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Carla Romanelli

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Carla Romanelli (born in Arezzo, Italy, in 1949) is an Italian actress, producer, writer and director. Carla was born in a family of artists and poets. Having studied under the supervision of Alessandro Fersen and Giusy Raspani Dandolo, she began her career in a television commercial titled Biancaneve,[1] and has since appeared in several films, TV Series and theatre productions. At the beginning of her career, she won the Iberia (airline) sponsored Maja International Award. During her career, Carla Romanelli has worked with Max Von Sydow (Steppenwolf),  Martin Landau (Space: 1999), Harvey Keitel (Copkiller), Jean-Paul Belmondo (Le Guignolo), Ian Ogilvy (Return of the Saint) e David Janssen (Covert Action). Carla Romanelli has also been in charge of production and fundrising of Festival of Spoleto (Festival dei Due Mondi), collaborating with manager and Pulitzer Prize winner Gian Carlo Menotti.[2] Thanks to her foreign languages studies, Carla Romanelli's career has subsequently developed into Public Relations. Notably, she has worked side by side with physicist and Nobel Prize Winner Carlo Rubbia on the building of the Elettra Synchrotron in Trieste, Italy. She has also been responsible, for many years, of cultural activities for the Aspen Institute Italia. Romanelli has worked as a Drama teacher at the International School of Staging Art 'Alessandro Fersen'.[2]

Carla Romanelli has married, in 1970, American writer and director John Crowther, son of The New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther.[3] The couple worked together in the movie The Martlet's Tale. [4]

Stage Credits[edit]

Carla debuted on stage in 1968 in Le Diavolerie, a work by her maestro, Alessandro Fersen. Fersen himself will choose her as primadonna for the comedy "Spudorata Verità" di Peter Muller, staged at the Teatro Stabile in Bolzano.[2] In 1981, she obtains great success with the role of Natasha in Three Sisters by Čechov. For ten years (1986 - 1996), Carla Romanelli collaborates with maestro Gian Carlo Menotti in the organistion of the Festival of Spoleto. During this period, she produces several works and designed "Spoleto Scienza" . In 1992, she translates and adapts, for the first time in Italy, Terence McNally's "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune"; she stars with Tony Musante and is directed by Raf Vallone. In 1995, she translated and produced "Einstein" by Willard Simms.[2] Here's Carla's theatrical works:

Stage directions[edit]

Carla has also written and directed a few stage works. Among them, the "Evento Musicale al Teatro Romano" in Spoleto, based upon “The Planets” by Gustav Holtz, performed by Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, conducted by Steven Mercurio. In 2005, she produces the show “Se tutte le donne del mondo”, a musical about twelve women who dedicate themselves to the promotion of Peace, with the participation of Sofia Loren. [2]

  • Un pane di luce per il mondo (1999)
  • Around the World (2000)
  • The Planets by Gustav Holst, Anfiteatro Romano of Spoleto (2004)
  • Se tutte le donne del mondo (2005)

Filmografia[edit]

Carla Romanelli with her husband, John Crowther.

Carla's first relevant work is in "Idillio a Mitilene" (Lesbo), with Kostas Prekas, directed by Edoardo Mulargia. 1968 is a particularly prolific year with interesting parts in three Italian movies: "Bocche Cucite", directed by Pino Tosini, with Lou Castel and Giancarlo Prete; "Donne Botte e Bersaglieri", with Little Toni, and "Fenomenal e il tesoro di Tutankamen", both directed by Ruggero Deodato. Next follows the anglo-american production of "The Martlet's Tale" (1970) by Nicholas Del Banco in the role of Crisanthy, with Katina Paxinou and directed by John Crowther. In 1973 she is protagonist of some cult movies, such as "My Name is Shanghai Joe", with Chen Lee and Klaus Kinski, directed by Mario Caiano, and "Il Figlioccio Del Padrino", in the role of Onesta, with Franco Franchi and directed by Mariano Laurenti. During the seventies, Carla stars in several international productions such as the American cult film “Steppenwolf” by Herman Hesse, with Max Von Sydow and Dominique Sanda, directed by Academy Award nominee ("Ulysses") Fred Haines; “Le Guignolo” with Jean Paul Belmondo, top grosser in 1980\81; the Western “My Name is Shanghai Joe”, dubbed in several foreign languages.

After working in "IL Girasole", a TV mini-series co-produced by Italian and Hungarian state televisions, Carla starred in four higly acclaimed Hungarian movies. “A Strange Role" (Herkulesfurdoi Emlek) directed by Sandor Pal, Oscar nominee as Best Foreign Movie and Silver Bear Winner at Berlin Film Festival; “Une Nuit Très Morale”(Egy erkolcsos ejszaka) by Hunady, directed by Makk Karoly (special mention at Cannes Film Festival); and TV movie “Help! Help!” (Segítsetek, segítsetek!) directed by Nemere Laszlo, Winner at Berlin Film Festival. After the Hungaria period, in 1982 she works next to Harvey Keitel in Copkiller, directed by Roberto Faenza.

Cinema[edit]

Televisione[edit]

Other[edit]

Awards[edit]

  • Maja Internacional 1967
  • Premio A. De Curtis 1972
  • Premio "Cinema e società" 1980
  • Premio "Arte e Sport" 1993
  • Premio Chimera d'Oro 1998
  • Premio Protagonisti 1998
  • Premio AEREC "Donne di successo" 2011

Advertising[edit]

TV Appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Carosello". carosello.tv. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "e-TALENTA". www.e-talenta.eu. Retrieved 2019-01-01.
  3. ↑ John Crowther weds Miss Carla Romanelli
  4. ↑ "The Martlet's Tale - San Francisco Film Festival". history.sffs.org.
  5. ↑ "Che si beve stasera?". www.teche.rai.it. Retrieved 2019-01-01.


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