Francesca "Franca" Dominici (25 June 1907 – 14 October 1997) was an Italian actress and voice actress.

Biography

Born in

Bologna Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...

, the daughter of the actor Enrico, after studying at the '' istituto tecnico'' Dominici began her career on stage in her early twenties, in 1926, entering the theatrical company of Alfredo De Sanctis. In the early 1930s, she had her first roles as lead actress, then she founded with

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the stable company at the Teatro delle Muse in Rome. In the late 1930s Dominici started an intense career as a character actress in films and later in television; in 1967 she had the main role in the television film ''La madre di nostra figlia''. Dominici also had a long radio activity and an intense career as a voice actress and a dubber, being the Italian voice of important actresses such as

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and

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. In her animated roles, she voiced Mother Rabbit in the Italian version of ''

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'' and Lady Tremaine in the 1967 redub of ''

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''.

Selected filmography

* '' The Ten Commandments'' (1945) * '' Verdi, the King of Melody'' (1953) * ''

Schiava del peccato ''Schiava del peccato'' (''Slave to Sin'') is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. Cast * Silvana Pampanini as Mara Gualtieri * Marcello Mastroianni as Giulio * Irene Genna as Dina * Franco Fabrizi as Carlo * Renato V ...

'' (1954) * '' Wives and Obscurities'' (1956) * '' The Intruder'' (1956) * '' The Rival'' (1956) * '' La trovatella di Pompei'' (1957) * ''

Il carro armato dell'8 settembre ''Il carro armato dell'8 settembre'' is a 1960 Italy, Italian film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. Cast * Gabriele Ferzetti: Tommaso * Elsa Martinelli: Mirella * Dorian Gray (actress), Dorian Gray: soubrette * Marisa Merlini: Palmira * Yvonne ...

'' (1960) * '' Kill, Baby, Kill'' (1966) * ''

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'' (1972) * '' Travolto dagli affetti familiari'' (1978) * ''

Troppo forte ''Troppo forte'' (also known as ''Great'', ''He's Too Much'' and ''Too Much'') is a 1986 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. Plot Oscar Pettinari is a young hick from the suburbs of Rome, who gravitates around Cinecittà trying rather ...

'' (1985)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominici, Franca 1907 births 1997 deaths Actresses from Bologna Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses Italian voice actresses Italian radio actresses 20th-century Italian actresses