Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Actor
May 20, 1943 — July 15, 2009 (66 years)
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
Born in Tirana, Albania, of Italian parents, Coluzzi soon moved to Italy with her family to Perugia.
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.
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.
Her breakout role came in 1969, with the role of Asmara, the Adriano Celentano's lover in Pietro Germi's Serafino. 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 and a Globo d'oro in the same category. 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. In 1985, she founded in Rome a theater workshop for children, Associazione Culturale Minestrone d'Arte. She died at 66 of lung cancer.
Life and career
Born in Tirana, Albania, of Italian parents, Coluzzi soon moved to Italy with her family to Perugia.
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.
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.
Her breakout role came in 1969, with the role of Asmara, the Adriano Celentano's lover in Pietro Germi's Serafino. 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 and a Globo d'oro in the same category. 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. In 1985, she founded in Rome a theater workshop for children, Associazione Culturale Minestrone d'Arte. She died at 66 of lung cancer.
Known For
Filmography
| 2016 | FantastiCozzi · as (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | The Teacher (2015) · as La Preside |
| 2005 | Rome · as Demeter |
| 1999 | La via degli angeli · as Cast |
| 1997 | Banzai · as Ilaria |
| 1992 | Per quel viaggio in Sicilia · as Zia Rosa |
| 1986 | Professione Vacanze · as Ursula |
| 1985 | Red Sonja · as Red Sonja's Mother |
| 1984 | The Last Days of Pompeii · as Stratonice |
| 1984 | Champagne in paradiso · as Lorenza |
| 1983 | Stesso mare stessa spiaggia · as Zia Carla |
| 1982 | Quella peste di Pierina · as The Gymnastics Teacher |
| 1981 | Bollenti spiriti · as Benzinaia |
| 1981 | Pierino contro tutti · as Passante Che Ha Paura Dei Gatti |
| 1981 | The Week at the Beach · as Elvira Martinelli |
| 1980 | L'insegnante al mare con tutta la classe · as Enrica, Moglie Di Ercole |
| 1979 | |
| 1979 | L'insegnante balla... con tutta la classe · as Allenatrice Russa |
| 1979 | Night Nurse · as Lucia |
| 1977 | La compagna di banco · as Professoressa Marimonti |
| 1976 | In the Highest of Skies · as Maura |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | The Naked Doorwoman · as Signora Politoni |
| 1975 | The Boss and the Worker · as Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife Of Gianluca |
| 1975 | Dracula in the Provinces · as Wanda Torsello |
| 1975 | The School Teacher · as Amalia Mottola |
| 1974 | The Cousin · as Moglie Del Deputato |
| 1973 | Il sergente Rompiglioni · as Semiramide |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Il maschio ruspante · as Amalia |
| 1973 | Story of Karate, Fists, and Beans · as 'baby' Morgan |
| 1973 | Giovannona Long-Thigh · as Mary Pedicò |
| 1973 | Themroc · as Neighbor |
| 1973 | Ingrid on the Road · as Claudia |
| 1972 | Father Jack-Leg · as Betty Brown |
| 1972 | Le Sex Shop · as Lulu |
| 1972 | The Italian Connection · as Trini |
| 1972 | Anche se volessi lavorare, che faccio? · as Tilde |
| 1971 | L'amante dell'Orsa Maggiore · as Berna |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | Come Have Coffee with Us · as Tarsilla Tettamanzi |
| 1968 | Serafino · as Asmara |
| 1966 | The Battle of the Mods · as Girl In Parisian Bistro (uncredited) |
| 1965 | I due parà · as Passion Flower |
| 1965 | 002 operazione Luna · as Sonia |
| 1982 | Maurizio Costanzo Show · as Self |