Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Born: 1943-05-20 in Tirana, Albania
Died: 2009-07-15
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2016
- FantastiCozzi as (archive footage)
1997
- Banzai as Ilaria
1992
- Love at First Sight as Lucia Mazzone
1991
- Per quel viaggio in Sicilia... as Zia Rosa
1990
- Un amore sconosciuto as Angela
1987
- Professione vacanze as Ursula
1985
- Red Sonja as Red Sonja's Mother
1984
- The Last Days of Pompeii as Stratonice
1983
- Champagne in paradiso as Lorenza
- Massimamente folle as Professoressa Clorida Cortese
- Same Sea, Same Beach as Zia Carla
1982
- Quella peste di Pierina as The gymnastics teacher
1981
- Desirable Teacher as Passante che ha paura dei gatti
- Hot Spirits as benzinaia
- The Week at the Beach as Elvira Martinelli
1980
- School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class as Enrica, moglie di Ercole
1979
- Night Nurse as Lucia
- The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater
- School Teacher Dances... with Her Class as Allenatrice Russa
- Lady Football
1977
- The Schoolmate as Professoressa Marimonti
- In the Highest Heavens as Maura
1976
- The Naked Doorwoman as signora Politoni
- Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate
- Occhio Alla Vedova!
1975
- The School Teacher as Amalia Mottola
- Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza as Wanda Torsello
- The Boss and the Worker as Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife of Gianluca
- Peccato senza malizia as Laura
1974
- The Cousin as moglie del deputato
1973
- Giovannona Long-Thigh as Mary Pedicò
- Themroc as Neighbor
- Il maschio ruspante as Amalia
- Karate, Fist and Beans as 'Baby' Morgan
- Ingrid on the Road as Claudia
- Increase and Multiply as Luisa
- Il sergente Rompiglioni as Semiramide
- Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia as Pupetta
1972
- Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do? as Tilde
- The Italian Connection as Trini
- Sex Shop as Lulu
- Father Jackleg as Betty Brown
- Storia di confine
1971
- We Are All in Temporary Liberty as Virgizio widow
- The Smugglers as Berna
- I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear as Reginella
- Madness
1970
- 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
1968
- Serafino as Asmara
1966
- The Battle of the Mods as Girl in Parisian Bistro (uncredited)
1965
- The Two Parachutists as Passion Flower
- 002 Operation Moon as Sonia