Name
Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-05-20
Deathday
2009-07-15 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Tirana, Albania
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.
Known For
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Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages....
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A dentist invites a elderly patient to stay at his home to recover, unaware that he is a j...
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A rich Sicilian, Fefè Mottola, decides to call a wealthy girl graduate: Giovanna, who is ...
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At age 50, tax inspector Emerenziano decides to settle down and aims to the three Tettaman...
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It's summer. Lisa goes every day in a holiday hotel to give French lessons to Mario, the o...
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In a school where the meeting seems more complete sampling of teachers and professors stup...
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When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, t...
- 1973 Themroc as Neighbor
- 1968 Serafino as Asmara
- 1972 Sex Shop as Lulu
- 1970 Come Have Coffee with Us as Tarsilla Tettamanzi
- 1997 Banzai as Ilaria
- 1979 Night Nurse as Lucia
- 1972 Father Jackleg as Betty Brown
- 1981 Desirable Teacher as Passante che ha paura dei gatti
- 1973 Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia as Pupetta
- 1975 Peccato senza malizia as Laura
- 1975 The School Teacher as Amalia Mottola
- 1980 School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class as Enrica, moglie di Ercole
- 1979 School Teacher Dances... with Her Class as Allenatrice Russa
- 1977 The Schoolmate as Professoressa Marimonti
- 1983 Champagne in paradiso as Lorenza
- 1983 Massimamente folle as Professoressa Clorida Cortese
- 1973 Il maschio ruspante as Amalia
- 1972 Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do? as Tilde
- 1971 Madness
- 1973 Il sergente Rompiglioni as Semiramide
- 1975 The Boss and the Worker as Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife of Gianluca
- 1976 The Naked Doorwoman as signora Politoni
- 1973 Increase and Multiply as Luisa
- 1985 Red Sonja as Red Sonja's Mother
- 1971 We Are All in Temporary Liberty as Virgizio widow
- 1973 Ingrid on the Road as Claudia
- 1983 Same Sea, Same Beach as Zia Carla
- 1973 Giovannona Long-Thigh as Mary Pedicò
- 1977 In the Highest Heavens as Maura
- 1981 Hot Spirits as benzinaia
- 1975 Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza as Wanda Torsello
- 1976 Occhio Alla Vedova!
- 1981 The Week at the Beach as Elvira Martinelli
- 1971 The Smugglers as Berna
- 1972 The Italian Connection as Trini
- 1982 Quella peste di Pierina as The gymnastics teacher
- 2016 FantastiCozzi as (archive footage)
- 1979 The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater
- 1965 002 Operation Moon as Sonia
- 1965 The Two Parachutists as Passion Flower
- 1976 Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate
- 1991 Per quel viaggio in Sicilia... as Zia Rosa
- 1979 Lady Football
- 1974 The Cousin as moglie del deputato
- 1970 Mio Mao: Fatiche ed avventure di alcuni giovani occidentali per introdurre il vizio in Cina as Claire
- 1971 I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear as Reginella
- 1973 Karate, Fist and Beans as 'Baby' Morgan
- 2004 The Origin of the Mala
- 1966 The Battle of the Mods as Girl in Parisian Bistro (uncredited)
- 1990 Un amore sconosciuto as Angela
- 1972 Storia di confine
- 1992 Love at First Sight ( 1 episode ) as Lucia Mazzone
- 1984 The Last Days of Pompeii ( 3 episodes ) as Stratonice
- 1987 Professione vacanze ( 1 episode ) as Ursula
