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