
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