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 allitaliana 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 Fulcis comedy film 002 Operazione Luna Her breakout role came in 1969 with the role of Asmara the Adriano Celentanos lover in Pietro Germis Serafino One year later she played Tarsilla Tettamanzi in Alberto Lattuadas Come Have Coffee with Us and for this role she won a Nastro dArgento for Best Supporting Actress and a Globo doro in the same category In the following years Coluzzi was mainly active in comedy films especially in the commedia sexy allitaliana genre often playing roles of unbearable and jealous wives In 1985 she founded in Rome a theater workshop for children Associazione Culturale Minestrone dArte She died at 66 of lung cancer