Angela Goodwin
Angela Goodwin | |
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.png) Goodwin in the movie Amici miei (1975) | |
| Born | Angela Bucci 1 August 1925 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 25 March 2016 (aged 90) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970–2016 |
| Spouse | Franco Giacobini |
Angela Goodwin (born Angela Bucci; 1 August 1925 – 25 March 2016)[1][2] was an Italian stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Italy, Goodwin was the daughter of an Italian-American father, and spent her youth in the US where she enrolled at several drama courses and started her professional career with a stage company in Washington, D.C.[3][4] In the second half of the 1960s she came back to Italy, where she continued to work on stage with some of the major companies of the time, including the ones directed by Orazio Costa, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Sbragia and Garinei & Giovannini.[3][4]
In 1970, Goodwin had her film breakout as Fortunata, one of the Tettamanzi sisters in the Alberto Lattuada's commedia all'italiana Come Have Coffee with Us.[3] Another major success in her career was the role of Laura Perozzi, Philippe Noiret's wife in Mario Monicelli's box office hit My Friends, a role she reprised in the 1982 sequel All My Friends Part 2.[2][3][4] She was also very active on television.[3][4][5] Her last work was the short film Carlo e Clara.[5]
Goodwin was married to actor Franco Giacobini, with whom she often collaborated on stage.[3][4][5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1970 | Come Have Coffee with Us | Fortunata | |
| 1970 | Defeat of the Mafia | Vice Consul | |
| 1972 | La cosa buffa | The Landlady | |
| 1973 | Daniele e Maria | ||
| 1974 | Abbasso tutti, viva noi | Marisa Nardi | |
| 1974 | L'albero dalle foglie rosa | ||
| 1974 | Verginità | Concetta | (Segment 2) |
| 1975 | Autopsy | Danielle | |
| 1975 | My Friends | Nora Perozzi | |
| 1975 | Quanto è bello lu murire acciso | Enrichetta | |
| 1976 | La linea del fiume | Margherita Torretti | |
| 1976 | A Sold Life | Miguel Atienza's Mother | |
| 1976 | The Cassandra Crossing | Nun | |
| 1977 | The Passengers | ||
| 1978 | Goodbye & Amen | The Ambassador's Wife | |
| 1978 | Last Feelings | Maria Micheli, Diego's mother | |
| 1979 | The Meadow | Giovannis mother | |
| 1980 | Eden no sono | Michele's Mother | |
| 1982 | All My Friends Part 2 | Nora Perozzi | |
| 1982 | Di padre in figlio | Herself | |
| 1983 | Sing Sing | Lady Marian (first story) | |
| 1984 | Claretta | Luisa | |
| 1984 | Aurora | Nurse | TV movie |
| 1985 | Mai con le donne | ||
| 1985 | La donna delle meraviglie | Maga Terenzi | |
| 1987 | Julia and Julia | Paolo's Mother | |
| 1988 | Ti presento un'amica | ||
| 1989 | Modì | Eugenia | |
| 1990 | Alberto Express | La mère | |
| 1990 | Traces of an Amorous Life | Wife of Giorgio | |
| 1992 | La piovra, season 6 | Mrs. Canevari | 6 episodes |
| 1995 | Favola contaminata | Nonna | |
| 2000 | Denti | Ciuta | |
| 2001 | One Man Up | Franca | |
| 2002 | Ginostra | Mother Superior | |
| 2004 | The Consequences of Love | Isabella | |
| 2007 | The Hideout | Mother Superior | |
| 2010 | Hai paura del buio | Anna's Grandmother | |
| 2010 | Hayfever | Signora | |
| 2012 | Il volto di un'altra | Proprietaria di un negozio di animali impagliati |
References
- ^ "Angela Goodwin". BFI. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ a b MonrifNet. "E' morta Angela Goodwin: fu la moglie del Perozzi in "Amici Miei"". La Nazione. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ a b c d e Redazione Spettacoli Roma (25 March 2016). "È scomparsa Angela Goodwin, moglie del Perozzi in "Amici miei"". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ a b c Redazione (25 March 2016). "Lutto nel cinema, è morta a Roma Angela Goodwin". La Repubblica. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
External links
- Angela Goodwin at IMDb
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