Ave Ninchi

Ave Ninchi
Ave Ninchi
	Ninchi in the movie Sunday in August (1950)
Born	Ave Maria Ninchi; 14 December 1914; Ancona, Kingdom of Italy
Died	10 November 1997 (aged 82); Trieste, Italy
Occupation	Actress

Ave Maria Ninchi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈaːve maˈriːa ˈniŋki]; 14 December 1914 – 10 November 1997) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage, television, and in over 98 feature films that included Tomorrow Is Too Late (1949) and Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971) and Lacombe, Lucien (1974).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Born in Ancona, Italy, Ninchi worked with some of Italy's top movie stars, including Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and Gina Lollobrigida; her performances playing in duo with Aldo Fabrizi and Totò are considered particularly memorable. Her television career was at its peak during the 1960s and 1970s when she was appearing in some of Italy's top-rated series.

Selected filmography

Circo equestre Za-bum (1944) – (segment "Galop finale al circo")
Un giorno nella vita (1946) – Sister Celeste
Un uomo ritorna (1946) – a friend of Adele's
Canto, ma sottovoce... (1946) – Laura, the waitress
Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946) – Nina
Rome, Free City (1946) – the landlady
To Live in Peace (1947) – Corinna
Flesh Will Surrender (1947) – Emilia Canale
L'onorevole Angelina (1947) – Carmela
The Captain's Daughter (1947) – Mrs. Mironova, Mascia's mother
Christmas at Camp 119 (1947) – Mrs. Mancini
Heart (1948) – Mrs. Serra, Clotilde's mother
Difficult Years (1948) – Rosina Piscitello
Immigrants (1948) – Adele Bordoni
The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) – Gaetana
Addio Mimì! (1949) – opera singer in La Bohème
The Walls of Malapaga (1949) – Maria, the neighbour
The Bride Can't Wait (1949) – Evilina
Yvonne of the Night (1949) – Rudegarda, the restaurant's owner
I peggiori anni della nostra vita (1949)
Little Lady (1949) – Iris
Sunday in August (1950) – Fernanda
Toto Looks for a Wife (1950) – the aunt
Cavalcade of Heroes (1950) – Aurelia
Pact with the Devil (1950) – Mrs. Mola, Giacomo's wife
Il vedovo allegro (1950) – Dolores
The Beggar's Daughter (1950) – Marisa, Anna's housekeeper
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950) – Mrs. Berardi
Sambo (1950) – Amelia Cicerchia
The Devil in the Convent (1950) – Caterina
Teresa (1951) – Teresa's mother
Duello senza onore (1951) – the housekeeper
Paris Is Always Paris (1951) – Elvira de Angelis
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951) – the nanny
Messalina (1951) – Locusta / Locuste
The Passaguai Family (1951) – Margherita, Giuseppe's wife
Cops and Robbers (1951) – Giovanna Bottoni
Three Girls from Rome (1952) – Giulia, Marisa's mother
Amori e veleni (1952)
The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (1952) – Margherita, Giuseppe's wife
Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
Beauties in Capri (1952) – Cornelia
Papà diventa mamma (1952) – Margherita, Giuseppe's wife
Mademoiselle Gobete (1952) – Aglae Tricoin
Toto and the Women (1952) – Giovanna Scaparro
We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) – Donna Rosa
Serenata amara (1952) – Mario's mother
La colpa di una madre (1952) – Rosa
The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952) – Mrs. Narducci
Good Folk's Sunday (1953) – Elvira
I Chose Love (1953) – Giovanna
Gioventù alla sbarra (1953) – the judge's sister
Martin Toccaferro (1953) – Mrs. Molinari
Condannatelo! (1953)
Canto per te (1953) – aunt Bettina
Marriage (1954) – Anastasia Scingalova, the bride's mother
Storm (1954) – Cecilia
The Air of Paris (1954)
Toto Seeks Peace (1954) – Gemma Torresi Piselli
Madonna delle rose (1954)
La grande avventura (1954)
Eighteen Year Olds (1955) – Miss Mattei
The Bigamist (1956) – Mrs. Masetti
I pinguini ci guardano (1956)
Love (1956) – Beatrice
Una pelliccia di visone (1957) – Assunta Santini
I prepotenti (1958) – Clelia Pinelli
Serenatella sciuè sciuè (1958) – Agrippina Scuoffolo
Le donne ci tengono assai (1959) – Angelica Allegri
Venetian Honeymoon (1959) – Yolanda
Prepotenti più di prima (1959) – Clelia Pinelli
The Nun's Story (1959) – Sister Bernard (uncredited)
Le notti dei teddy boys (1959) – sis Jole
Purple Noon (1960) – Mrs. Gianna
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) – Mrs. Louise
Un mandarino per Teo (1960) – aunt Gaspara
Vita col padre e con la madre (1960, TV mini-series) – Bessie Logan
Madri pericolose (1960) – Mattea Tornabuoni
I teddy boys della canzone (1960) – Donna Celestina
Le ambiziose (1961) – Ines
Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai (1961)
Scandali al mare (1961) – Olga Cappelli
Le magnifiche 7 (1961) – Margherita
Walter e i suoi cugini (1961) – Adele
Gli italiani e le donne (1962) – Cesare Mancini's wife (segment "Chi la fa l'aspetti")
L'assassino si chiama Pompeo (1962) – Adelina, the doorkeeper
Il mulino del Po (1963, TV mini-series) – Donata
Le motorizzate (1963) – Sister Teresa (segment "Carmelitane sprint")
Cleopazza (1964) – Gabriella's mother
In ginocchio da te (1964) – Cesira, the cook
Le tardone (1964) – Adelina Borletti (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
Ragazzi dell'hully-gully (1964)
Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964, TV mini-series) – the Countess of Tournay
Las otoñales (1964)
Non son degno di te (1965) – Cesira
Gli altri e noi (1965)
House of Cards (1968) – Mrs. Orragi
Il sole è di tutti (1968)
I due magnifici fresconi (1969) – Adelina Borletti (uncredited)
Sapho ou La fureur d'aimer (1971) – the housekeeper
Le souffle au cœur (1971) – Augusta
Il furto è l'anima del commercio (1971) – Annunziata Caccavallo
I due assi del guantone (1971) – Adele
Pulp (1972) – the fat chambermaid
Lacombe, Lucien (1974) – Mrs. Georges
Nel mondo di Alice (1974, TV mini-series) – the Queen of Hearts
La donna serpente (1976, TV movie) – Smeraldina / Farzana

References

External links

Ave Ninchi at IMDb

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