Franca Tamantini

Franca Tamantini 24 August 1931 11 August 2014 was an Italian film television and stage actress Born in Rome since young age Tamantini studied piano singing and classical dance at the Teatro dellOpera di Roma In 1948 she was chosen by Luchino Visconti to play Olimpia in the stage drama Rosalinda o come vi piace and one year later she made her film debut in Fernando Cerchios Cenerentola a musical adaptation of the Charles Perraults fairy tale Cinderella During her career Tamantini was often cast in operettas and musical comedies both in the theater and in television In films she was often cast in character roles and she enjoyed a late success only at mature age with the role of Miss Necchi in the Amici Miei film series Source Article Franca Tamantini from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA