Franca Gonella
Franca Gonella | |
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Gonella in Sex, Demons and Death (1975) | |
| Born | 1 March 1952 (age 73) Turin, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
Franca Gonella (born 1 March 1952) is an Italian film, stage and television actress, mostly active between 1970s and mid-1980s.
Life and career
Born in Turin, Gonella studied modern literature and history of theather and cinema at the University of Turin.[1][2] She started her career on stage, and during a tour in Sicily, through the actor Pino Ferrara, she met the director Mariano Laurenti, who cast her in the film Cerca di capirmi.[1] In a few years, she became a star in low-budget productions the Commedia sexy all'italiana sub-genre.[1][3] In the 1980s, she was cast in major film and television productions, collaborating with Maurizio Scaparro, Aldo Lado and Pierre Kast, among others.[3] She also often collaborated with the indie director and producer Amasi Damiani.[1][3]
Selected filmography
- Aretino's Stories of the Three Lustful Daughters (1972)
- Aretino's Blue Stories (1972)
- Revelations of a Psychiatrist on the World of Sexual Perversion (1973)
- Sex, Demons and Death (1975)
- The Three Superboys Strike Again (1975)
- La bolognese (1975)
- A Virgin in the Family (1975)
- Campagnola bella (1976)
- Terror in Rome (1976)
- Orazi e Curiazi 3 - 2 (1977)
- Cugine mie (1978)
- Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (1987)
- Il notturno di Chopin (2012)
References
- ^ a b c d Norcini, Davide; Pulici (June 2010). "Starlette: Franca Gonella". Nocturno. No. 94. pp. 94–98.
- ^ Gallotti, Adele (8 August 1978). "Franca Gonella, la "Bolognese"". La Stampa. No. 182. p. 17.
- ^ a b c Poppi, Roberto (2003). "Gonella, Franca". Dizionario del cinema italiano: Le Attrici. Gremese Editore. p. 305. ISBN 888440214X.