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.
Acting
Movie
Red Sonja
as Red Sonja's Mother
1985
Movie
The Italian Connection
as Trini
1972
Movie
Desirable Teacher
as Passante che ha paura dei gatti
1981
Movie
Serafino
as Asmara
1968
Movie
Themroc
as Neighbor
1973
Movie
Night Nurse
as Lucia
1979
Movie
Giovannona Long-Thigh
as Mary Pedicò
1973
Movie
The School Teacher
as Amalia Mottola
1975
Movie
School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class
as Enrica, moglie di Ercole
1980
Movie
Come Have Coffee with Us
as Tarsilla Tettamanzi
1970
Movie
Banzai
as Ilaria
1997
Movie
The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater
1979
Movie
The Schoolmate
as Professoressa Marimonti
1977
Movie
Sex Shop
as Lulu
1972
Movie
School Teacher Dances... with Her Class
as Allenatrice Russa
1979
Movie
Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia
as Pupetta
1973
Movie
Hot Spirits
as benzinaia
1981
Movie
002 Operation Moon
as Sonia
1965
Movie
The Cousin
as moglie del deputato
1974
TV
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Stratonice
1984
Movie
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
as Wanda Torsello
1975
Movie
The Two Parachutists
as Passion Flower
1965
Movie
In the Highest Heavens
as Maura
1977
Movie
The Week at the Beach
as Elvira Martinelli
1981