Fulvia Franco
Actor
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
Totó in color
as Poppy 1952
Toto Tours Italy
as Miss Italia 1948
Hercules Unchained
as Anticlea 1959
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
as Caterina 1957
Totò all'inferno
as Una moglie 1955
Lone and Angry Man
as Lulu Belle 1965
Two Sons of Ringo
as Margaret 1966
Don Chisciotte e Sancio Panza
as Duchessa Madre 1968
High Infidelity
as Raffaella 1964
Hercules, Samson & Ulysses
as Ithaca Queen 1963
Wrong Beds
as Fulvia (Segment "00-Sexy missione bionda platino") 1965
Sex Can Be Difficult
as La vedova (segment "L'avventura di un soldato") 1962
Tempest
as Palaska 1958
Conquerors of Arkansas
as Ilona 1964
Target: Girls
1963
Sins of Casanova
as Bettina, la fantesca 1954