Ave Ninchi

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 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 considered 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.

Selected filmography

 (1944) – (segment "")
 (1946) – Sister Celeste
 (1946) – a friend of Adele's
 (1946) – Laura, the waitress
Before Him All Rome Trembled (1946) – Nina
 (1946) – the landlady
To Live in Peace (1947) – Corinna
Flesh Will Surrender (1947) – Emilia Canale
L'onorevole Angelina (1947) – Carmela
The Captain's Daughter (1947) – Mrs. Mironova, Mascia's mother
Christmas at Camp 119 (1947) – Mrs. Mancini
Heart (1948) – Mrs. Serra, Clotilde's mother
Difficult Years (1948) – Rosina Piscitello
Immigrants (1948) – Adele Bordoni
The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) – Gaetana
 (1949) – opera singer in La Bohème
The Walls of Malapaga (1949) – Maria, the neighbour
The Bride Can't Wait (1949) – Evilina
Yvonne of the Night (1949) – Rudegarda, the restaurant's owner
 (1949)
Little Lady (1949) – Iris
Sunday in August (1950) – Fernanda
Toto Looks for a Wife (1950) – the aunt
Cavalcade of Heroes (1950) – Aurelia
Pact with the Devil (1950) – Mrs. Mola, Giacomo's wife
 (1950) – Dolores
The Beggar's Daughter (1950) – Marisa, Anna's housekeeper
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950) – Mrs. Berardi
Sambo (1950) – Amelia Cicerchia
 The Devil in the Convent (1950) – Caterina
Teresa (1951) – Teresa's mother
 (1951) – the housekeeper
Paris Is Always Paris (1951) – Elvira de Angelis
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951) – the nanny
Messalina (1951) – Locusta / Locuste
The Passaguai Family (1951) – Margherita, Giuseppe's wife
Cops and Robbers (1951) – Giovanna Bottoni
Three Girls from Rome (1952) – Giulia, Marisa's mother
 (1952)
 The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (1952) – Margherita, Giuseppe's wife
Stranger on the Prowl (1952)
Beauties in Capri (1952) – Cornelia
 (1952) – Margherita, Giuseppe's wife
Mademoiselle Gobete (1952) – Aglae Tricoin
Toto and the Women (1952) – Giovanna Scaparro
We're Dancing on the Rainbow (1952) – Donna Rosa
 (1952) – Mario's mother
 (1952) – Rosa
The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952) – Mrs. Narducci
Good Folk's Sunday (1953) – Elvira
I Chose Love (1953) – Giovanna
 (1953) – the judge's sister
Martin Toccaferro (1953) – Mrs. Molinari
 (1953)
 (1953) – aunt Bettina
Marriage (1954) – Anastasia Scingalova, the bride's mother
 Storm (1954) – Cecilia
The Air of Paris (1954)
Toto Seeks Peace (1954) – Gemma Torresi Piselli
 (1954)
 (1954)
Eighteen Year Olds (1955) – Miss Mattei
The Bigamist (1956) – Mrs. Masetti
 (1956)
 Love (1956) – Beatrice
 (1957) – Assunta Santini
 (1958) – Clelia Pinelli
 (1958) – Agrippina Scuoffolo
 (1959) – Angelica Allegri
Venetian Honeymoon (1959) – Yolanda
 (1959) – Clelia Pinelli
The Nun's Story (1959) – Sister Bernard (uncredited)
 (1959) – sis Jole
Purple Noon (1960) – Mrs. Gianna
 (1960) – Mrs. Louise
 (1960) – aunt Gaspara
 (1960, TV mini-series) – Bessie Logan
 (1960) – Mattea Tornabuoni
 (1960) – Donna Celestina
 (1961) – Ines
 (1961)
 (1961) – Olga Cappelli
 (1961) – Margherita
 (1961) – Adele
 (1962) – Cesare Mancini's wife (segment "")
 (1962) – Adelina, the doorkeeper
 (1963, TV mini-series) – Donata
 (1963) – Sister Teresa (segment "")
 (1964) – Gabriella's mother
 (1964) – Cesira, the cook
 (1964) – Adelina Borletti (episode "")
 (1964)
 (1964, TV mini-series) – the Countess of Tournay
 (1964)
 (1965) – Cesira
 (1965)
House of Cards (1968) – Mrs. Orragi
 (1968)
 (1969) – Adelina Borletti (uncredited)
 (1971) – the housekeeper
 (1971) – Augusta
 (1971) – Annunziata Caccavallo
 (1971) – Adele
Pulp (1972) – the fat chambermaid
 (1974) – Mrs. Georges
 (1974, TV mini-series) – the Queen of Hearts
 (1976, TV movie) – Smeraldina / Farzana

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1914 births
1997 deaths
Italian film actresses
Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
Nastro d'Argento winners
20th-century Italian actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian stage actresses