Iolanda Fortini

[Johan Melle]

Iolanda Fortini in Trastevere (1971)

Iolanda Fortini has worked in the cinema since the early fifties but she's most know for her role as the mother of "Mr. Catellani" in Fantozzi (1975). For many years, many film encyclopedias, IMDb, Wikipedia etc. claims that this role was played by Elena Tricoli but this was a mistake. Before that we knew her name, we nicknamed her "Woman from Trastevere" because we start to investigate over her from that movie from 1970. Iolanda Fortini was identified on this forum by Ciavazzaro on May 11, 2011 with the fotoromanzo I romanzi della fontana - Felicità perduta (1964).

FILMOGRAPHY

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1951

1. Bellissima (uncredited) .... Mother at Cinecittà
   
   1952
2. Papà diventa mamma (uncredited) .... Neighbour
3. Roma ore 11 (uncredited) .... Mother of one of the injured girls
   
   1953
4. Il viale della speranza (uncredited) .... Woman with fur getting down from the bus
5. La voce del silenzio (uncredited) .... Onlooker at the scene of the car accident
6. Villa Borghese (uncredited) .... Mother of a participant in the beauty contest (Episode 6)
   
   1954
7. Le signorine dello 04 (uncredited) .... Bruna's mother
8. Tripoli bel suol d'amore (uncredited) .... Greengrocer
   
   1955
9. La bella di Roma (uncredited) .... Neighbour
10. Gli innamorati (uncredited) .... Neighbourhood woman
11. I due compari (uncredited) .... Neighbour
12. Lo scapolo (uncredited) .... Customer
13. Racconti romani (uncredited) .... Customer at the fish stall
    
    1956
14. Il bigamo (uncredited) .... Store owner's wife
15. Peccato di castità (uncredited) .... Woman at San Giovanni's fair
    
    1957
16. Belle ma povere (uncredited) .... Guest at the dinner
17. Lauta mancia (credited) .... Dog shelter owner
    
    1958
18. Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Woman discussing at the window
19. Napoli, sole mio! (uncredited) .... Neighbor
20. Non scherzare con le donne - I galli del mare (credited) .... Mrs. Moneta
21. Venezia, la luna e tu (uncredited) .... Nina's mother
    
    1959
22. Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Party guest
23. Il padrone delle ferriere (uncredited) .... Ironworker's mother
24. Il raccomandato di Ferro (uncredited) .... Woman waiting at help desk
    
    1960
25. Che gioia vivere (uncredited) .... Convict
26. Il mattatore (uncredited) .... Annalisa's mother
27. Il vigile (uncredited) .... Neighbour
28. La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Woman near the ''miracle'' tree
29. L'impiegato (uncredited) .... Woman waiting at the help desk
30. Morgan il pirata (uncredited) .... Maid
31. Via Margutta (uncredited) .... Remo's mother
    
    1961
32. Il federale (uncredited) .... Bus passenger
33. Giorno per giorno disperatamente (uncredited) .... Neighbour
34. L'oro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in synagogue
35. Le baccanti (uncredited) .... Woman of the people
    
    1962
36. Lo smemorato di Collegno (uncredited) .... Alleged wife
    
    1963
37. Assassinio Made in Italy (uncredited) .... Spectator at the crime scene
38. Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Spectator watching Cleopatra's arrival in Rome
39. Le mani sulla città (uncredited) .... Spectator in parliament
    
    1964
40. Matrimonio all'italiana (uncredited) .... Maitresse
41. La visita (uncredited) .... Villager
    
    1965
42. Io uccido, tu uccidi - segment "Cavalleria rusticana: oggi" (uncredited) .... Sicilian villager
    
    1966
43. Caccia alla volpe (uncredited) .... Woman playing bingo
44. Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Woman in theatre
    
    1967
45. Cuore matto... matto da legare (uncredited) .... Carla's mother
46. La bisbetica domata (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
47. Uccidi o muori (uncredited) .... Maid
    
    1968
48. El Zorro (uncredited) .... Villager
49. Il medico della mutua (uncredited) .... Spectator at the cinema
50. Romeo and Juliet (uncredited) .... Guest at the Capulet party
    
    1969
51. Amore mio aiutami (uncredited) .... Spectatress at the concert hall
52. Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova veneziano (uncredited) .... Hanging spectator
53. Nell'anno del signore (uncredited) .... Angry citizien
54. Vedo nudo (uncredited) .... Woman at the post office
    
    1970
55. Amore formula 2 (uncredited) .... Spectator in the bullfight
56. Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (uncredited) .... Woman in TV studio
57. Le tue mani sul mio corpo (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1971
58. Il provinciale (uncredited) .... Woman at hospital
59. Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente (uncredited) .... role?
60. Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (uncredited) .... Woman in the courtroom
61. Trastevere (uncredited) .... Woman of the religious tour
    
