Cast & creator
Ornella Muti
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Die Harald Schmidt Show, Sacrée soirée
Ornella Muti (born March 9, 1955) is an Italian actress. She was born in Rome as Francesca Romana Rivelli, to a Neapolitan father and Estonian mother. She has an older sister, Claudia (1951). Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in 1970 in La moglie più bella (aka The Most Beautiful Wife). She has primarily worked in Italian films but she made her British film debut as Princess Aura in Flash Gordon in 1980. American movies she appeared in include Oscar (1991) and Once Upon a Crime (1992). She is mostly known to the French for appearing in a TV commercial of Giovanni Panzani pasta. Muti has been married twice, to Alessio Orano (her fellow actor in the film "The Most Beautiful Wife", 1975–1981), and Federico Facchinetti (1988–1996). Muti has three children: Naike Rivelli (b. 1974), who is also a model and actress having a close resemblance to her mother, and whose father is Spanish film producer José Luis Bermúdez de Castro Acaso; a son, Andrea, and a second daughter, Carolina, both from her marriage to Facchinetti. Since 1998, Muti has been living with Stefano Piccolo, a plastic surgeon. Muti was voted "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" in 1994 by a worldwide poll of readers of the magazine Class. In 2008, Ornella Muti introduced her own line of jewellery. She opened new shops in Paris, Milan, Rome, Riga, Moscow and Almaty. She insured her breasts for $350,000. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ornella Muti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Francesca Romana Rivelli, اورنلا موتی
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television credits
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1948–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (144)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Self
2015
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Numéro un
Self
1975
Bambi
Self
1948
Sanremo Music Festival
Self - Co-host
1951
Kulturplatz
Self
2004
Zone interdite
Self
1993
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Ciao Darwin
Presidente di giuria
1998
Fiorina the Cow
Teresa - daughter of Betta
1972
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
2022
Rischiatutto
1970
The Count of Monte Cristo
Mercédès Herrera
1998Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show
Self
1998Semperopernball
Self
2006
First Love
Renata
1978
To Rome with Love
Pia Fusari
2012
Flash Gordon
Princess Aura
1980
Nest of Vipers
Elena Mazzarini
1978
The Taming of the Scoundrel
Lisa Silvestri
1980
Appassionata
Eugenia Rutelli
1974
Oscar
Sofia Provolone
1991
Come Home and Meet My Wife
Vincenzina Rotunno Blasetti
1974
Once Upon a Crime
Elena Morosco
1992
The New Monsters
l'autostoppista/la hostess
1977live - die ZDF-talkshow
Self
1987
Sirens
Ingrid
2017
The Final Inquiry
Maria Maddalena
2007
The Unscarred
Rafaella
2000
Lo zio d'America
Maria Monticelli
2002Deutschland gegen… – Das Duell
Self
2010
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Maria Maddalena
2007
Tonight at Alice's
Alice
1990
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Cass
1981
The Girl from Trieste
Nicole
1982
The Nun and the Devil
Isabella
1973
Swann in Love
Odette de Crécy
1984
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Grandmother
2004
Love & Money
Catherine Stockheinz
1981
The Last Woman
Valérie
1976
Death of a Corrupt Man
Valérie Agostinelli
1977
Quiz ohne Grenzen
Self
2020
Doc West II : Triggerman
Debra 'Tricky' Downing
2009
French Fried Vacations 3: Friends Forever
Graziella Lespinasse
2006
The Bishop's Bedroom
Matilde
1977
Esther
Königin Waschti
1999
The Future Is Woman
Malvina
1984
Magical Nights
Federica, the diva
2018
Wait Until Spring, Bandini
Maria
1989
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Mathilde Figura
2003
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Angela Vicario
1987
L'avvocato Porta
Chiara
1997
Il sangue e la rosa
Baronessa Barbara Forleis
2008
Casanova
Henriette
1987
Madly in Love
Principessa Cristina
1981
The Most Beautiful Wife
Francesca Cimarosa
1970
People : Jet Set 2
Aphrodita
2004
Last Run
Danny
2001
Celebrity Nude Revue: Easy 80's Volume 1
Self (archive footage)
2011
Just for Laughs
Maître Alice Obini
1997
La bambina dalle mani sporche
Wanda Rossi
2005
A Season of Giants
Onoria
1990
Il Grande Fausto
Giulia Occhini
1995
Love Deal
Tatiana
1995
The Undecided Groom
Barbara
2023
Summer Affair
Lisa
1971
Forbidden Passion
Maribel
1974
Bonnie and Clyde Italian Style
Rosetta Foschini
1983
Roma elastica
The TV Presenter
2026
Christmas Vacation '91
Giuliana
1991
A Long Long Long Night of Love
Egle
2001
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Mathilde Figura
2004
Oasis of Fear
Ingrid Sjoman
1971
Somewhere in the City
Marta
1998
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Mathilde Figura
2005
Life Is Beautiful
Maria
1979
The House of Doves
Sandra
1972
Break Up
Ussena / Sena
1978
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 2
(archive footage)
2010
Hotel
Flamenco Spokesperson
2001
Department Store
Se stessa / Luisa, commessa del reparto abbigliamento per bambini
1986
Armony
2026
Experiencia prematrimonial
Sandra
1972
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Mathilde Figura
2005
Dirty Linen
Bruna
1999
Blame it on Paradise
Celeste
1985
The Bilingual Lover
Norma
1993
My Sister and I
Silvia
1987
Pure as a Lily
Lucia Mantuso
1976
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
2010
A Girl and an Older Man
Caridad
1974
All Sons of the Saintest Mother
Santazza
1973
Famous T & A
Lisa (archive footage)
1982
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Serafina
1990
Widows
Maria Sommer
1998
Il Conte Max
Isabella Matignon
1991
L'Inconnu de Strasbourg
Madeleine Wals
1998
Atrocious Tales of Love and Death
Lucia Navarro
1979
Codice privato
Anna
1988
Stella's Favor
Stella
1996
On the Run
Cécile Costes
2003
Tierra del fuego
Armenia
2000Mezzaestate
1991
Nobody's Perfect
Chantal
1981
Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self
2017
Peopling The Palaces
Marchesa
2007
Civico zero
Nina
2007
After Life
Cécile Rivet
2003
Especially on Sunday
Anna
1991
Jet Set
Camilla Balbeck
2000
La voglia matta di vivere
Self
2022
Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano
Self
2010
Io non ci casco
Professoressa Lamberti
2008
Rich and Poor
Marta
1983
The Sensual Man
Giovanna
1973
An Amazing Couple
Cécile Costes
2002
Ti vogliamo bene Francesco Nuti
2021
Il sangue e la rosa
Barbara Forleis
2008
Leonor
Catherine
1975
Non chiamarmi Omar
Viola
1992
Without Words
Her
1977
Sanremo 72. Il Festival da dove non l’avete mai visto
Self
2022
The Lion
Sybil Bullit
2003
Un Colpo al Cuore
Giulia Pascoli
2000
Yo-Rhad - Un amico dallo spazio
Marianna (voice)
2006
Say I Do
Francesca, la dircetora
2004
La joven casada
Camino
1975
'o Re
Maria Sophie of Bavaria
1989
A Season of Giants
Onoria
1990
Stregati
Anna
1986
Tomorrow
Stefania Zerenghi
2001
Wine to Love
Anna
2018
The Christmas Show
Grandma Rita
2022
Favorite Son
Claudia Maccari
2001
Postcards from Rome
Ornella
2008
Mordbüro
Madame Behar
1997
Mare di grano
2018
The Sparrow's Fluttering
Silvana
1988