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.
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Known For
Purple Noon
(1960)
Signora Gianna
Murmur of the Heart
(1971)
Augusta
The Nun's Story
(1959)
Sister Bernard (uncredited)
Lacombe, Lucien
(1974)
Mme Georges
Pulp
(1972)
Fat Chambermaid
Full Filmography
Acting
A Day in the Life
(1946)
Sister Celeste
Canto, ma sottovoce...
(1946)
Laura, la cameriera
Revenge
(1946)
Un'amica di Adele
Rome: Free City
(1946)
L'affittacamere
Before Him All Rome Trembled
(1946)
Nina
Angelina
(1947)
Carmela
Flesh Will Surrender
(1947)
Emilia Canale
Christmas at Camp 119
(1947)
La signora Mancini
The Captain's Daughter
(1947)
Mrs. Mironova
To Live in Peace
(1947)
Corinna
Difficult Years
(1948)
Rosina Piscitello
Emigrantes
(1948)
Adele Bordoni
Heart
(1948)
Mrs. Serra
The Walls of Malapaga
(1949)
Maria
Signorinella
(1949)
Iris
Yvonne of the Night
(1949)
Rudegarda, la padrona del ristorante
La sposa non può attendere
(1949)
Evelina
The Firemen of Viggiù
(1949)
Gaetana
The Za-Bum Circus
(1949)
(segment "Galop finale al circo")
Sunday in August
(1950)
Fernanda Meloni
Totò cerca moglie
(1950)
La zia
Il vedovo allegro
(1950)
Dolores
Il diavolo in convento
(1950)
Caterina
Tomorrow Is Too Late
(1950)
Signora Berardi
Pact with the Devil
(1950)
Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife
Duel Without Honor
(1950)
Sambo
(1950)
Amalia
La famiglia Passaguai
(1951)
Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue
(1951)
The Nanny
Paris Is Always Paris
(1951)
Elvira de Angelis
Beauties in Capri
(1951)
Cornelia
Cops and Robbers
(1951)
Giovanna Bottoni
The Affairs of Messalina
(1951)
Locusta
Teresa
(1951)
Sra. Russo
Toto and the Women
(1952)
Giovanna Scaparro
La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
(1952)
Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
Three Girls from Rome
(1952)
Madre di Marisa
Mademoiselle Gobete
(1952)
Aglae Tricoin
Dad Becomes Mom
(1952)
Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
È arrivato l'accordatore
(1952)
Signora Narducci
Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen
(1952)
Donna Rosa
Stranger on the Prowl
(1952)
Serenata amara
(1952)
La madre die Mario
Good Folk's Sunday
(1953)
Elvira
Madonna delle rose
(1953)
Donna Filomena
Gioventù alla sbarra
(1953)
La sorella del giudice
Air of Paris
(1954)
Angela Posi
Totò cerca pace
(1954)
Gemma Torresi
Storm
(1954)
Cecilia
Il matrimonio
(1954)
Anastasia Scingalova, la madre della sposa
I Sing for You
(1954)
Zia Bettina
La grande avventura
(1954)
Eighteen Year Olds
(1955)
Signorina Mattei
A Mink Coat
(1956)
Assunta Santini
The Bigamist
(1956)
Mrs. Masetti / Missis Masetti
I pinguini ci guardano
(1956)
Liebe
(1956)
Beatrice
I prepotenti
(1958)
Clelia Pinelli
Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè
(1958)
Agrippina Scuoffolo
Prepotenti più di prima
(1959)
Clelia Pinelli
Nights of the Teddy Boys
(1959)
Sora Nole
The Nun's Story
(1959)
Sister Bernard (uncredited)
Venetian Honeymoon
(1959)
Yolanda
Le donne ci tengono assai
(1959)
Angelica Allegri
Purple Noon
(1960)
Signora Gianna
The Good Girls
(1960)
Madame Louise
I teddy boys della canzone
(1960)
Donna Celestina
Madri pericolose
(1960)
Mattea Tornabuoni
Un mandarino per Teo
(1960)
zia Gaspara
Scandali al mare
(1961)
Olga Cappelli
Hercules in the Valley of Woe
(1961)
l'indovina Ecubona
Le ambiziose
(1961)
Ines
Walter e i Suoi Cugini
(1961)
Adele
Le magnifiche 7
(1961)
Margherita
L'assassino si chiama Pompeo
(1962)
Doorkeeper Adelina
Gli italiani e le donne
(1962)
la moglie di Cesare
Le motorizzate
(1963)
Sister Teresa (segment "Carmelitane Sprint")
Le tardone
(1964)
Adelina Borletti (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")
I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully
(1964)
contessa Corinna Salimbeni
So In Love
(1964)
Cuoca Cesira
I'm Not Worthy of You
(1965)
Cesira
Gli altri, gli altri e noi
(1966)
Shop owner
House of Cards
(1968)
Signora Orragi
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?...
(1971)
Annunziata Caccavallo
Murmur of the Heart
(1971)
Augusta
I due assi del guantone
(1971)
Adele
Pulp
(1972)
Fat Chambermaid
Lacombe, Lucien
(1974)
Mme Georges