Rosanna Fratello was born in
San Severo,
Foggia, and as a child she moved to
Cinisello Balsamo,
Milan, where she has grown up. Rosanna emerged as singer in 1969, when she took part at the
Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Il treno" and obtained her first commercial success with the song "Non sono Maddalena". In 1971, she made her debut as actress with the film
Sacco e Vanzetti; for her performance she was awarded a
Nastro d'Argento as best new actress. Her other roles were in the crime films
The Black Hand (1973) and
Cross Shot (1976). In 1972, she topped the
Hit Parade with her major success, the song "Sono una donna, non sono una santa"; in the following years she experimented with various genres such as
disco music,
folk music and
Italo disco and competed in a number of Sanremo Festivals, but failed to repeat that success. In 1985, Fratello took part in the musical project "Ro Bo T" together with
Bobby Solo and
Little Tony. In 1994, she came back to the Sanremo Music Festival with the
supergroup Squadra Italia. In 2023-2024, she participated in the seventeenth edition of
Grande Fratello (the Italian version of
Big Brother); as a result, her 1982 success "Se t'amo t'amo" (written by
Cristiano Malgioglio) has become popular again. == References ==