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.

Filmography

1959

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

Additional credits

• 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

More Graziella!

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