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Angela Goodwin
Birth Name:Angela Bucci
Birth Date:1925 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place: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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970Come Have Coffee with Us Fortunata
1970Defeat of the Mafia Vice Consul
1972La cosa buffa The Landlady
1973Daniele e Maria
1974Abbasso tutti, viva noi Marisa Nardi
1974L'albero dalle foglie rosa
1974Verginità Concetta (Segment 2)
1975Autopsy Danielle
1975My Friends Nora Perozzi
1975Quanto è bello lu murire acciso Enrichetta
1976La linea del fiume Margherita Torretti
1976A Sold Life Miguel Atienza's Mother
1976The Cassandra Crossing Nun
1977The Passengers
1978Goodbye & Amen The Ambassador's Wife
1978Last Feelings Maria Micheli, Diego's mother
1979The Meadow Giovannis mother
1980Eden no sono Michele's Mother
1982All My Friends Part 2 Nora Perozzi
1982Di padre in figlio Herself
1983Sing Sing Lady Marian (first story)
1984Claretta Luisa
1984Aurora Nurse TV movie
1985Mai con le donne
1985La donna delle meraviglie Maga Terenzi
1987Julia and Julia Paolo's Mother
1988Ti presento un'amica
1989Modì Eugenia
1990Alberto Express La mère
1990Traces of an Amorous Life Wife of Giorgio
1992La piovra, Mrs. Canevari 6 episodes
1995Favola contaminata Nonna
2000Denti Ciuta
2001One Man Up Franca
2002Ginostra Mother Superior
2004The Consequences of Love Isabella
2007The Hideout Mother Superior
2010Hai paura del buio Anna's Grandmother
2010Hayfever Signora
2012Il volto di un'altra Proprietaria di un negozio di animali impagliati

References

  1. Web site: Angela Goodwin . BFI . 22 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021184053/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/128826 . 21 October 2012 . dead .
  2. News: E' morta Angela Goodwin: fu la moglie del Perozzi in "Amici Miei". MonrifNet. La Nazione. 1 April 2016.
  3. Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. 888440214X. 169–170.
  4. News: Redazione Spettacoli Roma. È scomparsa Angela Goodwin, moglie del Perozzi in "Amici miei". 1 April 2016. Corriere della Sera. 25 March 2016.
  5. News: Redazione. Lutto nel cinema, è morta a Roma Angela Goodwin. 1 April 2016. La Repubblica. 25 March 2016.