Maurizio Ferrini

Italian actor and television personality

Maurizio Ferrini

Born	(1953-04-12) 12 April 1953 (age 71) Cesena, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Height	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)

Maurizio Ferrini (born 12 April 1953) is an Italian actor and television personality.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

Ferrini was born in Cesena, Italy, in 1953. He made his artistic debut in Quelli della notte, starring alongside Renzo Arbore and establishing himself as an eccentric comedian. During the show's airing, he was known for his trademark Non capisco, ma mi adeguo (English: I can't understand, but I adapt myself).

Afterwards, Ferrini went to participate in Domenica in, during the 1989–1990 edition, where he created, and played en travesti, the character of Mrs Emma Coriandoli, a humoristic take on Italian housewives. During the early 2000s he appeared in TV shows only occasionally, as a guest,^[1] until in 2005 Simona Ventura offered him to participate in the reality show L'isola dei famosi, where he achieved second place with 25% of the audience's preferences.^[2]^[3] In 2007, he played a minor role in the drama Ma chi l'avrebbe mai detto acting alongside Ornella Muti and Katia Ricciarelli.^{[citation needed]}

He considers himself Roman Catholic.^[4]

Filmography

Movies

1986 – Il commissario Lo Gatto, director Dino Risi
1987 – Animali metropolitani, director Steno
1988 – Compagni di scuola, director Carlo Verdone
1989 – Saremo felici, director Gianfrancesco Lazotti
1992 – Sognando la California, director Carlo Vanzina

Television

2005 – L'isola dei famosi^[5]
2006 – Suonare Stella, director Giancarlo Nicotra
2007 – Ma chi l'avrebbe mai detto, directors Giuliana Gamba and Alessio Inturri
2011 – Don Matteo 8

Books

Ferrini, Maurizio (1992). L'ultimo comunista (in Italian). Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-35954-4.
Emma Coriandoli (1993). È permesso? (in Italian). Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori. ISBN 88-04-36886-1.
Ferrini, Maurizio (2016). ...O no? (in Italian). Rome: Manfredi. ISBN 978-88-99519-18-6.

References

^ "Maurizio Ferrini: anche i comici piangono" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
^ Vitali, Alessandra (15 November 2015). "Isola dei famosi, l'avventura è finita. In corsa Ferrini, Lory e Merigiò". la Repubblica (in Italian).
^ "Maurizio Ferrini col culo per terra" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
^ Giordano, Lucio (2 June 2023). "Ero lontano da Dio, poi mi è apparso Suo figlio Gesù e mi sono convertito". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 22. pp. 78–81.
^ "Maurizio Ferrini, la signora Coriandoli sull'Isola dei famosi" (in Italian). 26 October 2005.