Franca Marzi (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Life and career Born in Rome as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early twenties, in The Lovers (1946) by Giacomo Gentilomo. She was usually cast in roles of provocative women and femme fatales in films of sentimental or comic genre. The only exception was the Federico Fellini's drama Nights of Cabiria (1957), in which she played the role of the prostitute Wanda, the best friend of Giulietta Masina, a role for which she was rewarded with the Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress.
Selected filmography
Harlen (1943) – Una spettatrice al teatro The Lovers (1946) – Porzia Tombolo (1947) – Lidia The Two Orphans (1947) – Susanne de la Pleine Mad About Opera (1948) – Carmen L'isola di Montecristo (1948) – Lucy Letter at Dawn (1948) - Lilly – l'amante di Carlo Fear and Sand (1948) – Carmen Calamità d'oro (1948) – Rosetta 'Calamita d'oro' A Night of Fame (1949) – Flora Totò Le Mokò (1949) – Odette The Pirates of Capri (1949) – Carla Napoli eterna canzone (1949) – Stella Paris Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949) – Corinna Auselli, figlia del fattore La figlia del peccato (1949) – l'ex amante di Ernesto Ho sognato il paradiso (1950) – Collega di Maria Son of d'Artagnan (1950) – La Contessa Figaro Here, Figaro There (1950) – Consuelo Devotion (1950) – Zana, la vedova Beauties on Bicycles (1951) − Maria Arrivano i nostri (1951) − Gioia Chellis The Black Captain (1951) Milano miliardaria (1951) − Italia Furioni Verginità (1951) − Giulia Toto the Third Man (1951) − Teresa − la domestica di Paolo La vendetta del corsaro (1951) La paura fa 90 (1951) − Nanda Fougère Revenge of Black Eagle (1951) − Katia My Heart Sings (1951) − Gina Amor non ho! Però, però.. (1951) Vedi Napoli e poi muori (1951) − Wanda Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951) − Livia Santa Lucia Luntana (1951) Salvate mia figlia (1951) − Ex Amante di Andrea Lorenzaccio (1951) − Clarice La voce del sangue (1952) Sardinian Vendetta (1952) − Annesa Leoni The Black Mask (1952) − Henriette Tragic Return (1952) − Donna Carmela − Nicola's girlfriend At Sword's Edge (1952) − Rita They Were Three Hundred (1952) − Sina Final Pardon (1952) Non ho paura di vivere (1952) I, Hamlet (1952) − Valchiria I morti non pagano tasse (1952) − Mariella, la locandiera Delitto al luna park (1952) − Silvia I Piombi di Venezia (1953) − Fabia Cavallina storna (1953) − Donna Angela Carcerato (1953) − Valeria − matrigna di Luisa Riscatto (1953) − L'ostessa Fermi tutti... arrivo io! (1953) − Carmen Rivalità (1953) − Franca Lasciateci in pace (1953) Cavallina storna (1953) − Dalgisa Canzoni a due voci (1953) − Governante Franca Canto per te (1953) − Luciana The Island Monster (1954) − Gloria D'Auro Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge (1954) The Doctor of the Mad (1954) − La moglie di Cristaldi The Boatman of Amalfi (1954) − Cristina Orphan of the Ghetto (1954) Suor Maria (1955) − Assunta Ranieri La trovatella di Milano (1956) Nights of Cabiria (1957) − Wanda Fortunella (1958) − Amelia Girls for the Summer (1958) − Clara Ritrovarsi all'alba (1959) − Paola Il raccomandato di ferro (1959) − Tosca Gastone (1960) − Rosa Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today (1960) − Matilde Cocozza La contessa azzurra (1960) − Donna Carmela La garçonnière (1960) − Mother Ghosts of Rome (1961) − Nella Psycosissimo (1962) − Clotilde Scarponi The Man Who Burnt His Corpse (1964) Le tardone (1964) − Donna Carla (episode "Canto flamenco") Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) − Camilla Ecco noi per esempio... (1977)
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