Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), better known as Raffaella Carrà (Italian: [raffaˈɛlla karˈra]), 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 well-known 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 Ryan's 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 l'affût (1966), the Our Man Flint parody Il vostro super agente Flit (1966), Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969) and Cran d'arrêt (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

Filmography

• 2024La nostra Raffaella
• 2020My Heart Goes Boom! — Raffaella Carrà (uncredited), Songs
• TV Story Superstar — Host (archive footage)
• Emigratis — Music
• The Voice of Italy — Coach
• Chi ha incastrato Peter Pan? — Ospite
• Mamma per Caso — Nicoletta
• Pesto kai tha ginei — Guest
• Television
• Millemilioni
• 1980Bárbara — Bárbara
• Ma che sera
• Arsène Lupin — Antonina
• 1970Safety Catch — Alberta Radelli
• 1969Hell Commandos — Sara van Kolstrom
• 1969La giacca stregata
• 1969The Viking Who Became a Bigamist — Teresa
• 1967Del vento tra i rami del Sassofrasso — Pamela
• 1967Tutto per bene — Palma Lori
• 1966Il vostro superagente Flit — Aura
• 1966The Invincible — Angelique
• 1966The Saint Lies in Wait — Anita Pavone
• 1965La Celestina P… R… — Bruna
• Scaramouche — Costanza De Mauriac
• 1965Von Ryan's Express — Gabriella
• 1964Chance at Love — Lisa (segment "Lucky la chance")
• 1964Dopo il buio — Lei
• I grandi camaleonti — Ortensia
• 1963The Organizer — Bianca
• 1963The Terrorist — Giuliana
• 1962Beach Casanova — Cameriera motel
• 1962Caesar The Conqueror — Publia
• 1962Pontius Pilate — Jessica
• 1962The Shadow of Zorro — Carmela
• 1962Ulysses Against the Son of Hercules — Leuconia
• 19615 Marines for 100 Girls — Mirella
• 1961Atlas Against the Cyclops — Eber
• 1961Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules — Princess Salirah
• 1960Fury of the Pagans — Maritza
• 1960Il peccato degli anni verdi — amica di Diana
• 1960Long Night in '43 — Ines Villani
• 1959Caterina Sforza, the lioness of Romagna
• 1952Tormento del passato — Graziella

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2024El swing de la Feliu — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Raffa — Self (archive footage)
• Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez — Self (archive footage)
• 2013Colpi di fortuna — Self (segment "Una pazza eredità")
• 200950 años de... Canciones — Self (archive footage)
• Carràmba! Che sorpresa — Self - Host
• 1983FF.SS. cioè '...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?' — self
• Domenica In — Self, Self - Host
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self
• Musikladen — Self
• Disco — Self
• Io, Agata e tu — Self - Host
• Starparade — Self
• Einer wird gewinnen — Self
• Top of the Pops — Self
• Viña del Mar International Song Festival — Self - Musical Guest
• Musik aus Studio B — Self
• 1959European Nights — Self
• Sanremo Music Festival — Self - Host