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{{Short description|Italian actress (1929–2024)}}
{{Infobox person
| image =  Franca_Nuti.jpg
| caption = Nuti in ''[[Radiocorriere]]'' magazine, 1969
| birth_date = {{birth-date|15 January 1929}}
| birth_place = [[Turin]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
| death_date = {{death-date and age|12 May 2024|15 January 1929}}
| death_place = [[Milan]], Italy
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
}}
'''Franca Nuti''' (15 January 1929 – 12 May 2024) was an Italian actress and acting teacher.
==Life and career==
Born in [[Turin]] in 1929, Nuti graduated from the [[Accademia dei Filodrammatici]] drama school in 1954, and made her professional debut with the [[Memo Benassi|Benassi]]-[[Lilla Brignone|Brignone]]-[[Gianni Santuccio|Santuccio]] stage company, in the [[Jean Anouilh]]'s drama ''[[The Lark (play)|The Lark]]''.<ref name="bio">{{cite book |last1=Cappa |first1=Felice |last2=Gelli |first2=Piero |last3=Mattarozzi |first3=Marco |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900 |date=1998 |publisher=[[Baldini & Castoldi]] |isbn=978-88-8089-295-3 |language=it |chapter=Nuti, Franca}}</ref><ref name="corr" /> Mainly active on stage, she is best known as the main actress in five drama plays directed by [[Luca Ronconi]] between mid-1980s and 1990s.<ref name="bio" /> She  specialized in the [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s repertoire, and has over 200 credits between stage plays, radio dramas and television appearances.<ref name="corr">{{cite news |last1=Porro |first1=Maurizio |title=Morta Franca Nuti, musa di Luca Ronconi e signora del teatro italiano |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/24_maggio_13/morta-franca-nuti-musa-di-luca-ronconi-e-signora-del-teatro-italiano-e0ea445b-5ee8-4fbf-86a5-e0a9575f2xlk.shtml |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=[[Corriere della Sera]] |date=13 May 2024 |language=it-IT}}</ref> Among others, during her career she worked with [[Franco Zeffirelli]], [[Giorgio Albertazzi]], [[Orazio Costa]], [[Aldo Trionfo]], [[Sandro Bolchi]], [[Giancarlo Cobelli]], [[Tino Buazzelli]], and [[Lamberto Puggelli]].<ref name="bio" /><ref name="corr" /> Her last role was [[Brunhilde Pomsel]] in the [[Christopher Hampton]]'s drama ''A German Life'', that she performed at the [[Piccolo Teatro (Milan)|Piccolo Teatro in Milan]] in 2021.<ref name="corr" /><ref name="goo">{{cite news |last1=Damiata |first1=Roberta |title=Addio a Franca Nuti, la signora del teatro italiano |url=https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/teatro/addio-franca-nuti-signora-teatro-italiano-2321256.html |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=[[Il Giornale]]|date=13 May 2024 |language=it}}</ref>
Since the 1980s, Nuti was also an acting teacher, serving at the [[Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico]], at the Paolo Grassi School, and at the drama school of the [[Piccolo Teatro (Milan)|Piccolo Teatro]].<ref name="bio" /><ref name="corr" />  During her career she received various honours and accolades, including four {{Interlanguage link|Ubu Prizes|it|Premio Ubu}}<ref name="corr" /> and a [[Premi Flaiano|Premio Flaiano]] in 1990 for her performance in [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]''.<ref name="bio" />
Nuti died on 12 May 2024, at the age of 95. She was married to actor [[Giancarlo Dettori]].<ref name="corr" /><ref name="goo" />
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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Actresses from Turin]]
[[Category:Italian film actresses]]
[[Category:Italian stage actresses]]
[[Category:Italian television actresses]]
[[Category:Italian voice actresses]]