Theodoli, Marcella


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Theodoli, Marcella

Post by Ciavazzaro » 30/08/2018, 5:29

Due Carabinieri - Marcella Theodoli.jpg
Marcella Theodoli in I due carabinieri (1984)

Like many other generici active in Italian cinema, such as Irina Wassilchikoff and Andrea Esterhazy, Marcella Theodoli was a noblewoman, more precisely a marquise. Active since the 60s, she was never credited, but appeared in numerous films and TV productions, up until at least the late 90s - very frequenly in small party guest roles, but she was also memorable as Massimo Boldi's mother in I due carabinieri (1984).

Marcella Theodoli was identified thanks to the article Le divine comparse, published in the magazine Epoca n° 1282 (published on May 3, 1975).

Filmography

1963
  1. Il processo di Verona .... Vianini's wife (uncredited)

    1967
  2. Le streghe .... Cook (uncredited)
  3. Requiescant .... Saloon girl (uncredited)

    1973
  4. Io e lui .... Party guest (uncredited)

    1974
  5. Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca .... Woman at the book launch (uncredited)

    1975
  6. Divina creatura .... Party guest (uncredited)
  7. Mahogany .... Woman at fashion show (uncredited)
  8. Roma violenta .... Woman robbed at the restaurant (uncredited)

    1976
  9. Bordella .... American Love Company customer (uncredited)
  10. Quel movimento che mi piace tanto .... Guest at the wedding party (uncredited)
  11. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza .... Party guest (uncredited)
  12. Spogliamoci così senza pudor - segment "La visita" .... Friend of the Partibon family (uncredited)

    1977
  13. Al di là del bene e del male .... Brothel madam (uncredited)
  14. Kleinhoff Hotel .... Hotel maid (uncredited)

    1979
  15. I viaggiatori della sera .... Holiday village guest (uncredited)

    1980
  16. Mi faccio la barca .... Dental patient (uncredited)

    1981
  17. I carabbimatti .... Invited to the clinic party (uncredited)
  18. I ragazzi di celluloide (TV mini-series) .... Party guest (uncredited)
  19. L'uomo della sabbia (TV) .... Party guest (uncredited)
  20. Occhio alla penna .... Woman in train-restaurant (uncredited)

    1982
  21. La sconosciuta (TV mini series) .... Woman at the hotel (uncredited)
  22. Storia d'amore e d'amicizia (TV mini-series) .... Rebecca, woman on the bus (uncredited)
  23. Tenebre .... Airplane passenger (uncredited)
  24. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere .... Embassy party guest (uncredited)

    1983
  25. Il conte Tacchia.... Circolo Araldico member (uncredited)
  26. La chiave .... Party guest (uncredited)
  27. Nana .... Client at the erotic club (uncredited)
  28. The Lonely Lady .... Patient in wheelchair (uncredited) / Audience member at awards show (uncredited)

    1984
  29. C'era una volta in America .... A woman in the photo (uncredited)
  30. Cenerentola '80 .... Party guest (uncredited)
  31. I due carabinieri .... Occhipinti's mother (uncredited)
  32. I racconti del maresciallo (TV series) - ep. 3: "Il barboncino bianco" .... Woman at the awards show (uncredited)
  33. Nucleo zero (TV mini series) .... Dancing woman at nightclub (uncredited)

    1985
  34. Caccia al ladro d'autore (TV series) - ep. 6: "Il calice di Murano" .... Baroness Razzi, a guest of the countess (uncredited)
  35. Le due vita di Mattia Pascal (TV).... Casino player (uncredited)
  36. Mamma Ebe .... Woman in the court room (uncredited)

    1986
  37. Detective School Dropouts (Asilo di polizia) .... Airline passenger at customs (uncredited)
  38. Quando arriva il giudice (TV series) - ep. 4: "Morto per morto" .... Concierge (uncredited)

    1988
  39. Una botta di vita .... German Tourist (uncredited)

    1989
  40. Emma (TV) .... Party guest (uncredited)
  41. Il bambino e il poliziotto .... Condominium resident (uncredited)
  42. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - ep.: "Il ladro in scarpe gialle" .... Widow (uncredited)

