by Giovanna Cavalli
The Showgirl: “In the Galagoal times, many players courted me, only one was successful”
Dressed in leopard print from head to toe and with his hair coiffed and backcombed, he kept walking past Rai in Turin.
“When my mother saw me in this state, she started crying, she who hadn’t even cried at her mother’s funeral. And on the way back he held my head under the faucet. I was 17 but I looked like 20, now that I’m 61 they tell me I always look like 20, so let’s do it like 30,” laughs Alba. “Vanity is my fault and yet I flaunt it.”
The runway was targeted.
“Enzo Trapani was there, recording Non Stop with Verdone, I Gatti and Troisi. I wanted to be noticed. Jerry Calà, the group’s “tampanatore”, approached me. He took my number and courted me, no great compliment as he was flirting with everyone. The truth is that I didn’t give it to anyone, I was just a very good allumeuse, androgynous physique, Brazilian butt, 1.76 m, blond, I imitated Dalila Di Lazzaro, I had hordes of men behind me. They asked me: “What’s the matter, honey?” I put them on, but then I ran away».
Jerry no, Franco Oppini yes.
“After a nocturnal stroll through the streets of Turin, Franco invited me to spend a weekend in Romagna. I went with a friend who immediately got engaged to Jerry. He was busy, he left the other and I played the husband thief, although usually husbands want to be stolen. We fell in love and it was immediately Francesco» (the son).
In kindergarten with the nuns with baby Marco Travaglio.
“She teased me: I walked by dressed in white and splashed myself with puddles.”
Immediately beautiful.
“At 10 I looked like a nymph, to my mother I looked like Botticelli’s Venus.”
In love with Baglioni.
“And who wasn’t? I started a club of Claudio’s followers, the mailbox was jammed with letters, dad had a nervous breakdown. We are friends, it was the first concert I saw with Fabio.”
A small part in “Sapore di Mare” of the Vanzinas.
“Short but iconic appearance in the famous final scene. In life you need talent, but also luck.”
She wanted to be a singer and didn’t give up, even when her boyfriend Cristiano Malgioglio beat her up by plugging her ears during “Tale e Which”.
“A gag between us. I’m not a bad performer, I know how to get excited, if I had studied I would have made it. As an actress, I could do better. Pierce Brosnan wanted me for 007 GoldenEye at all costs, but I didn’t want to learn English, I wanted to enjoy life, Beppe Caschetto is still there and weeping. I didn’t have such opportunities anymore.”
When he struck up “Etienne” (“La Piscina”, Raitre, 1991), it was immediately a wild parody.
“I was terrible there, I admit that.”
“Savagery” was born.
“I was a sexy guy. An idea by Angelo Guglielmi, who adored me. Intellectuals have always liked me».
Galagoal’s chair.
“I knew little about football, but I knew television.” Never fallen, class is not water».
The players appreciated it.
“Many have tried, only one has succeeded, stop it.”
And Maradona?
“I wasn’t his type, he liked her more… plain. Generous, overwhelming, what evenings with him and Gianni Minà.”
They sent her truck full of gifts.
“Cars and jewels, even the emirs. Gianni Agnelli called me politely and discreetly. But I’ve always liked to snub the rich. I only had stories with men that attracted me, maybe questionable, but not useful to me.
Sanremo with Baudo, Milly Carlucci and Brigitte Nielsen.
“My consecration. Pippo gave me the big chance, but the following year, at the Dopofestival, he didn’t want me, he treated me horribly. Like Henry VIII, who first takes a wife and then has her locked up in prison.”
He also quarreled with Boncompagni on the second edition of “Macao” (Rai2, 1998): gone after one episode.
“Gianni grew tired of his toys like a spoiled boy. He teased me: he didn’t trick me, he used the wrong light.”
Why was she treated like this?
“Working with Baudo and Boncompagni was easy, two monsters of skill, super professional.” Less so in interpersonal relationships. I’m not the type to argue, I team up. But male colleagues don’t roll out red carpets for you, you always have to take a step back, they’re afraid of being overwhelmed. At the Telegatti with Corrado, I was so biased – they told me, ‘He won’t let you open your mouth’ – that in the end it was me who wouldn’t let him speak.”
Her paths often crossed with Valeria Marini. friend or not?
“I love Valeria very much, we are different, but she is considered two icons, she is funny, tender and loving.” Never seen as a rival. The really bad are the fake good.”
He did not shoot “Così fan tutte” but accepted “Il Macellaio”.
“The film by Tinto Brass, a master, was too extreme, I had a small child. The other was by the author, maybe boring, not vulgar, but in the contract I had forbidden close-ups.”
Short dictionary of ex-partners: Franco Oppini.
“Good. An artist.”
Stephen Bonaga.
“Very intelligent, very witty genius.”
Christopher Lambert.
“Tender Narcissist”.
Giuseppe Lanza of Scalea.
“The best friend, a true prince.”
Cristiano DeAndre.
“Fragile, adorable, my brother.”
“Long thigh of the left” was the battle name.
“The thigh stays, the left doesn’t.” Well done, I’m proud of it.
And this “melonian” Rai?
“As soon as the new ones arrived, my show “I’m not a lady” was activated, starting June 29th, five o’clock prime time on Rai2. All right, maybe all this bigotry isn’t there. Because who has never dreamed of being a drag queen? As for me, I will no longer be a lady.’
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“In the sense that I will not marry Fabio. I met the right man, he jokingly calls me “the ultimate”. I like the term girlfriend, I’m looking for the emotion that keeps the passion alive. “He has two ex-wives who I get along with very well.”
Great paparazzi.
«When they first photographed us in my house, I started to cry: “If you leave now, I understand you.” He hugged me: “I’m not going anywhere.”
And the legendary dog Venghi?
“He has terrible bad breath, that’s the only reason for us to argue when he’s on the bed.”
June 20, 2023 (change June 20, 2023 | 18:41)
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