Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Acting • Born 1943-05-20 – Died 2009-07-15
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
54 credits
Themroc
Movie • 1973
Neighbor
Serafino
Movie • 1968
Asmara
Sex Shop
Movie • 1972
Lulu
Come Have Coffee with Us
Movie • 1970
Tarsilla Tettamanzi
Banzai
Movie • 1997
Ilaria
Night Nurse
Movie • 1979
Lucia
Father Jackleg
Movie • 1972
Betty Brown
Desirable Teacher
Movie • 1981
Passante che ha paura dei gatti
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia
Movie • 1973
Pupetta
Peccato senza malizia
Movie • 1975
Laura
The School Teacher
Movie • 1975
Amalia Mottola
School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class
Movie • 1980
Enrica, moglie di Ercole
School Teacher Dances... with Her Class
Movie • 1979
Allenatrice Russa
The Schoolmate
Movie • 1977
Professoressa Marimonti
Champagne in paradiso
Movie • 1983
Lorenza
Massimamente folle
Movie • 1983
Professoressa Clorida Cortese
Il maschio ruspante
Movie • 1973
Amalia
Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?
Movie • 1972
Tilde
Madness
Movie • 1971
Il sergente Rompiglioni
Movie • 1973
Semiramide
The Boss and the Worker
Movie • 1975
Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife of Gianluca
The Naked Doorwoman
Movie • 1976
signora Politoni
Increase and Multiply
Movie • 1973
Luisa
Red Sonja
Movie • 1985
Red Sonja's Mother
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Movie • 1971
Virgizio widow
Ingrid on the Road
Movie • 1973
Claudia
Same Sea, Same Beach
Movie • 1983
Zia Carla
Giovannona Long-Thigh
Movie • 1973
Mary Pedicò
In the Highest Heavens
Movie • 1977
Maura
Hot Spirits
Movie • 1981
benzinaia
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Movie • 1975
Wanda Torsello
Occhio Alla Vedova!
Movie • 1976
The Week at the Beach
Movie • 1981
Elvira Martinelli
The Smugglers
Movie • 1971
Berna
The Italian Connection
Movie • 1972
Trini
Quella peste di Pierina
Movie • 1982
The gymnastics teacher
FantastiCozzi
Movie • 2016
(archive footage)
The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater
Movie • 1979
002 Operation Moon
Movie • 1965
Sonia
The Two Parachutists
Movie • 1965
Passion Flower
Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate
Movie • 1976
Per quel viaggio in Sicilia...
Movie • 1991
Zia Rosa
Lady Football
Movie • 1979
The Cousin
Movie • 1974
moglie del deputato
Mio Mao: Fatiche ed avventure di alcuni giovani occidentali per introdurre il vizio in Cina
Movie • 1970
Claire
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
Movie • 1971
Reginella
Karate, Fist and Beans
Movie • 1973
'Baby' Morgan
The Origin of the Mala
Movie • 2004
The Battle of the Mods
Movie • 1966
Girl in Parisian Bistro (uncredited)
Un amore sconosciuto
Movie • 1990
Angela
Storia di confine
Movie • 1972
Love at First Sight
TV • 1992
Lucia Mazzone
The Last Days of Pompeii
TV • 1984
Stratonice
Professione vacanze
TV • 1987
Ursula