About Carole André
Carole André-Smith (born 11 March 1953) is a French-Italian former actress. Her best known role was Sandokan's love interest Lady Marianna, nicknamed "Pearl of Labuan", in the successful RAI series Sandokan (1976). Since retiring from acting, she has been the International Marketing Director at Cinecittà Studios, as well as an architect and interior designer. == Life and career == Growing up in Rome as the daughter of French actress Gaby André and American businessman Ely Smith, Carole André already spent time on the sets of Cinecittà at a very early age. In an interview, she remembered she "was always happy at Cinecittà. It felt like I was in another dimension, where crazy things were normal." In 1967, her mother was invited to Tomas Milian's place and showed him family photographs. Milian, who at the time starred in the Spaghetti Western Face to Face, presented them to the director, Sergio Sollima, who agreed to cast Carole, then 14 years old, in a small part. There followed another small part in another Spaghetti Western later that year. At the age of 15, she acted in Mario Monicelli's black comedy Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969). In I tulipani di Haarlem (1970) directed by Franco Brusati, André played the lead role of an insecure girl longing for affection.
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