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
18. Marisa la civetta (uncredited) .... Woman dancing in the tavern
    
    1958
19. Ladro lui, ladra lei (uncredited) .... Woman discussing at the window
20. Napoli, sole mio! (uncredited) .... Neighbor
21. Non scherzare con le donne - I galli del mare (credited) .... Mrs. Moneta
22. Venezia, la luna e tu (uncredited) .... Nina's mother
    
    1959
23. Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti (uncredited) .... Party guest
24. Il padrone delle ferriere (uncredited) .... Ironworker's mother
25. Il raccomandato di Ferro (uncredited) .... Woman waiting at help desk
    
    1960
26. Che gioia vivere (uncredited) .... Convict
27. Il mattatore (uncredited) .... Annalisa's mother
28. Il vigile (uncredited) .... Neighbour
29. La dolce vita (uncredited) .... Woman near the ''miracle'' tree
30. L'impiegato (uncredited) .... Woman waiting at the help desk
31. Morgan il pirata (uncredited) .... Maid
32. Via Margutta (uncredited) .... Remo's mother
    
    1961
33. Il federale (uncredited) .... Bus passenger
34. Giorno per giorno disperatamente (uncredited) .... Neighbour
35. L'oro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in synagogue
36. Le baccanti (uncredited) .... Woman of the people
    
    1962
37. Lo smemorato di Collegno (uncredited) .... Alleged wife
    
    1963
38. Assassinio Made in Italy (uncredited) .... Spectator at the crime scene
39. Cleopatra (uncredited) .... Spectator watching Cleopatra's arrival in Rome
40. Le mani sulla città (uncredited) .... Spectator in parliament
    
    1964
41. Matrimonio all'italiana (uncredited) .... Maitresse
42. La visita (uncredited) .... Villager
    
    1965
43. Io uccido, tu uccidi - segment "Cavalleria rusticana: oggi" (uncredited) .... Sicilian villager
    
    1966
44. Caccia alla volpe (uncredited) .... Woman playing bingo
45. Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Woman in theatre
    
    1967
46. Cuore matto... matto da legare (uncredited) .... Carla's mother
47. La bisbetica domata (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
48. Uccidi o muori (uncredited) .... Maid
    
    1968
49. El Zorro (uncredited) .... Villager
50. Il medico della mutua (uncredited) .... Spectator at the cinema
51. Romeo and Juliet (uncredited) .... Guest at the Capulet party
    
    1969
52. Amore mio aiutami (uncredited) .... Spectatress at the concert hall
53. Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova veneziano (uncredited) .... Hanging spectator
54. Nell'anno del signore (uncredited) .... Angry citizien
55. Vedo nudo (uncredited) .... Woman at the post office
    
    1970
56. Amore formula 2 (uncredited) .... Spectator in the bullfight
57. Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (uncredited) .... Woman in TV studio
58. I due maghi del pallone (uncredited) .... Football supporter
59. Le tue mani sul mio corpo (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1971
60. Il provinciale (uncredited) .... Woman at hospital
61. Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente (uncredited) .... role?
62. Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (uncredited) .... Woman in the courtroom
63. Trastevere (uncredited) .... Woman of the religious tour
    
    1972
64. Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (uncredited) .... Bartender
65. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
66. Ludwig (uncredited) .... Nanny
67. Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio inferno (uncredited) .... Gertrude
    
    1973
68. Amore e ginnastica (uncredited) .... Teacher
69. Ci risiamo, vero Provvidenza ? (uncredited) .... Woman at trial
70. Diario segreto di un carcere femminile (uncredited) .... Prisoner
71. La proprietà non è più un furto (uncredited) .... Butcher shop customer
72. Rugantino (uncredited) .... role?
73. Polvere di stelle (uncredited) .... Spectatress at the Caracioni Theater
74. Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia (uncredited) .... Village woman
    
    1974
75. C'eravamo tanto amati (uncredited) .... role?
76. Il domestico (uncredited) .... Badoglio's housekeeper
77. Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca (uncredited) .... Photographer
78. Il saprofita (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
79. Pane e cioccolata (uncredited) .... German cleaning lady
80. Prigione di donne (uncredited) .... Inmate
81. Processo per direttissima (uncredited) .... Laundry owner
82. The Arena (uncredited) .... Woman in the audience at gladiator fight
    
    1975
83. Ah si? e io lo dico a Zzzzorro! (uncredited) .... Townswoman
84. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Woman at the market
85. Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (uncredited) .... Retirement home resident
86. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
87. Fantozzi (credited) .... Teresa Catellani
88. Per le antiche scale (uncredited) .... Nursing-nun
    
    1976
89. Cadaveri eccellenti (uncredited) .... Woman on the bus
90. Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Fish market customer
91. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Recruit mother
92. La pretora (uncredited) .... Audience in tribunal
93. La professoressa di scienze naturali (uncredited) .... Nun
94. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
95. Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (uncredited) .... Actress in "La corazzata Potëmkin"
96. Squadra antiscippo (uncredited) .... Mamma Teresa
97. Vinella e Don Pezzotta (uncredited) .... Woman at soup kitchen
    
    1977
98. Anima persa (uncredited) .... Woman at the roulette table
99. Doppio delitto (uncredited) .... Woman at the political rally
100. Un borghese piccolo piccolo (uncredited) .... Woman at the cemetery
     
     1978
101. La sberla (TV series) (uncredited) Restaurant guest
102. Squadra antimafia (uncredited) .... Woman on the bus
     
     1979
103. Caligola (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
104. Dimenticare Venezia (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
     
     1982
105. 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)