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{{Short description|Italian actress (1926–1989)}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|image =Franca Marzi.jpg
| image = Franca Marzi.jpg
| name = Franca Marzi
| name = Franca Marzi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|18|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| birth_place = [[Rome]], Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|3|6|1926|8|18|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|3|6|1926|8|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Cinisello Balsamo]], Italy
| death_place = [[Cinisello Balsamo]], [[Metropolitan City of Milan|Milan]], Italy
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1943-1977
| yearsactive = 1943–1977
}}
}}


'''Franca Marzi''' (18 August 1926 – 6 March 1989) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
'''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==
==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 film)|The Lovers]]'' (1946) by [[Giacomo Gentilomo]].<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last=Felice Cappa, Piero Gelli, Marco Mattarozzi|title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|publisher=Dalai editore, 1998|isbn=8880892959}}</ref> She was usually cast in roles of provocative women and femme fatales in films of sentimental or comic genre.<ref name=bio /> 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.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref>
Born in [[Rome]] as '''Francesca Marsi''', after working in the revue, Marzi made her film debut in her early twenties, in ''[[The Lovers (1946 film)|The Lovers]]'' (1946) by [[Giacomo Gentilomo]].<ref name=bio>{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900|year=1998 |publisher=Dalai editore, 1998|isbn=8880892959}}</ref> She was usually cast in roles of provocative women and femme fatales in films of sentimental or comic genre.<ref name=bio /> 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.<ref name=premi>{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
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* ''[[The Lovers (1946 film)|The Lovers]]'' (1946)
* ''Harlen'' (1943) – Une spettatrice al teatro
⚫
* ''[[The Two Orphans (1947 film)|The Two Orphans]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Fifa e arena]]'' (1948)
* ''[[The Lovers (1946 film)|The Lovers]]'' (1946) – Porzia
* ''[[Mad About Opera]]'' (1948)
* ''Tombolo'' (1947) – Lidia
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* ''[[The Two Orphans (1947 film)|The Two Orphans]]'' (1947) – Susanne de la Pleine
⚫
* ''[[A Night of Fame]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Son of d'Artagnan]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Mad About Opera]]'' (1948) – Carmen
* ''[[Bellezze in bicicletta]]'' (1950)
* ''L'isola di Montecristo'' (1948) – Lucy
* ''[[Vendetta... sarda]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Letter at Dawn]]'' (1948) - Lilly – l'amante di Carlo
* ''[[Arrivano i nostri]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Fear and Sand]]'' (1948) – Carmen
* ''Calamità d'oro'' (1948) – Rosetta 'Calamita d'oro'
⚫
* ''[[My Heart Sings]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Carcerato (1951 film)|Carcerato]]'' (1951)
* ''[[A Night of Fame]]'' (1949) – Flora
* ''[[Tragic Return]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Totò Le Mokò]]'' (1949) – Odette
* ''[[Il medico dei pazzi]]'' (1954)
* ''[[The Pirates of Capri]]'' (1949) – Carla
* ''Napoli eterna canzone'' (1949) – Stella Paris
⚫
* ''[[Nights of Cabiria]]'' (1957)
* ''Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba!'' (1949) – Corinna Auselli, figlia del fattore
* ''[[Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi]]'' (1960)
* ''La figlia del peccato'' (1949) – l'ex amante di Ernesto
⚫
* ''[[Ghosts of Rome]]'' (1961)
* ''Ho sognato il paradiso'' (1950) – Collega di Maria
* ''[[Son of d'Artagnan]]'' (1950) – La Contessa
* ''[[Figaro Here, Figaro There]]'' (1950) – Consuelo
* ''[[Devotion (1950 film)|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 (film)|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 (film)|Lorenzaccio]]'' (1951) − Clarice
* ''La voce del sangue'' (1952)
* ''[[Sardinian Vendetta]]'' (1952) − Annesa Leoni
⚫
* ''[[The Black Mask (1952 film)|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 (1951 film)|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 (film)|Fortunella]]'' (1958) − Amelia
* ''[[Girls for the Summer]]'' (1958) − Clara
* ''Ritrovarsi all'alba'' (1959) − Paola
* ''[[Il raccomandato di ferro]]'' (1959) − Tosca
* ''[[Gastone (film)|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)
{{div col end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDB name|0555807|Franca Marzi}}
*{{IMDb name|0555807|Franca Marzi}}
*{{Amg name|46171|Franca Marzi}}


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[[Category:20th-century Italian actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Rome]]
[[Category:Actresses from Rome]]
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Franca Marzi
Born(1926-08-18)18 August 1926
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died6 March 1989(1989-03-06) (aged 62)
Cinisello Balsamo, Milan, Italy
OccupationActress
Years active1943–1977

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

[edit]

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.[1] She was usually cast in roles of provocative women and femme fatales in films of sentimental or comic genre.[1] 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.[2]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b Felice Cappa; Piero Gelli; Marco Mattarozzi (1998). Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Dalai editore, 1998. ISBN 8880892959.
  2. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
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