Carlo Mazzarella
{{Short description|Italian actor and journalist (1919–1993)}}
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| caption = Mazzarella in An American in Rome (1954)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|7|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Genoa, Italy
| death_date = {{death date and age |1993|3|7|1919|7|30|df=yes}}
| death_place = Rome, Italy
| nationality = Italian
| occupation = actor, journalist
| years_active = 1945–1073
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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.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402131|page=37}} Almost immediately he debuted on stage, working with Anna Proclemer and Sergio Tofano, among others.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Mazzarella started a prolific film career as a character actor. 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.{{cite news|title=E' morto Carlo Mazzarella trent'anni da inviato Rai|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1993/03/09/morto-carlo-mazzarella-trent-anni-da.html?ref=search|accessdate=20 December 2014|newspaper=La Repubblica|date=8 March 1993|page=23}} He retired in 1985. Mazzarella died of lung cancer at the age of 73.{{cite news|last1=Corrado Ruggeri|title=addio Mazzarella, showman del Tg|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1993/marzo/08/addio_Mazzarella_showman_del_Tg_co_0_93030810197.shtml|accessdate=20 December 2014|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=8 March 1993|page=11}}
Partial filmography
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- 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)
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0563494}}
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Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Male actors from Genoa
Category:Journalists from Genoa
Category:Italian male journalists
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:20th-century Italian male actors
Category:Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Lazio