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