---
name: "Rossella Falk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rossella-falk"
fi1m_id: "rossella-falk"
imdb_id: "nm0266194"
tmdb_id: 5684
wikidata_id: "Q3941625"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 November 1926"
died: "5 May 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:44:51.263781+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rossella Falk

## Identity

Rossella Falk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rossella-falk
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rossella-falk
- **IMDb ID:** nm0266194
- **TMDB ID:** 5684
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3941625
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossella_Falk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3941625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5684

Actor. Born 10 November 1926 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Died 5 May 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 November 1926, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 5 May 2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossella_Falk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3941625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0266194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5684

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*8½*](https://film.one/film/812.md) (91)

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## Biography

Rossella Falk (born Rosa Antonia Falzacappa) was an Italian actress. Born in Rome on 10 November 1926, she graduated from the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in 1948. She established a career in theatre, collaborating with Luchino Visconti from 1951 and co-founding the stage company La compagnia dei giovani in 1954 with Giorgio De Lullo, Anna Maria Guarnieri, Romolo Valli and Umberto Orsini. She later worked with directors including Franco Zeffirelli and Gabriele Lavia, and continued stage work until 2009.

Falk appeared in films from the late 1940s, with roles including Rossella in Federico Fellini's *8½* (1963), Mrs Fothergill in *Modesty Blaise* (1966), and Elena Marchi in *Seven Blood-Stained Orchids* (1972). She was also credited in *The Black Belly of the Tarantula* (1971), *The Fifth Cord* (1971) and *Sleepless* (2001). She died in Rome on 5 May 2013.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *8½* (1963), Fi1m 91, as Rossella — [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Signora* (2004), as Victoria Tarlazzi
- *Sleepless* (2001), as Laura de Fabritiis
- *Love Story With Cramps* (1995), as Rossella
- *Days of Inspector Ambrosio* (1988), as Signora Borghi
- *Right You Are (if you think so)* (1974), as Signora Ponza
- *The Killer Is on the Phone* (1972), as Margaret Vervoort
- *Seven Blood-Stained Orchids* (1972), as Elena Marchi
- *The Fifth Cord* (1971), as Sophia Bini
- *The Black Belly of the Tarantula* (1971), as Franca Valentino
- *Il segno del comando* (1971), series, as Olivia
- *Lady of the Camelias* (1971), Actor
- *May Morning* (1970), as Mrs. Finley
- *The Rules of the Game* (1970), as Silia
- *The Legend of Lylah Clare* (1968), as Rossella
- *Run, Psycho, Run* (1968), as Evelyn
- *Modesty Blaise* (1966), as Mrs. Fothergill
- *Made in Italy* (1965), as Erminia, His Wife (segment "5 'La Famiglia', episode 2")
- *Six Characters in Search of an Author* (1965), as La figliastra
- *8½* (1963), as Rossella — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)
- *South Wind* (1959), as Deodata Macri
- *Guarany* (1948), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Italian stage company "Compagnia dei giovani" (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/59977/gallery-c92f06a556e1.jpg) Italian stage company "Compagnia dei giovani" (1967) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Compagnia_dei_giovani.jpg/1280px-Compagnia_dei_giovani.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Milano. Teatro Nuovo. Rossella Falk and Romolo Valli during the performance of the comedy Gigi by Anita Loos. (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/59977/gallery-17199187cee2.jpg) Milano. Teatro Nuovo. Rossella Falk and Romolo Valli during the performance of the comedy Gigi by Anita Loos. (1955) — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Photo_Milano._Teatro_Nuovo._Rossella_Falk_and_Romolo_Valli_during_the_performance_of_the_comedy_Gigi_by_Anita_Loos_1955_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_2259.jpg/1280px-Photo_Milano._Teatro_Nuovo._Rossella_Falk_and_Romolo_Valli_during_the_performance_of_the_comedy_Gigi_by_Anita_Loos_1955_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_2259.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rossella Falk, Romolo Valli and other actors during the performance of the drama The diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich e Albert Hackett, directed by Giorg (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/59977/gallery-92c8dfa62635.jpg) Rossella Falk, Romolo Valli and other actors during the performance of the drama The diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich e Albert Hackett, directed by Giorg (1957) — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Photo_Rossella_Falk%2C_Romolo_Valli_and_other_actors_during_the_performance_of_the_drama_The_diary_of_Anne_Frank_by_Frances_Goodrich_e_Albert_Hackett%2C_directed_by_Giorgio_De_Lullo_1957_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_2299.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Close-up of the actress Rossella Falk, belonging to the 'Compagnia dei Giovani' and muse of Federico Fellini. Turin, November 1965](https://film.one/media/person/59977/gallery-41507b7ba54a.jpg) Close-up of the actress Rossella Falk, belonging to the 'Compagnia dei Giovani' and muse of Federico Fellini. Turin, November 1965 — Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Rossella_Falk_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Rossella Falk](https://film.one/media/person/59977/gallery-ad7f8049de55.jpg) Rossella Falk — Image via TMDB
- ![Rossella Falk](https://film.one/media/person/59977/gallery-2134b1de11f5.jpg) Rossella Falk — Image via TMDB
- ![Close-up of a smiling Rossella Falk, famous actress belonging to the 'Compagnia dei Giovani' and muse of Federico Fellini; she is photographed with folded arms  (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/59977/gallery-bcdc77673264.jpg) Close-up of a smiling Rossella Falk, famous actress belonging to the 'Compagnia dei Giovani' and muse of Federico Fellini; she is photographed with folded arms  (1965) — Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Rossella_Falk_1965b.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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