Theodoli, Marcella

[Ciavazzaro]

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 marquesa. Active since the 1960s, she was never credited, but appeared in numerous films and TV productions up until at least the late 1990s - 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 3 May 1975).
Filmography

1963

1. Il processo di Verona .... Vianini's wife (uncredited)
   
   1967
2. Requiescant .... Saloon girl (uncredited)
   
   1973
3. Io e lui .... Party guest (uncredited)
   
   1974
4. Il ritorno di Zanna Bianca .... Woman at the book launch (uncredited)
   
   1975
5. Divina creatura .... Party guest (uncredited)
6. Mahogany .... Woman at fashion show (uncredited)
7. Roma violenta .... Woman robbed at the restaurant (uncredited)
   
   1976
8. Bordella .... Client (uncredited)
9. Quel movimento che mi piace tanto .... Party guest (uncredited)
10. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza .... Party guest (uncredited)
11. Spogliamoci così senza pudor - segment "La visita" .... Friend of the Partibon family (uncredited)
    
    1977
12. Al di là del bene e del male .... Brothel madam (uncredited)
13. Kleinhoff Hotel .... Hotel maid (uncredited)
    
    1979
14. I viaggiatori della sera .... Holiday village guest (uncredited)
    
    1980
15. Mi faccio la barca .... Dental patient (uncredited)
    
    1981
16. I carabbimatti .... Party guest (uncredited)
17. I ragazzi di celluloide (TV mini-series) .... Party guest (uncredited)
18. L'uomo della sabbia (TV) .... Party guest (uncredited)
19. Occhio alla penna .... Woman in train-restaurant (uncredited)
    
    1982
20. La sconosciuta (TV mini series) .... Woman at the hotel (uncredited)
21. Storia d'amore e d'amicizia (TV mini-series) .... Rebecca, woman on the bus (uncredited)
22. Tenebre .... Airplane passenger (uncredited)
23. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere .... Embassy party guest (uncredited)
    
    1983
24. Il conte Tacchia.... Circolo Araldico member (uncredited)
25. La chiave .... Party guest (uncredited)
26. Nana .... Client at the erotic club (uncredited)
27. The Lonely Lady .... Patient in wheelchair (uncredited) / Audience member at awards show (uncredited)
    
    1984
28. C'era una volta in America .... A woman in the photo (uncredited)
29. Cenerentola '80 .... Party guest (uncredited)
30. I due carabinieri .... Occhipinti's mother (uncredited)
31. I racconti del maresciallo (TV series) - ep. 3: "Il barboncino bianco" .... Woman at the awards show (uncredited)
32. Nucleo zero (TV mini series) .... Dancing woman at nightclub (uncredited)
    
    1985
33. Caccia al ladro d'autore (TV series) - ep. 6: "Il calice di Murano" .... Baroness Razzi, a guest of the countess (uncredited)
34. Le due vita di Mattia Pascal (TV).... Casino player (uncredited)
35. Mamma Ebe .... Woman in the court room (uncredited)
    
    1986
36. Detective School Dropouts (Asilo di polizia) .... Airline passenger at customs (uncredited)
37. Quando arriva il giudice (TV series) - ep. 4: "Morto per morto" .... Concierge (uncredited)
    
    1988
38. Una botta di vita .... German Tourist (uncredited)
    
    1989
39. Emma (TV) .... Party guest (uncredited)
40. Il bambino e il poliziotto .... Condominium resident (uncredited)
41. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - ep.: "Il ladro in scarpe gialle" .... Widow (uncredited)
    
    1990
42. Il male oscuro .... Tourist (uncredited)
    
    1991
43. Faccione .... Woman at art gallery (uncredited)
    
    1992
44. Edera (TV series) - ep. 21 .... Patient at the clinic (uncredited)
45. Mutande pazze .... Woman at the vernissage (uncredited)
    
    1993
46. Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto - segment "Tengo un americano" .... Roulette gambler (uncredited)
    
    1997
47. Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - season 1, ep. 7: "La morale della formica" .... Retirement home resident (uncredited)
    
    1998
48. Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - season 2, ep. 1: "Il fratello di Linda" .... Mrs. Sinclair (uncredited)
    
    1999
49. Tea with Mussolini .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)

[Johan Melle]

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)

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"

[Johan Melle]

And now some of Marcella's other roles, starting with her cult role as a party guest in Quel movimente che mi piace tanto (1975) who winks seductively at poor Enzo Cannavale

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

First as a hospital patient in a wheelchair

and then as a woman at the awards show (on the right)

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

And another television role in Il vigile urbano (1989) - episode "Il ladro in scarpe gialle" as a widow

[Johan Melle]

Yet another television role in L'uomo della sabbia (1981), where Marcella plays a party guest and speaks some brief dialogue

Briefly seen on the dance floor in La chiave (1983) as a party guest

Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (1985) (TV) as a casino player (on the right)

And as a party guest in the TV movie Emma (1989)

[Ciavazzaro]

Very important discovery!
So far this is Marcella's first cinema role: Io e lui from 1973 as a 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.


Marcella as party guest in i Carrabimatti (1981)

In the hotel hall from the third episode of La sconosciuta (1982)

And again a tv-series in I ragazzi di celluloide (1981) as party guest

[Ciavazzaro]

And in the meantime why not a couple of new roles for our noblewoman?

As party guest in the famous Cinderella '80 (1984)

And as always is always a great thing to look back at older posts, looking the post of Angelo Casadei i found Marcella in Mamma Ebe (1985) too

[Johan Melle]

Marcella is a party guest in Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (1976) though sadly no good face shots

As a woman at the awards show in the TV series I racconti del maresciallo - episode 3: "Il barboncino bianco" (1984)

And here's a new role for Marcella!
As one of the victims during the robbery of the restaurant in Roma violenta (1975)

[carlos]

occhio alla penna (actually in the old forum there is a photo but it is from spencer/hill database so is very little.

Occhio alla penna (1981) .... Woman in train-restaurant

[Ciavazzaro]

Perfect Carlos !

[Johan Melle]

I've just found Marcella in Mutande pazze (1992), the latest role for her so far!

She's a woman at the vernissage and is seems to be particularly interested in this painting of a naked man :p