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Francesca Romana Coluzzi
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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 …
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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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Francesca Romana Coluzzi's Filmography
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FantastiCozzi
as (archive footage)
No Poster
The Origin of the Mala
Banzai
as Ilaria
Per quel viaggio in Sicilia...
as Zia Rosa
No Poster
Un amore sconosciuto
as Angela
Red Sonja
as Red Sonja's Mother
Champagne in paradiso
as Lorenza
Same Sea, Same Beach
as Zia Carla
Massimamente folle
as Professoressa Clorida Cortese
Quella peste di Pierina
as The gymnastics teacher
Hot Spirits
as benzinaia
Desirable Teacher
as Passante che ha paura dei gatti
The Week at the Beach
as Elvira Martinelli
School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class
as Enrica, moglie di Ercole
The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater
Lady Football
School Teacher Dances... with Her Class
as Allenatrice Russa
Night Nurse
as Lucia
In the Highest Heavens
as Maura
The Schoolmate
as Professoressa Marimonti
Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate
The Naked Doorwoman
as signora Politoni
Occhio Alla Vedova!
The Boss and the Worker
as Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife of Gianluca
Peccato senza malizia
as Laura
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Wanda Torsello
The School Teacher
as Amalia Mottola
The Cousin
as moglie del deputato
Il sergente Rompiglioni
as Semiramide
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia
as Pupetta
Karate, Fist and Beans
as 'Baby' Morgan
Il maschio ruspante
as Amalia
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Mary Pedicò
Increase and Multiply
as Luisa
Themroc
as Neighbor
Ingrid on the Road
as Claudia
Father Jackleg
as Betty Brown
Sex Shop
as Lulu
The Italian Connection
as Trini
Storia di confine
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
as Tilde
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
as Virgizio widow
The Smugglers
as Berna
Madness
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
as Reginella
Come Have Coffee with Us
as Tarsilla Tettamanzi
Mio Mao: Fatiche ed avventure di alcuni giovani occidentali per introdurre il vizio in Cina
as Claire
Serafino
as Asmara
The Battle of the Mods
as Girl in Parisian Bistro (uncredited)
The Two Parachutists
as Passion Flower
002 Operation Moon
as Sonia