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Raffaella Carrá (1943–2021), Italian pop icon and Sinatra co-star

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Raffaella Carrá was an Italian pop star best known in the U.S. for co-starring with Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) in the 1965 film “Von Ryan’s Express.”Carrá began acting in films when she was a child, and she attended Italy’s national film school.

As she was becoming a popular ingenue in Italian films, she moved to the U.S. and co-starred with Sinatra in the World War II escape film “Von Ryan’s Express.” Carrá guest starred in an episode of “I Spy” before returning to Italy, where she became a major star as she hosted the 1970s variety show “Canzonissima.” She became known for daring moves like baring her midriff on TV, the first Italian woman to do so, and singing the 1976 hit song “A Far l’Amore Comincia Tu” (“Be the One Initiating Sex”),.

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