Ave Ninchi

Born: 1915-12-14 in Ancona, Italy

Died: 1997-11-10

Known For: Acting

Biography

Ave Maria Ninchi (14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included Tomorrow Is Too Late (1949) and Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971) and Lacombe Lucien (1974). Ninchi has worked with some of Italy's top movie stars, including Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and Gina Lollobrigida; her performances playing in duo with Aldo Fabrizi and Totò are particularly memorable. Her television career was at its peak during the 1960s and 1970s when she was appearing in some of Italy's top-rated series. Source: Article "Ave Ninchi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

1980

SuperTotò

1974

Lacombe, Lucien as Mme Georges
Nel mondo di Alice as La regina di cuori

1972

Pulp as Fat Chambermaid

1964

So In Love as Cuoca Cesira
Cleopazza as Madre di Gabriella
Le tardone as Adelina Borletti (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully as contessa Corinna Salimbeni

1963

Le motorizzate as Sister Teresa (segment "Carmelitane Sprint")

1962

Gli italiani e le donne as la moglie di Cesare
L'assassino si chiama Pompeo as Doorkeeper Adelina

1961

Le magnifiche 7 as Margherita
Walter e i Suoi Cugini as Adele
Le ambiziose as Ines
Hercules in the Valley of Woe as l'indovina Ecubona
Scandali al mare as Olga Cappelli

1960

Purple Noon as Signora Gianna
Les Bonnes Femmes as Madame Louise
Madri pericolose as Mattea Tornabuoni
Un mandarino per Teo as zia Gaspara
I teddy boys della canzone as Donna Celestina

1959

The Nun's Story as Sister Bernard (uncredited)
Venetian Honeymoon as Yolanda
Prepotenti più di prima as Clelia Pinelli
Le donne ci tengono assai as Angelica Allegri
Nights of the Teddy Boys as Sora Nole

1958

I prepotenti as Clelia Pinelli
Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè as Agrippina Scuoffolo

1956

The Bigamist as Mrs. Masetti / Missis Masetti
A Mink Coat as Assunta Santini
Liebe as Beatrice
I pinguini ci guardano

1955

Eighteen Year Olds as Signorina Mattei

1954

Air of Paris as Angela Posi
Totò Seeks Peace as Gemma Torresi
Storm as Cecilia
Il matrimonio as Anastasia Scingalova, la madre della sposa
I Sing for You as Zia Bettina
La grande avventura

1953

Good Folk's Sunday as Elvira
Gioventù alla sbarra as La sorella del giudice
Madonna delle rose as Donna Filomena

1952

Mademoiselle Gobete as Aglae Tricoin
Three Girls from Rome as Madre di Marisa
Toto and the Women as Giovanna Scaparro
Stranger on the Prowl
La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
Dad Becomes Mom as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
Serenata amara as La madre die Mario
È arrivato l'accordatore as Signora Narducci
Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen as Donna Rosa

1951

Teresa as Sra. Russo
Paris Is Always Paris as Elvira de Angelis
The Affairs of Messalina as Locusta
Cops and Robbers as Giovanna Bottoni
La famiglia Passaguai as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue as la nounou
Beauties in Capri as Cornelia

1950

Totò Looking for Wife as La zia
Il vedovo allegro as Dolores
Duel Without Honor as Housekeeper
Pact with the Devil as Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
Sunday in August as Fernanda Meloni
Sambo as Amalia
Tomorrow Is Too Late as Signora Berardi
Il diavolo in convento as Caterina

1949

The Walls of Malapaga as Maria
Yvonne of the Night as Rudegarda, la padrona del ristorante
The Firemen of Viggiù as Gaetana
La sposa non può attendere as Evelina
Signorinella as Iris
The Za-Bum Circus as (segment "Galop finale al circo")

1948

Difficult Years as Rosina Piscitello
Heart as Mrs. Serra
Emigrantes as Adele Bordoni

1947

To Live in Peace as Corinna
Flesh Will Surrender as Emilia Canale
Angelina as Carmela
The Captain's Daughter as Mrs. Mironova
Christmas at Camp 119 as La signora Mancini

1946

Revenge as Un'amica di Adele
Rome: Free City as L'affittacamere
Before Him All Rome Trembled as Nina
A Day in the Life as Sister Celeste
Canto, ma sottovoce... as Laura, la cameriera