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