    1990
  43. Il male oscuro .... Tourist (uncredited)
  44. L'avaro .... Woman in church (uncredited)

    1991
  45. Faccione .... Woman at art gallery (uncredited)

    1992
  46. Edera (TV series) - ep. 21 .... Patient at the clinic (uncredited)
  47. Mutande pazze .... Woman at the vernissage (uncredited)

    1993
  48. Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto - segment "Tengo un americano" .... Roulette gambler (uncredited)

    1997
  49. Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - season 1, ep. 7: "La morale della formica" .... Retirement home resident (uncredited)

    1998
  50. Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - season 2, ep. 1: "Il fratello di Linda" .... Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)

    1999
  51. Tea with Mussolini .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
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Re: Marcella Theodoli

Post by Johan Melle » 12/09/2018, 0:08

Marcella Theodoli was apparently never credited in any films, but was identified due to her appearance in Giuseppe Patroni Griffi's Divina creatura (1975) where she plays a party guest (on the right)
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Ghibarian found out that in the magazine Epoca n° 1282 (published 3 May 1975), there's an article about several Roman noblemen and women appearing as extras in the party sequence in Divina creatura. Emiliano was able to purchase this magazine on eBay, and thanks to the text and pictures in this article we were able to determine that our generica is the marquesa Marcella Theodoli.

Here are the complete scans of this article, entitled "Le divine comparse"
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Post by Johan Melle » 12/09/2018, 0:11

Double role for Marcella in The Lonely Lady (1983), an American film shot in Rome:

First as a hospital patient in a wheelchair
Lonely Lady - Marcella Theodoli1.jpg

and then as a woman at the awards show (on the right)
Lonely Lady - Marcella Theodoli2.jpg

Marcella plays a rather unfriendly concierge in the TV series Quando arriva il giudice - episode 4: "Morto per morto" (1986)
Quando Arriva Giudice - Marcella Theodoli.jpg

And another television role in Il vigile urbano (1989) - episode "Il ladro in scarpe gialle" as a widow
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Post by Johan Melle » 12/09/2018, 0:18

Yet another television role in L'uomo della sabbia (1981), where Marcella plays a party guest and speaks some brief dialogue
L'Uomo Della Sabbia - Marcella Theodoli.jpg
L'Uomo Della Sabbia - Marcella Theodoli2.jpg

Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (1985) (TV) as a casino player (on the right)
Mattia Pascal - Marcella Theodoli.jpg

And as a party guest in the TV movie Emma (1989)
Emma - Marcella Theodoli.jpg
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 12/09/2018, 0:29

Theodoli's first cinema role: Io e lui from 1973 as Party guest
So she did not begin her carrer with Patroni Griffi in 1975, (like if i remember wright was written in the magazine article, from which we found her name, in which it was written this was her first movie) but some years before.
Io E Lui - Marcella Theodoli.jpg

In the hotel hall from the third episode of La sconosciuta (1982)
La Sconosciuta - Marcella Theodoli.jpg

In the TV-series I ragazzi di celluloide (1981) as Party guest
Ragazzi Di Celluloide - Marcella Theodoli.jpg
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 12/09/2018, 0:49

Cinderella '80 (1984) as Party guest
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Mamma Ebe (1985)
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Post by Johan Melle » 12/09/2018, 0:53

Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (1976), as Party guest . Sadly, no good face shots.
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Roma L'Altra Faccia - Marcella Theodoli3.jpg

I racconti del maresciallo (TV moini-series, episode 3: "Il barboncino bianco") (1984), as a Woman at the awards show
Barboncino Bianco - Marcella Theodoli.jpg
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Post by carlos » 13/09/2018, 5:32

Occhio alla penna (1981) as Woman in train-restaurant
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Post by Johan Melle » 14/09/2018, 17:00

In Mutande pazze (1992), a later role.She's a woman at the vernissage and is seems to be particularly interested in this painting of a naked man.
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Post by Emiliano » 19/09/2018, 15:10

Una botta di vita (1988) as German tourist
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