Angela Goodwin (born Angela Bucci, 1 August 1925 – 25 March 2016), was an Italian stage, film and television actress.

Life and career

Born in

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, Goodwin was the daughter of an Italian-American father, and spent her youth in the US where she enrolled at several drama courses and started her professional career with a stage company in

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. In the second half of the 1960s she came back to Italy, where she continued to work on stage with some of the major companies of the time, including the ones directed by

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Giancarlo Sbragia Giancarlo Sbragia (14 March 1926 – 28 June 1994) was an Italian actor, voice actor, stage director and playwright. Life and career Born in Rome, Sbragia graduated at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1947, and debuted on sta ...

and Garinei & Giovannini. In 1970, Goodwin had her film breakout as Fortunata, one of the Tettamanzi sisters in the

Alberto Lattuada Alberto Lattuada (; 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. Career Lattuada was born in Vaprio d'Adda, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a student, a mem ...

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Come Have Coffee with Us ''Venga a prendere il caffè da noi'', internationally released as ''Come Have Coffee with Us'', is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Alberto Lattuada. It is based on the novel ''La spartizione'' by Piero Chiara. The film was awarded with tw ...

''. Another major success in her career was the role of Laura Perozzi,

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's wife in

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awa ...

's box office hit '' My Friends'', a role she reprised in the 1982 sequel ''

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''. She was also very active on television. Her last work was the short film ''Carlo e Clara''. Goodwin was married to actor

Franco Giacobini Franco Giacobini (5 March 1926 – 27 December 2015) was an Italian actor. Born in Rome as Francesco Giacobini, he graduated at Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in 1948, then started a prolific stage career, working in comed ...

, with whom she often collaborated on stage.

Filmography

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* 1925 births Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Actresses from Rome 2016 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses 21st-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub