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) .... role?
   
   1952
2. Papà diventa mamma (uncredited) .... Neighbour
3. Roma ore 11 (uncredited) .... Mother of a girl
   
   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
    
    1956
13. Il bigamo (uncredited) .... Store owner's wife
14. Peccato di castità (uncredited) .... Woman at San Giovanni's fair
    
    1957
15. Belle ma povere (uncredited) .... Guest at the dinner
    
    1958
16. Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Woman discussing at the window
17. Non scherzare con le donne - I galli del mare (credited) .... Mrs. Moneta
18. Venezia, la luna e tu (uncredited) .... Nina's mother
    
    1959
19. Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1960
20. Che gioia vivere (uncredited) .... Convict
21. Il vigile (uncredited) .... Neighbour
22. La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Woman near the ''miracle'' tree
23. L'impiegato (uncredited) .... Woman waiting at the help desk
24. Via Margutta (uncredited) .... Remo's mother
    
    1961
25. Il federale (uncredited) .... Bus passenger
26. Giorno per giorno disperatamente (uncredited) .... Neighbour
27. L'oro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in synagogue
    
    1962
28. Lo smemorato di Collegno (uncredited) .... Alleged wife
    
    1963
29. Assassinio Made in Italy (uncredited) .... Spectator at the crime scene
30. Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Spectator watching Cleopatra's arrival in Rome
    
    1964
31. Matrimonio all'italiana (uncredited) .... Maitresse
32. La visita (uncredited) .... Villager
    
    1966
33. Caccia alla volpe (uncredited) .... Woman playing bingo
34. Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Woman in theatre
    
    1967
35. Cuore matto... matto da legare (uncredited) .... Carla's mother
36. La bisbetica domata (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
37. Uccidi o muori (uncredited) .... Maid
    
    1968
38. El Zorro (uncredited) .... Villager
39. Il medico della mutua (uncredited) .... Spectator at the cinema
    
    1969
40. Amore mio aiutami (uncredited) .... Spectatress at the concert hall
41. Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova veneziano (uncredited) .... Hanging spectator
42. Vedo nudo (uncredited) .... Woman at the post office
    
    1970
43. Amore formula 2 (uncredited) .... Spectator in the bullfight
44. Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (uncredited) .... Woman in TV studio
45. Le tue mani sul mio corpo (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1971
46. Il provinciale (uncredited) .... Woman at hospital
47. Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente (uncredited) .... role?
48. Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (uncredited) .... Woman in the courtroom
49. Trastevere (uncredited) .... Woman of the religious tour
    
    1972
50. Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (uncredited) .... Bartender
51. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
52. Ludwig (uncredited) .... Nanny
53. Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio inferno (uncredited) .... Gertrude
    
    1973
54. Amore e ginnastica (uncredited) .... Teacher
55. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza ? (uncredited) .... Woman at trial
56. Diario segreto di un carcere femminile (uncredited) .... Prisoner
57. La proprietà non è più un furto (uncredited) .... Butcher shop customer
58. Rugantino (uncredited) .... role?
59. Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia (uncredited) .... Village woman
    
    1974
60. C'eravamo tanto amati (uncredited)
61. Il domestico (uncredited) .... Housekeeper
62. Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (uncredited) .... Photographer
63. Il saprofita (uncredited) .... Woman in the hotel
64. Pane e cioccolata (uncredited) .... German cleaning lady
65. Prigione di donne (uncredited) .... Prisoner
66. Processo per direttissima (uncredited) .... Laundry owner
67. The Arena (uncredited) .... Woman in the audience at gladiator fight
    
    1975
68. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Woman at the market
69. Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (uncredited) .... role?
70. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
71. Fantozzi (credited) .... Teresa Catellani
72. Per le antiche scale (uncredited) .... Nursing-nun
    
    1976
73. Cadaveri eccellenti (uncredited) .... Woman on the bus
74. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Recruit mother
75. La pretora (uncredited) .... Audience in tribunal
76. La professoressa di scienze naturali (uncredited) .... Nun
77. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
78. Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (uncredited) .... Actress in "La corazzata Potëmkin"
79. Squadra antiscippo (uncredited) .... Mamma Teresa
80. Vinella e Don Pezzotta (uncredited) .... Woman at soup kitchen
    
    1977
81. Anima persa (uncredited) .... Woman at the roulette table
82. Doppio delitto (uncredited) .... Woman at the political rally
83. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (uncredited) .... Woman at the cemetery
    
    1978
84. La sberla (TV series) (uncredited) Restaurant guest
85. Squadra antimafia (uncredited) .... Woman on the bus
    
    1979
86. Caligola (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
87. Dimenticare Venezia (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
    
    1982
88. 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]

Prigione di donne (1974) 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