Francesca Romana Coluzzi
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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Movies (51)
FantastiCozzi
2016 · (archive footage)
The Origin of the Mala
2004
Banzai
1997 · Ilaria
Per quel viaggio in Sicilia...
1991 · Zia Rosa
Un amore sconosciuto
1990 · Angela
Red Sonja
1985 · Red Sonja's Mother
Champagne in paradiso
1983 · Lorenza
Same Sea, Same Beach
1983 · Zia Carla
Massimamente folle
1983 · Professoressa Clorida Cortese
Quella peste di Pierina
1982 · The gymnastics teacher
Hot Spirits
1981 · benzinaia
Desirable Teacher
1981 · Passante che ha paura dei gatti
The Week at the Beach
1981 · Elvira Martinelli
School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class
1980 · Enrica, moglie di Ercole
The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater
1979
Lady Football
1979
School Teacher Dances... with Her Class
1979 · Allenatrice Russa
Night Nurse
1979 · Lucia
In the Highest Heavens
1977 · Maura
The Schoolmate
1977 · Professoressa Marimonti
Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate
1976
The Naked Doorwoman
1976 · signora Politoni
Occhio Alla Vedova!
1976
The Boss and the Worker
1975 · Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife of Gianluca
Peccato senza malizia
1975 · Laura
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975 · Wanda Torsello
The School Teacher
1975 · Amalia Mottola
The Cousin
1974 · moglie del deputato
Il sergente Rompiglioni
1973 · Semiramide
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia
1973 · Pupetta
Karate, Fist and Beans
1973 · 'Baby' Morgan
Il maschio ruspante
1973 · Amalia
Giovannona Long-Thigh
1973 · Mary Pedicò
Increase and Multiply
1973 · Luisa
Themroc
1973 · Neighbor
Ingrid on the Road
1973 · Claudia
Father Jackleg
1972 · Betty Brown
Sex Shop
1972 · Lulu
The Italian Connection
1972 · Trini
Storia di confine
1972
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
1972 · Tilde
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971 · Virgizio widow
The Smugglers
1971 · Berna
Madness
1971
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
1971 · Reginella
Come Have Coffee with Us
1970 · Tarsilla Tettamanzi
Mio Mao: Fatiche ed avventure di alcuni giovani occidentali per introdurre il vizio in Cina
1970 · Claire
Serafino
1968 · Asmara
The Battle of the Mods
1966 · Girl in Parisian Bistro (uncredited)
The Two Parachutists
1965 · Passion Flower
002 Operation Moon
1965 · Sonia
