Fulvia Franco
Biography
From Wikipedia
Fulvia Franco (21 May 1931 - 15 May 1988) was an Italian
actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder.
Born in Trieste, the daughter of a businessman, Franco won
the third edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest held in 1948 in Stresa. As
a part of the contest that provided for the winner a role in a movie soon to be
realized with Totò, a member of the jury, Franco appeared in a bib part in Totò
al giro d'Italia. Thanks to the success of the film, Franco continued her film
career, even appearing in leading roles; her most significant and critically
apprecciated role was the sensual widow in L’avventura di un soldato, the
directorial debut of Nino Manfredi which was part of the anthology film L'amore
difficile.
Franco was married to the actor and boxer Tiberio Mitri for
about twenty years, and she starred with him on several fotoromanzi.
Filmography
Trieste, Un ring sull'Adriatico
2009
Virgin Merchants
1969
Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza
1968
as Duchessa Madre
Ugly at Night
1968
as Signora Ananas
The Magnificent Texan
1967
as Estella
Una rete piena di sabbia
1967
For Love and Gold
1966
as Luida
Lone and Angry Man
1965
as Lulu Belle
Wrong Beds
1965
as Fulvia (Segment "00-Sexy missione bionda platino")
Conquerors of Arkansas
1964
as Ilona
These Mad, Mad Women
1964
as The Lady ('Pochi ma buoni')
High Infidelity
1964
as Raffaella
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses
1963
as Ithaca Queen
Target: Girls
1963
Sex Can Be Difficult
1962
as La vedova (segment "L'avventura di un soldato")
Beauties on Motor Scooters
1962
as Marcella
The Black Archer
1959
as la zingarella
Hercules Unchained
1959
as Anticlea
Tempest
1958
as Palaska
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957
as Caterina
Las aeroguapas
1957
as Edmunda
Le belle dell'aria
1957
as Edmunda
Buongiorno primo amore!
1957
as Leandra
Peppino, le modelle e... chella llà
1957
as Lucia