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Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress.


Life and career

Born in
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, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in
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's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialectal theatre and
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. She made her film debut in 1949, in
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's ''Il falco rosso''. 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. She was sometimes credited as Carrol Brown. Calò died in December 2019 at the age of 93.E' morta l'attrice Carla Calò. Ha recitato in più di cento film
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Selected filmography

* ''Il falco rosso'' (1949) - Marfa * '' Totò Le Mokò'' (1949) - Suleima * '' The Iron Swordsman'' (1949) - Haidée * '' The Fighting Men'' (1950) - Rosa * '' The Treasure of Bengal'' (1953) - Surama * '' La pattuglia dell'Amba Alagi'' (1953) - Elena * ''Mystery of the Black Jungle'' (1954) - Sulima * ''La vendetta dei Tughs'' (1954) - Sulima * ''Madonna delle rose'' (1954) * ''Il cantante misterioso'' (1955) - Olga * ''Suonno d'ammore'' (1955) - Carmen De Blasi * ''Sultana Safiyè'' (1955) * '' La ladra'' (1955) - Gemma * ''Una sera di maggio'' (1955) - His Secretary * '' Vendicata!'' (1956) * ''Il canto dell'emigrante'' (1956) * ''Cantando sotto le stelle'' (1956) - Moglie di A. Pezzetti 2° * ''Sette canzoni per sette sorelle'' (1957) - Signorina Paoletti * ''La canzone più bella'' (1957) * ''A vent'anni è sempre festa'' (1957) * ''Il romanzo di un giovane povero'' (1958) * ''
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'' (1958) - Teresa * ''Ritrovarsi all'alba'' (1959) * ''Quel tesoro di papà'' (1959) - Adelaide * ''
Goliath and the Barbarians ''Goliath and the Barbarians'' ( it, Il terrore dei barbari, lit=Terror of the Barbarians) is a 1959 Italian peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Italian peplums of the time, the Englis ...
'' (1959) - Bruno's Mother * ''Due selvaggi a corte'' (1959) * ''Agosto, donne mie non vi conosco'' (1959) * ''Spavaldi e innamorati'' (1959) * '' Goliath and the Dragon'' (1960) - La Sibilla * '' Fury of the Pagans'' (1960) * '' The Last of the Vikings'' (1961) - Herta * ''Spade senza bandiera'' (1961) * ''
Revolt of the Mercenaries ''Revolt of the Mercenaries'' (Italian: ''La rivolta dei mercenari'') is a 1961 Italian-Spanish historical adventure film directed by Piero Costa and starring Virginia Mayo, Conrado San Martín and Susana Canales.Kinnard & Crnkovich p.139 The f ...
'' (1961) - Miriam du Marchant * ''
5 marines per 100 ragazze ''5 marines per 100 ragazze'' is a 1961 Italian "musicarello" comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Virna Lisi. Cast * Virna Lisi as Grazia * Mario Carotenuto as Admiral Michigan * Hélène Chanel as Elena * Little Tony as Tony Co ...
'' (1961) - Una professoressa * ''
Triumph of the Son of Hercules ''Triumph of the Son of Hercules'' ( it, Il trionfo di Maciste) is a 1961 Italian peplum film directed by Tanio Boccia and starring Kirk Morris.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. . Plot Cast *Kirk Morris Kirk Morr ...
'' (1961) - Yalis - the Oracle * '' Revenge of the Conquered'' (1961) * ''Gerarchi si muore'' (1961) - Tatiana Merletti * ''Gli anni ruggenti'' (1962) * ''Zorro alla corte di Spagna'' (1962) - Francisca Di Villa Verde * '' Caesar the Conqueror'' (1962) - Calpurnia * '' Musketeers of the Sea'' (1962) - Zalamea * '' Roaring Years'' (1962) - Bibiana * ''Avventura al motel'' (1963) - Elvira * '' The Eye of the Needle'' (1963) - Elisabetta * '' The Magnificent Adventurer'' (1963) - Zia di Angela * ''Il terrore dei mantelli rossi'' (1963) * '' Brennus, Enemy of Rome'' (1963) - High Priestess * ''D'Artagnan contro i 3 moschettieri'' (1963) * '' Bebo's Girl'' (1964) - Mara's Mother * ''FBI chiama Istanbul'' (1964) - Laura Basento * ''
