Carmen Russo

Biography

Carmela Carolina Fernanda "Carmen" Russo is an Italian dancer, actress, television personality, and singer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a model, participating in various beauty contests in Italy. Russo gained public recognition for her roles in the commedia erotica all'italiana genre, appearing in films such as Mia moglie torna a scuola and Paulo Roberto Cotechiño, centravanti di sfondamento. In the 1980s, she became a television star through variety shows like Drive In, Risatissima, and Grand Hotel. Russo also participated in the reality show Celebrity Survivor in 2003 and 2006, winning the Spanish version, Supervivientes. Throughout her career, she released three studio albums, including Stars on Donna, and was frequently featured as a model in Playmen magazine during the 1980s.