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

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as Francesca Marsi, after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early twenties, in '' The Lovers'' (1946) by

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. She was usually cast in roles of provocative women and femme fatales in films of sentimental or comic genre. The only exception was the

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's drama ''

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'' (1957), in which she played the role of the prostitute Wanda, the best friend of

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, a role for which she was rewarded with the

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for Best Supporting Actress.

Selected filmography

* ''Harlen'' (1943) - Une spettatrice al teatro * '' The Lovers'' (1946) - Porzia * ''Tombolo'' (1947) - Lidia * '' The Two Orphans'' (1947) - Susanne de la Pleine * ''

Mad About Opera ''Mad About Opera'' (Italian: ''Follie per l'opera'') is a 1948 Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Costa and starring Gino Bechi, Gina Lollobrigida, and Carlo Campanini. It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets w ...

'' (1948) - Carmen * ''L'isola di Montecristo'' (1948) - Lucy * ''

Letter at Dawn ''Letter at Dawn'' ( it, Una lettera all'alba) is a 1948 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Bianchi. In 2008 it was restored and shown as part of a retrospective "Questi fantasmi: Cinema italiano ritrovato" at the 65th Venice Internation ...

'' (1948) - Lilly - l'amante di Carlo * ''

Fear and Sand ''Fear and Sand'' ( it, Fifa e arena) is a 1948 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot Nicolino is a kitchen boy who works in a small pharmacy in the country, run by a woman unbearably rude. So Nicolino really wa ...

'' (1948) - Carmen * ''Calamità d'oro'' (1948) - Rosetta 'Calamita d'oro' * ''

A Night of Fame ''A Night of Fame'' ( it, Al diavolo la celebrità) is a 1949 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli and Steno. Cast * Marcel Cerdan as Maurice Cardan * Ferruccio Tagliavini as Gino Marini * Mischa Auer as Bernard Stork * Marilyn B ...

'' (1949) - Flora * ''

Totò Le Mokò ''Totò Le Mokò'' is a 1949 Italian comedy film. The title alludes to the French film ''Pépé le Moko''. Synopsis The mobster Pepé Le Mokò dies during a shootout with the police. His gang decide that his successor will be a relative of his fr ...

'' (1949) - Odette * ''

The Pirates of Capri ''The Pirates of Capri'' ( it, I pirati di Capri), released in the United Kingdom as ''The Masked Pirate'', is a 1949 Italian/American international co-production swashbuckler film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer starring Louis Hayward. It was filmed ...

'' (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 ''Figaro Here, Figaro There'' (Italian: ''Figaro qua, Figaro là'') is a 1950 Italian historical comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Totò and Isa Barzizza. The title and the plot allude to ''The Barber of Seville''.Bìs ...

'' (1950) - Consuelo * ''

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'' (1950) - Zana, la vedova * ''

Beauties on Bicycles ''Beauties on Bicycles'' (Italian: ''Bellezze in '') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani and starring Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.Parish p.142 It was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome with sets designed by Al ...

'' (1951) - Maria * '' Arrivano i nostri'' (1951) - Gioia Chellis * ''

The Black Captain ''The Black Captain'' (Italian: ''Il capitano nero'') is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Giorgio Ansoldi and Alberto Pozzetti and starring Steve Barclay, Marina Berti and Paul Muller. The film's sets were designed by Alfr ...

'' (1951) * '' Milano miliardaria'' (1951) - Italia Furioni * '' Verginità'' (1951) - Giulia * ''

Toto the Third Man ''Toto the Third Man'' ( it, Totò terzo uomo) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò. Plot In a small village Peter and Paul (both starring Toto), twin brothers of opposite characters, Peter, mayor of the t ...

'' (1951) - Teresa - la domestica di Paolo * ''La vendetta del corsaro'' (1951) * ''

La paura fa 90 ''La Paura fa 90'' is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli. Cast * Silvana Pampanini: Luisa * Ugo Tognazzi: Anastasio/Duca Di Boffignac * Franca Marzi: Nanda * Carlo Croccolo: Pinotto * Virgilio Riento: Bargilio * Galeaz ...

'' (1951) - Nanda Fougère * '' Revenge of Black Eagle'' (1951) - Katia * ''

My Heart Sings ''My Heart Sings'' ( it, Anema e core) is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini. Cast * Ferruccio Tagliavini - Marco * Franca Marzi - Gina * Riccardo Billi - Riccardo * Mario Riva - Mario * Car ...

'' (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 ''Salvate mia figlia'' (''Save My Daughter'') is a 1951 Italian melodrama film. Cast * Bianca Doria * Juan de Landa * Vittorio Duse * Fosca Freda - Carla * Mary Jokam * Franca Marzi - Ex amante di Andrea * Bianca Manenti * Lamberto Maggior ...

'' (1951) - Ex Amante di Andrea * ''

Lorenzaccio ''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...

'' (1951) - Clarice * ''La voce del sangue'' (1952) * ''

Sardinian Vendetta ''Sardinian Vendetta'' (Italian: ''Vendetta... sarda'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Croccolo and Giovanna Pala. Apràp p.101 It as shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and the Ponti-De L ...

