Franca Gonella (born 1 March 1952) is an Italian film, stage and television actress, mostly active between 1970s and mid-1980s.

Life and career

Born in Turin, Gonella studied modern literature and history of theater and cinema at the University of Turin. She started her career on stage, and during a tour in Sicily, through the actor Pino Ferrara, she met the director Mariano Laurenti, who cast her in the film Cerca di capirmi. In a few years, she became a star in low-budget productions the Commedia sexy all'italiana sub-genre. In the 1980s, she was cast in major film and television productions, collaborating with Maurizio Scaparro, Aldo Lado and Pierre Kast, among others. She also often collaborated with the indie director and producer Amasi Damiani[it].

Selected filmography

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