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

[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)