'' (1952) - Annesa Leoni * ''

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'' (1952) - Henriette * ''

Tragic Return ''Tragic Return'' ( it, Tragico ritorno) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film directed by Pier Luigi Faraldo. Cast * Doris Duranti as Elisa * Marcello Mastroianni as Marco * Franca Marzi as Donna Carmela - Nicola's girlfriend * as Giovanna * Dan ...

'' (1952) - Donna Carmela - Nicola's girlfriend * ''

At Sword's Edge ''At Sword's Edge'' (Italian ''A fil di spada'') is a 1952 Italian swashbuckler film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Frank Latimore, Milly Vitale and Pierre Cressoy.Lancia & Melelli p.113 It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in ...

'' (1952) - Rita * ''

They Were Three Hundred ''They Were Three Hundred'' (Italian: ''Eran trecento'') is a 1952 Italian historical drama film directed by Gian Paolo Callegari and starring Rossano Brazzi, Franca Marzi and Myriam Bru. Di Fiore p.369 It was shot at the Scalera Studios in R ...

'' (1952) - Sina * ''Ultimo perdono'' (1952) * ''Non ho paura di vivere'' (1952) * ''

I, Hamlet ''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial suc ...

'' (1952) - Valchiria * ''

I morti non pagano tasse ''I Morti non pagano tasse'' is a 1952 Italian comedy film by Sergio Grieco. Cast * Tino Scotti: Marco Vecchietti / Giovanni Rossi * Titina De Filippo: Geltrude * Carlo Campanini: Il sindaco * Clelia Matania: La signora Vecchietti * Arold ...

'' (1952) - Mariella, la locandiera * '' Delitto al luna park'' (1952) - Silvia * ''I Piombi di Venezia'' (1953) - Fabia * ''

Cavallina storna ''Cavallina storna'' (i.e. "Dappled Mare") is a 1953 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Giulio Morelli and starring Gino Cervi. It is loosely based on several autobiographical poems ("La cavalla storna", "X agosto", "Un ricordo", and ...

'' (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) * ''

'' (1953) - Dalgisa * ''Canzoni a due voci'' (1953) - Governante Franca * ''Canto per te'' (1953) - Luciana * ''

The Island Monster ''The Island Monster'' (Italian: ''Il mostro dell'isola''/ ''The Monster of the Island'') is a 1954 Italian thriller film directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero and starring Boris Karloff, Franca Marzi and Germana Paolieri. It was made at Cinecitta ...

'' (1954) - Gloria D'Auro * ''Il cavaliere di Maison Rouge'' (1954) * '' The Doctor of the Mad'' (1954) - La moglie di Cristaldi * ''

The Boatman of Amalfi ''The Boatman of Amalfi'' (Italian: ''Il barcaiolo di Amalfi'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Mino Roli and starring Mario Vitale, Franca Marzi and Guido Celano.Lancia p.203 The film's sets were designed by the art director Massimil ...

'' (1954) - Cristina * ''

Orphan of the Ghetto ''Orphan of the Ghetto'' (Italian: ''L'orfana del ghetto'') is a 1954 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. It is based on a novel of the same name by Carolina Invernizio.Goble p.238 Cast * Franca Marzi * Luisella B ...

'' (1954) * ''Suor Maria'' (1955) - Assunta Ranieri * '' La trovatella di Milano'' (1956) * ''

'' (1957) - Wanda * '' Fortunella'' (1958) - Amelia * ''

Girls for the Summer ''Girls for the Summer'' ( it, Racconti d'estate or US title: ''Love on the Riviera'') is a 1958 Italian romantic comedy drama film directed by Gianni Franciolini, based on story by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Alberto Sordi, Michèle Morgan, ...

'' (1958) - Clara * ''Ritrovarsi all'alba'' (1959) - Paola * ''

Il raccomandato di ferro ''Il raccomandato di ferro'' is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Marcello Baldi and starring Mario Riva. It grossed 89,3 million lire at the Italian box office. Plot Augusto Zinconi is a former Roman usher who found employment in an ...

'' (1959) - Tosca * '' Gastone'' (1960) - Rosa * ''

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today ''Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today'' ( it, Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi) is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Aprà p.101 Plot Two bourgeois families live in Rome: the family of the " Cavalie ...

'' (1960) - Matilde Cocozza * ''La contessa azzurra'' (1960) - Donna Carmela * ''La garçonnière'' (1960) - Mother * ''

Ghosts of Rome ''Ghosts of Rome'' ( it, Fantasmi a Roma) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It was released in the UK in 1964 as ''The Phantom Lovers''. Plot Count di Roviano refuses to sell his palace to a developer, despite havin ...

'' (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? ''Pardon, Are You For or Against?'' ( it, Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario?) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi. The title refers to debates on the issue of divorce, still illegal in Italy at the time ...

'' (1966) - Camilla * ''Ecco noi per esempio...'' (1977)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marzi, Franca 1926 births 1989 deaths Italian film actresses Nastro d'Argento winners 20th-century Italian actresses Actresses from Rome