Franca Marzi

Franca Marzi
Born	18 August 1926 Rome, Italy
Died	6 March 1989 (aged 62) Cinisello Balsamo, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1943-1977

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

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

• The Lovers (1946)
• The Two Orphans (1947)
• Fifa e arena (1948)
• Mad About Opera (1948)
• A Night of Fame (1949)
• The Pirates of Capri (1949)
• Son of d'Artagnan (1950)
• Bellezze in bicicletta (1950)
• Vendetta... sarda (1951)
• Arrivano i nostri (1951)
• My Heart Sings (1951)
• Carcerato (1951)
• Tragic Return (1952)
• Il medico dei pazzi (1954)
• Nights of Cabiria (1957)
• Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960)
• Ghosts of Rome (1961)

References

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

External links

• Franca Marzi at the Internet Movie Database
• Franca Marzi at AllMovie