Portrait of Ave Ninchi

Ave Ninchi

Acting

Biography

Ave Maria Ninchi (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). Ninchi has 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 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. Source: Article "Ave Ninchi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: December 14, 1915

Place of Birth: Ancona, Italy

Filmography

1974
Nel mondo di Alice

as La regina di cuori

1974
Lacombe, Lucien

as Mme Georges

1972
Pulp

as Fat Chambermaid

1971
1971
1968
House of Cards

as Signora Orragi

1964
So In Love

as Cuoca Cesira

1964
I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully

as contessa Corinna Salimbeni

1964
Le tardone

as Adelina Borletti (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")

1964
Cleopazza

as Madre di Gabriella

1963
Le motorizzate

as Sister Teresa (segment "Carmelitane Sprint")

1962
Gli italiani e le donne

as la moglie di Cesare

1962
L'assassino si chiama Pompeo

as Doorkeeper Adelina

1961
Le magnifiche 7

as Margherita

1961
Hercules in the Valley of Woe

as l'indovina Ecubona

1961
Scandali al mare

as Olga Cappelli

1961
1960
Un mandarino per Teo

as zia Gaspara

1960
Madri pericolose

as Mattea Tornabuoni

1960
I teddy boys della canzone

as Donna Celestina

1960
The Good Girls

as Madame Louise

1960
Purple Noon

as Signora Gianna

1959
1959
The Nun's Story

as Sister Bernard (uncredited)

1959
Prepotenti più di prima

as Clelia Pinelli

1959
1959
Le donne ci tengono assai

as Angelica Allegri

1958
I prepotenti

as Clelia Pinelli

1958
Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè

as Agrippina Scuoffolo

1956
Liebe

as Beatrice

1956
A Mink Coat

as Assunta Santini

1956
The Bigamist

as Mrs. Masetti / Missis Masetti

1955
Eighteen Year Olds

as Signorina Mattei

1954
Totò Seeks Peace

as Gemma Torresi

1954
Air of Paris

as Angela Posi

1954
Storm

as Cecilia

1954
I Sing for You

as Zia Bettina

1954
Il matrimonio

as Anastasia Scingalova, la madre della sposa

1953
Madonna delle rose

as Donna Filomena

1953
Gioventù alla sbarra

as La sorella del giudice

1953
1952
Toto and the Women

as Giovanna Scaparro

1952
Serenata amara

as La madre die Mario

1952
È arrivato l'accordatore

as Signora Narducci

1952
Mademoiselle Gobete

as Aglae Tricoin

1952
Dad Becomes Mom

as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe

1952
La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna

as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe

1952
Three Girls from Rome

as Madre di Marisa

1951
La famiglia Passaguai

as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe

1951
Cops and Robbers

as Giovanna Bottoni

1951
Paris Is Always Paris

as Elvira de Angelis

1951
1951
Teresa

as Sra. Russo

1950
Sambo

as Amalia

1950
Tomorrow Is Too Late

as Signora Berardi

1950
1950
Sunday in August

as Fernanda Meloni

1950
1950
Duel Without Honor

as Housekeeper

1949
Yvonne of the Night

as Rudegarda, la padrona del ristorante

1949
1948
Difficult Years

as Rosina Piscitello

1948
Emigrantes

as Adele Bordoni

1948
Heart

as Mrs. Serra

1947
Christmas at Camp 119

as La signora Mancini

1947
Angelina

as Carmela

1947
The Captain's Daughter

as Mrs. Mironova

1947
Flesh Will Surrender

as Emilia Canale

1947
1946
Rome: Free City

as L'affittacamere

1946
Canto, ma sottovoce...

as Laura, la cameriera

1946
Revenge

as Un'amica di Adele

1946
A Day in the Life

as Sister Celeste