Hercules the Invincible ''Hercules the Invincible'' (Italian: ''Ercole l'invincibile'') is a 1964 Italian Sword and Sandal film directed by Alvaro Mancori and Lewis Mann and starring Dan Vadis. It is the first of two directing credits for cinematographer Alvaro Manc ...
'' (1964) - Queen Etel * ''
Terror in the Crypt ''Terror in the Crypt'' ( it, La cripta e l’incubo) is a 1964 Italian-Spanish horror film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. The film is based on the 1872 novel ''Carmilla'' by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. Production ''Terror in the Crypt'' is base ...
'' (1964) - Ljuba's Mother * ''Le sette vipere (Il marito latino)'' (1964) * ''00-2 agenti segretissimi'' (1964) - Russian Spy Chief * '' Ali Baba and the Seven Saracens'' (1964) - Farida, Omar's lover * '' Bullets and the Flesh'' (1964) - Master's Maid * ''I magnifici brutos del West'' (1964) * '' Vengeance of the Vikings'' (1965) - Freiodis - Erik's Mother * ''
Secret Agent Fireball ''Le spie uccidono a Beirut'' (literally, ''The Spies kill in Beirut'', also titled ''Da 077 : le spie uccidono a Beirut'', i.e. ''Message from 077 : the spies kill in Beirut'') is a 1965 Italian/French international co-production spy film per ...
'' (1965) - Jane Cartland * ''Veneri in collegio'' (1965) * ''
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'' (1965) - Mother * '' Operation Poker'' (1965) - Russian Agent * '' The Tramplers'' (1965) - Mrs. Temple Cordeen * ''Mondo pazzo... gente matta!'' (1966) - Butcher's Wife * '' Agent 505: Death Trap in Beirut'' (1966) - Boss * ''
Killer's Carnival ''Killer's Carnival'' (french: Carnaval des barbouzes, german: Gern hab' ich die Frauen gekillt, it, Spie contro il mondo) is a 1966 crime film directed by Alberto Cardone and starring Stewart Granger. Plot A murderer takes refuge in a docto ...
'' (1966) - Female boss (Rome segment) * ''L'affare Beckett'' (1966) - Nadia * '' One Thousand Dollars on the Black'' (1966) - Rhonda * ''Hello Glen Ward, House Dick'' (1968) - Mrs. Parker * '' Better a Widow'' (1968) - Rosa's governess * ''
The Seven Red Berets ''Sette baschi rossi'' also known as ''The Red Berets'', ''Seven Red Berets'' and ''Congo Hell'' is a 1969 Italian/West German co-production, filmed in Ethiopia, about a fictional group of mercenaries. The film was produced and directed by screenw ...
'' (1969) * ''Taste of Vengeance'' (1969) - Mother Douglas * '' Poppea's Hot Nights'' (1969) - Calpurnia * '' Erika'' (1971) - Concettina * ''No Way Out'' (1973) - Arzenta's Mother * '' Anna, quel particolare piacere'' (1973) - Anna's mother * ''La cameriera'' (1974) - Rosalia / Don Gaetano's wife * '' Salvo D'Acquisto'' (1974) - Laundress * ''La encadenada'' (1975) - Mother Superior * ''Una vergine in famiglia'' (1975) - Francesca Vicini * '' The Flower in His Mouth'' (1975) * ''Calore in provincia'' (1975) - Nena * ''La campagnola bella'' (1976) * ''La cameriera nera'' (1976) - Eleonora * ''
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'' (1976) - Carmen * ''La sorprendente eredità del tontodimammà'' (1977) * ''Verso sera'' (1990) * '' Io e il re'' (1995) * ''Voglio stare sotto al letto'' (1999)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calo, Carla 1926 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses Actresses from Palermo Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian television actresses