Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/14/1915
Place of Birth
Ancona, Italy
Also Known As
Аве Нинки
Ave Ninchi
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...
Known For
The Walls of Malapaga
as Maria
Purple Noon
as Signora Gianna
Pulp
as Fat Chambermaid
Teresa
as Sra. Russo
Le motorizzate
as Sister Teresa (segment "Carmelitane Sprint")
Heart
as Mrs. Serra
The Bigamist
as Mrs. Masetti / Missis Masetti
So In Love
as Cuoca Cesira
Murmur of the Heart
as Augusta
The Affairs of Messalina
as Locusta
I'm Not Worthy of You
as Cesira
To Live in Peace
as Corinna
Cops and Robbers
as Giovanna Bottoni
Madri pericolose
as Mattea Tornabuoni
Hercules in the Valley of Woe
as l'indovina Ecubona
The Nun's Story
as Sister Bernard (uncredited)
La sposa non può attendere
as Evelina
Emigrantes
as Adele Bordoni
Sambo
as Amalia
Le ambiziose
as Ines
Career Timeline
1971
1964
1962
1961
1960
1959
1956
1954
1953
1952
Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen
as Donna Rosa
Toto and the Women
as Giovanna Scaparro
Serenata amara
as La madre die Mario
È arrivato l'accordatore
as Signora Narducci
Mademoiselle Gobete
as Aglae Tricoin
Dad Becomes Mom
as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
Stranger on the Prowl
Role unknown
La famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna
as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
Three Girls from Rome
as Madre di Marisa
1951
La famiglia Passaguai
as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe
The Affairs of Messalina
as Locusta
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue
as la nounou
The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue
as The Nanny
Cops and Robbers
as Giovanna Bottoni
Paris Is Always Paris
as Elvira de Angelis
Beauties in Capri
as Cornelia
Teresa
as Sra. Russo