Raffaella Carrà (born 18 June, 1943,
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), in Italy often simply known as
la Carrà and in some
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Raffaella, is an
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singer, dancer, television presenter, and actress. She is a quite popular figure in the markets of Italy,
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[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
and
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, both as a result of her many well known
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d presentations and
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s of all time, and because of her many popular
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Raffaella Carrà was born as
Raffaella Roberta Pelloni, in
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, in 1943.
Raffaella Carrà (born 18 June, 1943,
BolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of northern Italy...
,
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
), in Italy often simply known as
la Carrà and in some
Latin AmericaLatin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish, Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,501 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
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Raffaella, is an
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singer, dancer, television presenter, and actress. She is a quite popular figure in the markets of Italy,
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.
[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
and
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, both as a result of her many well known
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d presentations and
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s of all time, and because of her many popular
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.
Early life
Raffaella Carrà was born as
Raffaella Roberta Pelloni, in
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, in 1943. In her native town she was engaged in dance lessons. Her father was Albanian from the town of
KrujëKrujë is the capital city of the District of Krujë in Albania. It is located at and has a population of about 20,000.- History:Krujë is best known as the hometown of Albania's national hero, Skanderbeg, from where the Ottomans were successfully resisted for nearly 35 years from 1443 until 1478...
.
Singing and Dancing
Since 1961, Raffaella Carrà did television, singing and dancing for the
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s of the Italian screen. Such shows became Carrà's forte for the rest of her professional career. In particular, since the early 1970s, such televised presentations have been celebrated for many years until the present time, with Carrà's elaborate dancing and the choreography of her dancers, the mesmerizing elaborate themes, and her uninhibited style. In accordance with local tradition, she has been the first television figure who has shown her belly button before the cameras. This was met with heavy criticism from the Vatican.
Raffaella Carrà had a
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with the sensual "Tuca Tuca" (1970), written for her singing and dancing television presentations by her long-time collaborator and former boyfriend, Gianni Boncompagni. Similarly, in 1971 Carrà achieved another hit with "Chissà se Va".
Her greatest international hit
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was "Tanti Auguri" ("best wishes"), which also became a popular song amongst the
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community. The song is also known under its
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title "Para hacer bien el amor hay que venir al sur" (which refers to the southern hemisphere, which is where her Latin American market is spread). The Estonian version of the song "Jätke võtmed väljapoole" was performed by Anne Veski. "A far l'amore comincia tu" ("To make love, your move first") was another success for her internationally, known in Spanish as "En el amor todo es empezar", in
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as "Liebelei", in
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as "Parce que tu l'aimes dis-le lui", and in
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as "Do It, Do It Again". It was her only hit in the
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, where she remains a
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.
In 1985, Carra's
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video was released featuring characters, costume and set from the show. In 2008, "Do It, Do It Again" was featured briefly in the
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episode of the
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of
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. "A far l'amore comincia tu" has also been covered in Turkish by a Turkish popstar called Ajda Pekkan as "Sakin Ha" in 1977.
Television Hostess
As a television hostess, Raffaella Carrà has accomplished an important career since late 1970s, mainly in the Italian (
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) and Spanish (
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) national
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. One of her most celebrated works has been the
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(Italy, 1983-1985), in which she attended the
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calls of her contestants. The format of the show was copied in many countries of Spanish language, both in
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[The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
and in
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(in
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by
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, and in
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by
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), with massive success. Carrà hosted one of those,
¡Hola Raffaella! (1992-1994) for the Spanish television.
From 2008, returning by popular demand, Carrà hosts a variety show on Italy's National and International RAI network, "Carramba Che Fortuna". With the show's unique formula, families all over the world are reunited on live television. Carrà creates magic surprising unsuspecting guests, detailing their life history with such intensity and emotion which climaxes in a once in a lifetime reunion with the overseas visitor.
Actress
Raffaella Carrà debuted in cinema at age nine, in
Tormento del passato (1952). She did five other movies until 1960 when she graduated from the
national film schoolThe Centro sperimentale di cinematografia was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film....
of Italy. Also in that year, she appeared in
Long Night in 1943Long Night in 1943, The Long Night of '43 or It Happened in '43 is an Italian film of 1960 set during the Allied invasion of Italy in 1943 during the Second World War. It was directed by Florestano Vancini and adapted by Vancini, Ennio De Concini and Pier Paolo Pasolini from a novel by Giorgio...
(1960). In 1965, she moved to the
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signing up with
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. As Raffaella Carrà, she starred in the
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(1965) with
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,
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, and
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. In 1966, she costarred in an episode of the
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television series
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(
Sophia, as the title character). Feeling homesick, she decided to return to Italy.
During the 1960s, Carrà starred in about twenty Italian films and a few television shows. However, subsequently her actress career has been scarce with no more than five works mainly for television.
Her Latin Market
After her boom in the Italian market of the early 1970s, Raffaella Carrà moved to Spain, doing television and releasing records in Spanish language. This helped for her next step, which was to land in South America. There, her records had been heard for some years, until in 1979 she set her headquarters in
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, which was particularly excited by the recent
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, and under a
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. Raffaella Carrà was one of the figures of the
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, the Argentine most official network of television. This generated a massive reaction throughout Latin America, with full stadiums and theaters where she performed. In 1980 she filmed the
BarbaraBarbara is a 1980 Argentine romantic and comedy film starring the Italian Raffaella Carrà.The production has been controversial, featuring the best official means of the Argentine military government.- Plot :...
musical romantic comedy, also in Buenos Aires, with a big production and the most important stars of the region. In that same year, five capitals of the world (
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, Mexico DF,
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,
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,
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, and
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) conjoined to celebrate her in a television special. After appearing in the Festival de Vina del Mar (1982) she returned definitively to Italy.
She visit the city of Salto,Uruguay and make a show in the Parque Harriague.
Owing to this stint, Raffaella Carrà has generated much social controversy along the years, allegedly as a "puppet" of the
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.
Personal life
Raffaella Carrà has had a 20 year relationship with the
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Sergio Japino, who is a close friend of her even nowadays.
External links
- Raffaella Carrà, at the IMDB
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- Raffaella Carrà, at the MSN
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- Tuca Tuca (1970), at YouTube
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- Chissà se Va (1971), at YouTube
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- Starlight Express (1985), at YouTube
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- Raffaella Carrà in the debut of her Barbara film (1980)
- Para hacer bien el amor hay que venir al sur (to make love well...), Spanish version, at YouTube
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- Para enamorarse bien hay que venir al sur (to fall in love well...), Argentine version of the same song (late 1970s
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), at YouTubeYouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google...
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