Carlo Mazzarella

Carlo Mazzarella
Mazzarella in An American in Rome (1954)
Born	(1919-07-30)30 July 1919 Genoa, Italy
Died	7 March 1993(1993-03-07) (aged 73) Rome, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	actor, journalist
Years active	1945–1073

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

Life and career

Born in Genoa, Mazzarella enrolled in the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1942.^[1] Almost immediately he debuted on stage, working with Anna Proclemer and Sergio Tofano, among others.^[1]

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Mazzarella started a prolific film career as a character actor.^[1] In 1955 he started a new career as a television journalist for RAI TV, specializing on news about costume, theater and cinema, and gradually abandoning his acting career.^[1][2] He retired in 1985.^[2] Mazzarella died of lung cancer at the age of 73.^[3]

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 (1949) - Gianetto
• Vivere a sbafo (1949)
• Snow White and the Seven Thieves (1949) - Ladro
• The Knight Has Arrived! (1950) - L'Assessore (uncredited)
• Cops and Robbers (1951)
• Seven Hours of Trouble (1951) - Ludovico
• Toto in Color (1952) - Il fidanzato de la signora snob
• In Olden Days (1952) - Corteggiatore (segment "Pot-pourri di canzoni") / Quarto testimone (segment "Il processo di Frine") (uncredited)
• Toto and the Women (1952) - Il presentatore del concorso di bellezza (uncredited)
• The Unfaithfuls (1953) - The Photographer (uncredited)
• I Chose Love (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 (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 (1973) - Radio Journalist (final film role)

References

1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. p. 37. ISBN 8884402131.
2. "E' morto Carlo Mazzarella trent'anni da inviato Rai". La Repubblica. 8 March 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. Corrado Ruggeri (8 March 1993). "addio Mazzarella, showman del Tg". Corriere della Sera. p. 11. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

External links

• Carlo Mazzarella at IMDb