Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Francesca Romana Coluzzi | |
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| File:Francesca Romana Coluzzi Serafino.png Coluzzi in Serafino (1968) | |
| Born | 20 May 1943 Tirana, Albania |
| Died | 15 July 2009 (aged 66) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1965–2005 |
Francesca Romana Coluzzi (20 May 1943 – 15 July 2009) was an Italian actress. A respected dramatic actress on stage, she is probably best known for her roles in the commedia sexy all'italiana.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Tirana, Albania, of Italian parents, Coluzzi soon moved to Italy with her family to Perugia.[1][2]
As a teenager, during a student twist dancing contest, Federico Fellini noticed her and offered her a role in 8½. Coluzzi declined the offer to continue her studies, but however the encounter with Fellini marked her life, and she eventually decided to leave the university to pursue a career in the cinema.[2]
She started her career as a body double, first of Mylène Demongeot in Fantômas and later of Marisa Mell in Danger: Diabolik. In 1965, at 22, Coluzzi made her acting debut in the Lucio Fulci's comedy film 002 Operazione Luna.[2]
Her breakout role came in 1969, with the role of Asmara, the Adriano Celentano's lover in Pietro Germi's Serafino.[2] One year later she played Tarsilla Tettamanzi in Alberto Lattuada's Come Have Coffee with Us, and for this role she won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress[3] and a Globo d'oro in the same category.[4] In the following years Coluzzi was mainly active in comedy films, especially in the commedia sexy all'italiana genre, often playing roles of unbearable and jealous wives.[2][5] In 1985, she founded in Rome a theater workshop for children, Associazione Culturale Minestrone d'Arte.[6] She died at 66 of lung cancer.[6]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- 002 Operazione Luna (1965)
- The Two Parachutists (1965)
- Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
- Red Roses for the Fuhrer (1968)
- Serafino (1968)
- Come Have Coffee with Us (1970)
- We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)
- Sting of the West (1972)
- Lover of the Great Bear (1972)
- The Italian Connection (1972)
- Il sergente Rompiglioni (1973)
- Themroc (1973)
- Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)
- The Cousin (1974)
- The School Teacher (1975)
- The Boss and the Worker (1975)
- Sins Without Intentions (1975)
- Dracula in the Provinces (1975)
- La portiera nuda (1976)
- La compagna di banco (1977)
- In the Highest of Skies (1977)
- L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe (1978)
- L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe (1979)
- Night Nurse (1979)
- Pierino contro tutti (1981)
- The Week at the Beach (1981)
- Bollenti spiriti (1981)
- Champagne in paradiso (1983)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
- Red Sonja (1985)
- Banzai (1997)
- Midsummer Night's Dance (1999)
References
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External links
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