919 – 9 May 2006) was an Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter.
Brother of Enzo Garinei.
Biography
Garinei was born in Trieste in 1919. He later worked as a sports journalist for the daily newspaper in Milan and ...
, (1981).
Filmography
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1933 births
2008 deaths
Italian film actresses
American emigrants to Italy
Actresses from Hollywood, Los Angeles
People from Cabo San Lucas
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
Italian stage actresses
Italian television actresses
20th-century American women
21st-century American women