Pamela Prati
Encyclopedia
Pamela Prati is an Italian actress, showgirl
, model, singer and television hostess. She has appeared in many television variety shows and in erotic comedies. She has hosted several programmes for Mediaset
's Canale 5
, including Scherzi a Parte and La sai l'ultima?. She is also credited as Pamela Field in some of her pictures.
, in the province of Sassari
, northern Sardinia
.
She moved to Rome
in her late teens where she worked as a model and made a brief appearance on television in the variety show La Sberla in 1976. Prati attracted much publicity when she appeared on the cover of singer Adriano Celentano
's album Un po' artista un po' no in 1980. That same year she debuted in her first film, La moglie in bianco... L'amante al pepe, an erotic comedy in which she had the starring role. This was followed by other films, and in the meanwhile Prati began to study dance, singing and diction. She soon joined the Bagaglino Company, which was directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore and produced variety shows; Prati began making regular appearances on television as a showgirl and hostess, while she continued to act in films and television fiction. She has also performed on stage in theatrical productions.
Prati participated in three beauty contests in 1983, which included Mora più bella d'Italia, Miss Sardinia and Miss Universe.
In 1996 she released an album entitled Il tango delle 11. She also collaborated with Sandro Giacobbe on a single, "Mi innamoro di te" in 1999, and eight years later, in 2007, she released her most recent single, "Papelon".
In 1992, Prati hosted the Canale 5 variety programme Scherzi a Parte, and from 1992 to 1994, she presented La sai l'ultima?. She has also appeared on reality shows such as L'Isola dei Famosi 6 in 2008, which is the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor
.
Showgirl
A showgirl is a dancer or performer in a stage entertainment show. Showgirl is also often used as a term for a promotional model in trade fairs and car shows, etc...
, model, singer and television hostess. She has appeared in many television variety shows and in erotic comedies. She has hosted several programmes for Mediaset
Mediaset
Mediaset S.p.A., known as Gruppo Mediaset in Italian, is an Italian-based media company which is the largest commercial broadcaster in the country...
's Canale 5
Canale 5
Canale 5 is an Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest. Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978....
, including Scherzi a Parte and La sai l'ultima?. She is also credited as Pamela Field in some of her pictures.
Career
Prati was born in OzieriOzieri
Ozieri is a town and comune of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia , in the Logudoro historical region...
, in the province of Sassari
Province of Sassari
The Province of Sassari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Sassari.-Geography:It has an area of 4,282 km², and a total population of 322,326 . There are 66 municipalities in the province, the largest of which are Sassari The...
, northern Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
.
She moved to Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
in her late teens where she worked as a model and made a brief appearance on television in the variety show La Sberla in 1976. Prati attracted much publicity when she appeared on the cover of singer Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano
Adriano Celentano is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host.-Biography:Celentano was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck, about which he later wrote the famous song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"...
's album Un po' artista un po' no in 1980. That same year she debuted in her first film, La moglie in bianco... L'amante al pepe, an erotic comedy in which she had the starring role. This was followed by other films, and in the meanwhile Prati began to study dance, singing and diction. She soon joined the Bagaglino Company, which was directed by Pier Francesco Pingitore and produced variety shows; Prati began making regular appearances on television as a showgirl and hostess, while she continued to act in films and television fiction. She has also performed on stage in theatrical productions.
Prati participated in three beauty contests in 1983, which included Mora più bella d'Italia, Miss Sardinia and Miss Universe.
In 1996 she released an album entitled Il tango delle 11. She also collaborated with Sandro Giacobbe on a single, "Mi innamoro di te" in 1999, and eight years later, in 2007, she released her most recent single, "Papelon".
In 1992, Prati hosted the Canale 5 variety programme Scherzi a Parte, and from 1992 to 1994, she presented La sai l'ultima?. She has also appeared on reality shows such as L'Isola dei Famosi 6 in 2008, which is the Italian version of Celebrity Survivor
Celebrity Survivor
Celebrity Survivor, also known promotionally as Celebrity Survivor: Vanuatu and Australia's Celebrity Survivor, was an Australian television series that screened on the Seven Network in 2006, based on the popular reality television show, Survivor...
.
Filmography
- La moglie in bianco... L'amante al pepe (1980)
- Monsignor (1982)
- Mora (1982)
- Ironmaster (1983; credited as Pamela Field)
- Carmen Nue (1984)
- Massimamente folle (1985)
- È arrivato mio fratello (1985)
- The Adventures of Hercules (1985)
- Riflessi di luce (1988)
- Man spricht deutsh (1988)
- Transformations (1988)
- Cheeeese (1988)
- Io Gilda (1989)
- Luna di sangue (1989)
- Sukkubus - den Teufel im Leib (1989)
- Una donna da guardare (1990)
- Gole ruggenti (1992), in the role of Alida Spada
Television (partial list)
- La sberla (1976, variety show)
- Embassy, (1985, film)
- Le volpi della notte (1986, film)
- Tutti in palestra (1987, miniseries)
- Provare per credere (1987, film)
- Biberon (1988–1990, variety show)
- Gioco di società (1989, film)
- The Three Musketeers (1991, film)
- Creme Caramel (1991–1992, variety show)
- Scherzi a parte (1992, variety programme, co-host)
- Chi sa l'ultima? (1992–1994, variety programme, hostess)
- Olimpo Lupo - Cronista di nera (1995, film)
- Sotto a chi tocca (1996, variety show)
- Saloon (2000), variety show
- Marameo (2001), variety show
- La palestra (2003, film)
- Con le unghie e con i denti (2004, film)
- Di che peccato sei (2007, film)
- Quelli che... il calcio (2007–2008, variety show)
- L'Isola dei Famosi 6 (2008, reality show)
- Bellissima: Cabaret Anticrisi (2009, variety show)
Discography
- Il Tango delle 11, (1996, album CD)
- "Mi innamoro di te", (1999, with Sandro Giacobbo, single)
- "Papelon" (2007, single)