Carmen Scarpitta

{{Short description|Italian actress (1933–2008)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Carmen Scarpitta (1974).jpg

| caption = Carmen Scarpitta (1974)

| name = Carmen Scarpitta

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|5|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|4|26|1933|5|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1960–2001

}}

Carmen Scarpitta (26 May 1933 – 26 April 2008) was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in 30 films between 1960 and 2001.

Scarpitta was born in Hollywood, California. She debuted on stage in 1960 in Alessandro Manzoni's Adelchis and in Ennio Flaiano's A Martian in Rome, both directed by Vittorio Gassman.{{cite news|title=È morta in Messico Carmen Scarpitta|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=9 May 2008|page=59}} During her 40-year career she worked on stage with Carmelo Bene, Luca Ronconi and Luigi Squarzina, and starred in films directed by Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mauro Bolognini and Luigi Magni.

She died from a gas leak in her house in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.