Biography of Jerry Calà
Jerry Calà, whose real name is Calogero Calà, was born on 28 June 1951 in Catania to parents originally from a village in the province of Caltanissetta, San Cataldo. Just two years after he moved to Milan with the rest of the family because of her father's job, he attended elementary school in Milan, before changing again city and settling in Verona. In Verona he attended middle school and then enrolled at the liceo "Scipione Maffei", graduating classic.
The debut in showbiz
Together with Umberto Smaila, Nini Salerno, Spray Mallaby and Gianandrea Gazzola melts a comedy group, i Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli, which takes its name from the street of the same name. Training begins performing at the Derby Club in Milan, and in 1972 appears on tv for the first time in "good and bad" variety presented by Renato Pozzetto and Cochi Ponzoni. In 1973 the Group changed: Mallaby and Gazzola leave, while arriva Franco Oppini, creating--so--the final composition. Two years later C & associates are guests of "The Dirodorlando", a kind of game for boys designed by Cino Tortorella and presented by Mohamed Abdalla. The great success at the national level, however, to Sophie and her friends came in 1977, when the cats are among the comedians protagonists of "Non stop", the famous show by Enzo Trapani where alternate sketch recent and classic pieces of their repertoire. The following year the cats go to Telemilano to present "Fritto misto", a variety in four episodes, and in 1979 released "get it?!", a single that gets considerable success because it is the abbreviation of "Domenica In" presented by Corrado Mantoni.Gli anni ' 80 and Sophie's solo career
In 1980 he made his debut at the cinema along with Sophie i Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli in the comedy "the cats", directed by Carlo Vanzina: the same son of Steno runs in "Una vacanza bestiale", they appear even Teo Teocoli and Diego Abatantuono, and "the sudsy", always with Abatantuono. In 1981 Jerry permanently abandoned cats to attempt a solo career as an actor. After having starred for Michele Wolf in "Bomber", alongside Bud Spencer, is starring in a comedy that will become of worship, "I'm going to live alone," directed by Marco Risi. Back to work with Carlo Vanzina in "Sapore di mare", alongside Christian De Sica, while in "sports bar", by Francesco Massaro, plays a dumb guy next to Lino Banfi. Also in 1983 is co-starring in another comedy destined to make history of Italian cinema, that "Christmas vacation" by Carlo Vanzina that inaugurates the theory of cinepanettoni and starring, among others, Christian De Sica, Riccardo Garrone, Guido Nicheli and Stefania Sandrelli. Again directed by Risi in "a boy and a girl," Massaro in "Tomorrow wedding planner" and "holiday in America;" (where there is again De Sica), in 1985 relies on Marco Risi for "Thunderbolt" and Claudio Risi for "Yesterday" – holidays at sea ". In 1986 's back to cinemas in a film by Carlo Vanzina, playing one of the stars of "Yuppies, I giovani di successo" with Ezio Greggio. In the second half of the 1980s Jerry Calà appears in many films that get excellent feedback: "Il ragazzo del Pony Express," by Franco Amurri, and "Yuppies 2", by Enrico Oldoini, but also "Rimini Rimini", by Sergio Corbucci. The protagonist of "below zero", by Gian Luigi Polidoro, and episodic film "bride and groom", C acted in "crimes and perfumes", by Vittorio De Sisti, before returning to comedy with Neri Parenti in "Brothers of Italy", where as a partner Sabrina.Gli anni ' 90
Does it again couple with Ezio Greggio in the Eye "perestroika", directed by Castellano e Pipolo, who also works in "Saint Tropez-Saint Tropez". With Bruno Gaburro, instead, acted in "Abbronzatissimi" and "Abbronzatissimi 2-a year later". Commissioned by Marco Ferreri to a highly controversial role as entrusted to him in "diary of a maniac" in which-together with Sabrina Ferilli gives face to a guy suffering from disorders of sexuality, in 1994 he ventured for the first time with the filmmaking, but the experiment turns out to be a disaster: his "Chicken Park", that would be a parody of "Jurassic Park" , is a resounding flop. Despite this Jerry Calà back behind the camera next year with "Women of the night", in which he also appears Victoria Cabello, while in 1997 he directed "unreliable" with an ensemble cast that includes, among others, Anna Kanakis, Gigi Sabani and Leo Gullotta.The years 2000 and 2010
Back to directing only in 2006, with "Vita Smeralda", then propose in 2008 a kind of sequel to "I'm going to live alone", entitled "Torno a vivere da solo". In 2012 is the protagonist of two holiday comedies unsuccessful: "Spock", by Claudio Fragasso, and "and I do not pay-The Italy of scoundrels," by Alessandro Capone. In 2015 is program host of Raidue "Pester", hosted by J-Ax, in which she plays a video clip where he tried his hand as a rapper: Although the transmission get plays disappointing, the video with Sophie becomes a cult hit on the web, with millions of views thanks to social networks. In early 2016, they spread rumors that they would like to C as one of the contestants of the edition of "celebrity survivor" of that year, but the news is officially debunked: the plaintiff says he was actually contacted by the production, but have rejected the proposal.Article contributed by the team of collaborators.