Carla Calò

Carla Calò

Calò and Totò in Totò Le Mokò (1949)
Born 21 September 1926
Palermo
Occupation Actress

Carla Calò (born 21 September 1926) was a Swiss-born Italian actress and voice actress.

Life and career

Born Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's Il berretto a sonagli, and also being active in dialectal theatre and avanspettacolo.[1][2] She made her film debut in 1949, in Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia's Il falco rosso.[1] During the early part of her film career Calò played several main roles, then, from the second half of the 1950s, she became one of the most active character actresses in Italian cinema.[1][2][3] She was sometimes credited as Carrol Brown.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ida Biondi. "Carla Calò". MyMovies. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Franco Grattarola, Andrea Napoli. Luce rossa. La nascita e le prime fasi del cinema pornografico in Italia. Iacobelli, 2014. ISBN 8862522134.

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