Franca Tamantini
# Franca Tamantini

Franca Tamantini (24 August 1931 – 11 August 2014) was an Italian film, television and stage actress.

## Life and career

Born in Rome, since young age Tamantini studied piano, singing and classical dance at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. In 1948 she was chosen by Luchino Visconti to play Olimpia in the stage drama Rosalinda o come vi piace, and one year later she made her film debut in Fernando Cerchio's Cenerentola, a musical adaptation of the Charles Perrault's fairy tale Cinderella.

During her career Tamantini was often cast in operettas and musical comedies, both in the theater and in television. In films, she was often cast in character roles, and she enjoyed a late success only at mature age, with the role of Miss Necchi in the Amici Miei film series.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role |
| - | - | - |
| 1946 | Biraghin | |
| 1949 | Cenerentola | Tisbe, stepsister of Cenerentola |
| 1949 | Femmina incatenata | |
| 1950 | Toto Looks for a Wife | Luisella |
| 1950 | Figaro Here, Figaro There | Elsa |
| 1951 | Tomorrow Is Another Day | Lola |
| 1951 | Song of Spring | |
| 1951 | Revenge of the Pirates | Conchita |
| 1951 | The Young Caruso | Carragi - Soprano |
| 1951 | I due derelitti | Colette |
| 1951 | Trieste mia! | |
| 1951 | Auguri e figli maschi! | Vinicio Paciottini's Lover |
| 1952 | The City Stands Trial | Carmela |
| 1952 | The Queen of Sheba | The False Mother |
| 1952 | Sunday Heroes | Annetta - the postcards seller |
| 1952 | Una croce senza nome | |
| 1952 | La sonnambula | Lisa |
| 1952 | La favorita | Ines |
| 1953 | Frine, Courtesan of Orient | schiava di Frine |
| 1953 | Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare | Giovanna |
| 1954 | Barrier of the Law | |
| 1954 | Due soldi di felicità | Alba Dores, soubrette |
| 1955 | Le vacanze del sor Clemente | Tamara |
| 1955 | Sultana Safiyè | |
| 1956 | Rigoletto e la sua tragedia | Maddalena |
| 1957 | Un angelo è sceso a Brooklyn | Alfonso's Girlfriend |
| 1961 | Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento | |
| 1962 | The Police Commissioner | Marisa |
| 1962 | I motorizzati | Rita |
| 1963 | I terribili 7 | Moglie Del Tramviere |
| 1975 | My Friends | Carmen |
| 1981 | Help Me Dream | Tonina |
| 1982 | All My Friends Part 2 | Carmen Necchi |
| 1983 | Deadly Circuit | Signora Comolli |
| 1985 | Amici miei – Atto III | Carmen Necchi |
| 1998 | The Second Wife | |
