Carlo Mazzarella (30 July 1919 – 7 March 1993) was an Italian actor and journalist.

Life and career

Born in

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, Mazzarella enrolled in the

Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico (translation: Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts) is a national drama school in Rome, Italy. Founded in 1936 by the theatrical theorist, critic, and writer Silvio D'Amico, the a ...

, graduating in 1942. Almost immediately he debuted on stage, working with

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and

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, among others. In the aftermath of the Second World War, Mazzarella started a prolific film career as a

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. In 1955 he started a new career as a television journalist for

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, specializing on news about costume, theater and cinema, and gradually abandoning his acting career. He retired in 1985. Mazzarella died of

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at the age of 73.

Partial filmography

* '' His Young Wife'' (1945) - Paglieri, il notaio * '' The Models of Margutta'' (1946) - L'esattore * ''Felicità perduta'' (1946) * ''Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone'' (1947) * '' Christmas at Camp 119'' (1947) - Ignazio (uncredited) * ''Arrivederci papà'' (1948) * ''

Bitter Rice ''Bitter Rice'' ( ) is a 1949 Italian neorealist crime drama film directed and co-written by Giuseppe De Santis, produced by Dino De Laurentiis, and starring Vittorio Gassman, Doris Dowling, Silvana Mangano, and Raf Vallone. The story follows ...

'' (1949) - Gianetto * ''Vivere a sbafo'' (1949) * '' Snow White and the Seven Thieves'' (1949) - Ladro * ''

The Knight Has Arrived! ''The Knight Has Arrived!'' (Italian: ''È arrivato il cavaliere!'') is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno and starring Tino Scotti, Silvana Pampanini and Nyta Dover. The film's sets were designed by the art dir ...

'' (1950) - L'Assessore (uncredited) * '' Cops and Robbers'' (1951) * '' Seven Hours of Trouble'' (1951) - Ludovico * ''

Toto in Color ''Toto in Color'' (Italian: ''Totò a colori'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film, the first Italian color film shot with the Ferraniacolor system. It was directed by Steno and starred the comic actor Totò. In 2008, the film was included on the Ita ...

'' (1952) - Il fidanzato de la signora snob * ''

In Olden Days ''In Olden Days'' () is a 1952 Italian comedy drama anthology film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and featuring an ensemble cast that included Gina Lollobrigida, Amedeo Nazzari, Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani, Barbara Florian, Aldo Fabrizi, An ...

'' (1952) - Corteggiatore (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni") / Quarto testimone (segment "Il processo di Frine") (uncredited) * ''

Toto and the Women ''Toto and the Women'' () is a 1952 Italy, Italian film directed by Mario Monicelli and Stefano Vanzina, Steno. Plot The cloth retailer Philip (Totò) is no longer able to stand his possessive and tyrannical wife (Ave Ninchi) who claims a higher ...

'' (1952) - Il presentatore del concorso di bellezza (uncredited) * '' The Unfaithfuls'' (1953) - The Photographer (uncredited) * ''

I Chose Love ''I Chose Love'' (French: ''J'ai choisi l'amour'', Italian: ''Ho scelto l'amore'') is a 1953 French-Italian comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Renato Rascel and Marisa Pavan. It was shot at the Cinecittà studios in Rome. Plot Bo ...

'' (1953) * ''Era lei che lo voleva!'' (1953) - (uncredited) * '' Eager to Live'' (1953) - Carletto * ''Cinema d'altri tempi'' (1953) * ''Gran Varietà'' (1954) - (episodio 'Mariantonia') * '' Neapolitan Carousel'' (1954) - Baron * ''

An American in Rome ''An American in Rome'' (originally ''Un americano a Roma'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a satire of Americanization, and it was referred as "a milestone in the evolution of Italian self-identification". ...

'' (1954) - Segretario ambasciata USA (uncredited) * '' A Hero of Our Times'' (1955) - Journalist * '' Bravissimo'' (1955) - A passerby * '' Destination Piovarolo'' (1955) - Il capostazione uscente * '' The Bigamist'' (1956) - Journalist (uncredited) * '' Kean: Genius or Scoundrel'' (1957) - Dario * '' Il disco volante'' (1964) - Reporter (uncredited) * ''

Lucky Luciano Charles "Lucky" Luciano ( ; ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and was instrumental in the ...

'' (1973) - Radio Journalist (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazzarella, Carlo 1919 births 1993 deaths Italian male film actors Male actors from Genoa Writers from Genoa Journalists from Genoa Italian male journalists Italian male stage actors 20th-century Italian male actors Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni Deaths from lung cancer in Lazio 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian male writers