Francesca Romana Coluzzi

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

Night Nurse

The Cousin

Red Sonja

Love at First Sight

The School Teacher

The Last Days of Pompeii

Giovannona Long-Thigh

Professione vacanze

All Movies (51)

• FantastiCozzi2016 · as (archive footage)
• The Origin of the Mala2004
• Banzai1997 · as Ilaria
• Per quel viaggio in Sicilia...1991 · as Zia Rosa
• Un amore sconosciuto1990 · as Angela
• Red Sonja1985 · as Red Sonja's Mother
• Champagne in paradiso1983 · as Lorenza
• Same Sea, Same Beach1983 · as Zia Carla
• Massimamente folle1983 · as Professoressa Clorida Cortese
• Quella peste di Pierina1982 · as The gymnastics teacher
• Hot Spirits1981 · as benzinaia
• Desirable Teacher1981 · as Passante che ha paura dei gatti
• The Week at the Beach1981 · as Elvira Martinelli
• School Teacher on the Sea with Her Class1980 · as Enrica, moglie di Ercole
• The Highschool Girl, the Devil, and the Holywater1979
• Lady Football1979
• School Teacher Dances... with Her Class1979 · as Allenatrice Russa
• Night Nurse1979 · as Lucia
• In the Highest Heavens1977 · as Maura
• The Schoolmate1977 · as Professoressa Marimonti
• Robin Hood, Arrow, Beans and Karate1976
• The Naked Doorwoman1976 · as signora Politoni
• Occhio Alla Vedova!1976
• The Boss and the Worker1975 · as Maria Luce Balestrazzi - Wife of Gianluca
• Peccato senza malizia1975 · as Laura
• Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza1975 · as Wanda Torsello
• The School Teacher1975 · as Amalia Mottola
• The Cousin1974 · as moglie del deputato
• Il sergente Rompiglioni1973 · as Semiramide
• Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia1973 · as Pupetta
• Karate, Fist and Beans1973 · as 'Baby' Morgan
• Il maschio ruspante1973 · as Amalia
• Giovannona Long-Thigh1973 · as Mary Pedicò
• Increase and Multiply1973 · as Luisa
• Themroc1973 · as Neighbor
• Ingrid on the Road1973 · as Claudia
• Father Jackleg1972 · as Betty Brown
• Sex Shop1972 · as Lulu
• The Italian Connection1972 · as Trini
• Storia di confine1972
• Even If I Wanted to Work, What Do I Do?1972 · as Tilde
• We Are All in Temporary Liberty1971 · as Virgizio widow
• The Smugglers1971 · as Berna
• Madness1971
• I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear1971 · as Reginella
• Come Have Coffee with Us1970 · as Tarsilla Tettamanzi
• Mio Mao: Fatiche ed avventure di alcuni giovani occidentali per introdurre il vizio in Cina1970 · as Claire
• Serafino1968 · as Asmara
• The Battle of the Mods1966 · as Girl in Parisian Bistro (uncredited)
• The Two Parachutists1965 · as Passion Flower
• 002 Operation Moon1965 · as Sonia

All TV Shows (3)

• Love at First Sight1992 · as Lucia Mazzone
• Professione vacanze1987 · as Ursula
• The Last Days of Pompeii1984 · as Stratonice