Fortini, Iolanda

[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 movie role as the "mother of Mr. Catellani" in Luciano Salce's 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 by Ciavazzaro on May 11, 2011 thanks to the fotoromanzo "I romanzi della fontana - Felicità perduta" (1964).

Filmography

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1951

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

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)

[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)

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)