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Francesca Romana Coluzzi

Acting Born May 20, 1943 Tirana, Albania 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

Film

Night Nurse

as Lucia

Full filmography

  • Night Nurse (1979) as Lucia
  • The Cousin (1974) as moglie del deputato
  • Red Sonja (1985) as Red Sonja's Mother
  • Love at First Sight (1992) as Lucia Mazzone
  • The School Teacher (1975) as Amalia Mottola
  • The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) as Stratonice
  • Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973) as Mary Pedicò
  • Professione vacanze (1987) as Ursula
  • The Schoolmate (1977) as Professoressa Marimonti
  • Sex Shop (1972) as Lulu
  • The Italian Connection (1972) as Trini
  • The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater (1979)
  • Desirable Teacher (1981) as Passante che ha paura dei gatti
  • Themroc (1973) as Neighbor
  • School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class (1980) as Enrica, moglie di Ercole
  • Peccato senza malizia (1975) as Laura
  • School Teacher Dances... with Her Class (1979) as Allenatrice Russa
  • Hot Spirits (1981) as benzinaia
  • The Battle of the Mods (1966) as Girl in Parisian Bistro (uncredited)
  • Serafino (1968) as Asmara
  • Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia (1973) as Pupetta
  • Father Jackleg (1972) as Betty Brown
  • The Naked Doorwoman (1976) as signora Politoni
  • Come Have Coffee with Us (1970) as Tarsilla Tettamanzi