    1972
62. Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (uncredited) .... Bartender
63. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
64. Ludwig (uncredited) .... Nanny
65. Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio inferno (uncredited) .... Gertrude
    
    1973
66. Amore e ginnastica (uncredited) .... Teacher
67. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza ? (uncredited) .... Woman at trial
68. Diario segreto di un carcere femminile (uncredited) .... Prisoner
69. La proprietà non è più un furto (uncredited) .... Butcher shop customer
70. Rugantino (uncredited) .... role?
71. Polvere di stelle (uncredited) .... Spectatress at the Caracioni Theater
72. Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia (uncredited) .... Village woman
    
    1974
73. C'eravamo tanto amati (uncredited)
74. Il domestico (uncredited) .... Badoglio's housekeeper
75. Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (uncredited) .... Photographer
76. Il saprofita (uncredited) .... Woman in the hotel
77. Pane e cioccolata (uncredited) .... German cleaning lady
78. Prigione di donne (uncredited) .... Inmate
79. Processo per direttissima (uncredited) .... Laundry owner
80. The Arena (uncredited) .... Woman in the audience at gladiator fight
    
    1975
81. Ah si? e io lo dico a Zzzzorro! (uncredited) .... Townswoman
82. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Woman at the market
83. Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (uncredited) .... role?
84. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
85. Fantozzi (credited) .... Teresa Catellani
86. Per le antiche scale (uncredited) .... Nursing-nun
    
    1976
87. Cadaveri eccellenti (uncredited) .... Woman on the bus
88. Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Fish market customer
89. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Recruit mother
90. La pretora (uncredited) .... Audience in tribunal
91. La professoressa di scienze naturali (uncredited) .... Nun
92. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
93. Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (uncredited) .... Actress in "La corazzata Potëmkin"
94. Squadra antiscippo (uncredited) .... Mamma Teresa
95. Vinella e Don Pezzotta (uncredited) .... Woman at soup kitchen
    
    1977
96. Anima persa (uncredited) .... Woman at the roulette table
97. Doppio delitto (uncredited) .... Woman at the political rally
98. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (uncredited) .... Woman at the cemetery
    
    1978
99. La sberla (TV series) (uncredited) Restaurant guest
100. Squadra antimafia (uncredited) .... Woman on the bus
     
     1979
101. Caligola (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
102. Dimenticare Venezia (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
     
     1982
103. Il paramedico (uncredited) .... Sora Maria, the neighbour

FOTOROMANZI

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1. I romanzi della fontana: "Felicità perduta" (1964) - credited
2. Tipo N. 50: "La spia dalle ciglia di visone" (Ed. C.I.R. - Published February 1966)
3. Joe Crack N. 2: "Strip mortale" (Ed. S.E.P.I.M. - Published May 1967)
4. Luna Park N. 48: "Resurrezione" (Ed. Rizzoli - Published May 1970)

EXTERNAL LINKS

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• Cinema Italiano Database
• Internet Movie Database

[Emiliano]

Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (1972) as Bartender

La dottoressa del distretto militare (1976) as Mother of a recruit

La professoressa di scienze naturali (1976) as Nun

[vecchiaguardia]

Squadra antiscippo (1976) as "Mamma Teresa"

Squadra antimafia (1978) as Woman on the bus

[Johan Melle]

Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio Inferno (1972) - from Bertrand's site:

Le avventure di Pinocchio (1972) as Laundress

The Arena (1974) as Woman in the audience at gladiator fight

Diario segreto di un carcere femminile (1973) as Prisoner

[Emiliano]

Her most memorable role in Fantozzi (1975) (credited) as Teresa Catellani

And she had a little part also in Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976) as Actress in "La corazzata Potëmkin"

La pretora (1976) as Audience in tribunal

[vecchiaguardia]

Processo per direttissima (1974) as Laundress

Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente (1971)

Due cuori, una cappella (1975) as Woman on the street

Anima persa (1977) as Woman at the roulette table

[vecchiaguardia]

Bellissima (1951)

Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (1975)

Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (1970) as Woman in TV studio

Il saprofita (1974)

[Ciavazzaro]

Small role in Belle ma povere (1957) as a guest at the dinner

[Ciavazzaro]

Vedo nudo (1969) as Woman at the post office

C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)

Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (1971) as Woman in the courtroom - pic by Ghibarian

[Ciavazzaro]

Pane e cioccolata (1974) as a German bath-cleanwoman

A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (1975) as Woman at the market

Non scherzare con le donne - I galli del mare (1958) - credited as Mrs. Moneta

(picture from a fotobusta as we haven't yet found this film)