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Carla Mancini

b. 1950 · Italian film and television actress

Biography

Carla Mancini (born 21 April 1950) is an Italian actress who has worked in film and television. She trained at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and became a regular presence in Italian and European films of the early 1970s, a period in which she appeared in titles ranging from political drama to westerns and giallo thrillers.

Her films from those years were made by very different directors, among them Elio Petri, who made The Working Class Goes to Heaven, Luchino Visconti, who made Ludwig, and Lina Wertmüller, who made Seven Beauties. Information about the specific roles she played is limited, so her career is best understood as a body of appearances in a busy period of Italian cinema. She also worked in television. Details of her later career and her current situation are not documented in the sources consulted.

Key films

  • The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971): a labour drama directed by Elio Petri, one of the most representative titles in her early-1970s filmography.
  • The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970): a giallo thriller by Dario Argento, the film that introduced the director.
  • Ludwig (1973): a biographical drama about King Ludwig II of Bavaria directed by Luchino Visconti.
  • My Name Is Nobody (1973): a western directed by Tonino Valerii, starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda.
  • Seven Beauties (1975): a dark comedy by Lina Wertmüller, listed among her notable films.

On Cinematopedia

Original Cinematopedia text based on Wikipedia (en) and Wikidata.