Maria Grazia Francia

Maria Grazia Francia
Born	17 September 1931 Florence, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Maria Grazia Francia (born 17 September 1931) is an Italian former film, stage and television actress.

Career

Born in Florence, in the mid-1940s Francia moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.^[1] She eventually left the course to star alongside Anna Magnani in Gennaro Righelli's Abbasso la ricchezza!.^[1] Since then she appeared in several important films, directed by directors such as Luigi Zampa, Giuseppe De Santis and Mario Bonnard.^[1] She was also active on stage and on television dramas, before retiring from acting in the early 1970s.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Selected filmography

• Peddlin' in Society (1946)
• L'onorevole Angelina (1947)
• Bitter Rice (1949)
• Rondini in volo (1949)
• No Peace Under the Olive Tree (1950)
• The Outlaws (1950)
• Il voto (1950)

Francia, in the middle, in Il voto (1950)

• Santa Lucia luntana... (1951)
• Due sorelle amano (1951)
• Auguri e figli maschi (1951)
• I figli non si vendono (1952)
• Rome 11:00 (1952)
• L'angelo del peccato (1952)
• Voice of Silence (1953)
• Rimorso (1953)
• Milady and the Musketeers (1953)
• La peccatrice dell'isola (1953)
• I piombi di Venezia (1953)
• Schiava del peccato (1954)
• Addio Napoli (1954)
• I pappagalli (1956)
• Accadde una notte (1956)
• La donna che amo (1957)
• Goodbye, Firenze! (1958)
• Tiro al piccione (1961)
• I soldi (1965)
• Una carabina per Schüt (1966)

References

1. Roberto Chiti. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese, 1999. ISBN 8877423420.
2. "Maria Grazia Francia". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
3. "Movies & TV"Maria Grazia Francia". amazon.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
4. "Top Maria Grazia Francia movies(based on popularity,ratings,box office)". movieslist.in. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
5. "Maria Grazia Francia Movies". blockbuster.com. Retrieved 29 November 2013.

External links

• Maria Grazia Francia at the Internet Movie Database