Granata, Graziella

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Graziella Granata in La strage dei vampiri (1962)

Graziella Granata is a C.S.C. actress who graduated from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1960. She worked steadily in films and TV throughout the 60's and into the early 70's, including a number of lead and featured roles in the late 60's after signing a contract with the producer Angelo Rizzoli. Despite this she never quite made the leap from good actress to star.

Aside from a few mysterious TV listings from the late 70's she seems to have then retired from the screen (her Wikipedia page says she worked in theatre in the 70's). She did not regularly receive the C.S.C. appendage in her credits, but she was listed that way on at least 3 occasions.

She was born on March 13th 1941 in Rome and, as far as is known, at the time of writing is still living. Her father was from Milan and her mother from Toscana.

She won the David di Donatello award in 1967 (shared with Silvana Mangano) for her appearance in Alessandro Blasetti's La ragazza del bersagliere.

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Filmography

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1959

1. Europa di notte (uncredited) .... Audience member (uncertain identification)
2. La scimitarra del saraceno (credited as Graziella Granada) .... Bianca
   
   1960
3. I piaceri dello scapolo (poster credit) .... Gianna
   
   1961
4. Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo (credited) .... Handmaiden of Queen Halis Mojab
   
   1962
5. Appuntamento in Riviera (credited) .... Laura
6. Il segno del vendicatore (credited) .... Delia
7. La strage dei vampiri (credited) .... Louise
8. Lo sparviero dei Caraibi (credited as G. Granata) .... Flora
9. Peccati d'estate (credit only)
10. Smog (credited) .... Woman with the sick baby
    
    1963
11. I 4 tassisti (credited) .... Sister Serena
    
    1964
12. Aimez-vous les femmes? (credited) .... Claudia
13. Amori pericolosi (poster credit) .... The nurse
14. Le voci bianche (credited) .... Teresa
15. Liolá (poster credit) .... Godmother Venera
    
    1965
16. Il compagno Don Camillo (credited) .... Nadia
17. Una moglie americana (credited) .... The air hostess
    
    1966
18. Delitto quasi perfetto (credited) .... Annie Robson No.2
19. Incompreso (credited) .... Dora
20. Io, io, io.... e gli altri (credited) .... Gisella
21. Ischia operazione amore (credited) .... Marina Capatosta
    
    1967
22. Bersaglio mobile (credited) .... Rumba
23. La ragazza del bersagliere (credited) .... Anita Reali
    
    1968
24. Al di là della legge (credited) .... Sally Davis
25. Die Ente klingelt um halb acht (Siamo tutti matti?) (credited) .... Dr. Jaspers
    
    1969
26. Cinque figli di cane (credited) .... Letizia
27. Satyricon (credited) .... Antonia
    
    1970
28. Il trapianto (credited) .... Angelina
    
    1971
29. Giallo di sera (TV mini-series, season 1, episode 5: "Una locanda sul lago") (credited) .... Lili Bouval
    
    1972
30. Fratello ladro (poster credit) .... role?

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Additional credits

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• Comizi d'amore (1964) Theatrically-released documentary, as Interviewee
• Il giro del mondo (1967) Documentary TV series, as Presenter
• Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (1970) uncompleted feature film, as Cat
• Piccola ribalta (1972) TV series, as Presenter
• Amici nemici (2008) Documentary, as Interviewee

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More Graziella!

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There are a few listings in Radiocorriere from the late 70's about which very few details are known.

• Sarto per signora (197?)
• Racconti di mezzanotte (1979)
• Lo spettro di Barbablu (1980)
• L'Albino (1980)
  
  Images and credit shots are also needed for the following "poster credit" and "listing credit" titles
• I piaceri dello scapolo (1960)
• Amori pericolosi (1964)
• Liolá (1964)
• Fratello ladro (1972)

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Europa di notte (1959) as Audience member.

I think this is Graziella as an audience member in this Mondo movie, watching a pretty awful show by Domenico Modugno, but I'm not certain it's her so i'll put it as an uncertain identification. IMDb and other sources say she should appear. Luciana Gilli should supposedly also be here somewhere, but I couldn't spot her at all.

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La scimitarra del saraceno (1959) credited as Graziella Granada, as Bianca.

Graziella has a showy enough second-female-lead role here, but all the publicity for the film focused on Chelo Alonso.

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I piaceri dello scapolo (1960) credited on the poster, as Gianna (role to be confirmed)

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Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo (1961) credited, as Handmaiden of Queen Halis Mojab

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Appuntamento in Riviera (1962) credited, as Laura

Pictures by Johan

Graziella has top female billing here, but it was "featured" star Mina who was the diva who nabbed all the publicity here. I think that is Graziella on the Japanese poster though.

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Il segno del vendicatore (1962) credited, as Delia

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La strage dei vampiri (1962) credited, as Louise.

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Lo sparviero dei Caraibi (1962) credited as G. Granata, as Flora

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Smog (1962) credited, as Woman with the sick baby