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Caterina Valente (January 14, 1931 in Paris) is an
actress and singer. She comes from an
Italy|Italian artist family.  Her father Giuseppe
was a well-known accordian player; her mother,
Maria Valente, a clown. She had three siblings, of
whom Silvio Francesco was also active in show
business. 

== Biography ==

In 1952 she married the juggler Eric von Aro (Gerd
Eric Horst Scholz) and took his last name. He
recognized her talent and accompanied her in her
worldwide success. In 1953, she made her first
recordings with Kurt Edelhagen. Soon afterwards
she achieved great success with songs like
"Malagueña", "The Breeze and I", and "Dreh dich
nicht um" with the Werner Müller orchester. In
Germany her song "Ganz Paris träumt von der
Liebe" (1954) sold 500,000 copies. In 1965 she was
the first non-American to recieve the "Oscar" of
the music critics.

She is a true world citizen, a polyglot, and has
sung in twelve different languages. After her
first musical successes, she acted in her first
movie "Mannequins for Rio" and has performed in
fourteen further filma.

Between 1966 and 1972 she was a frequent guest on
the Dean Martin|Dean Martin Show.