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).

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FILMOGRAPHY

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

FOTOROMANZI

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)

[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