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Ave Ninchi

Ave Ninchi

Actor · Died November 10, 1997, aged 81 · Ancona, Italy

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 appearing in some of Italy's top-rated series. Source: Article "Ave Ninchi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 14, 1915
Died
November 10, 1997 (aged 81)
From
Ancona, Italy
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 97 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 10% in 30 days

What are Ave Ninchi's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
37%
Power
30%
Self
17%
Morality
13%
Society
3%
Survival
2%
Class5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 5

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
6
Joyful
5
Warm
5
Absurd
3
Contemplative
3
Other
8

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet3
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ave Ninchi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Ave Ninchi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

97 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page.

  • SuperTotò (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • Nel mondo di Alice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 4 episodes · as La regina di cuori

  • Lacombe, Lucien(1974)

    as Mme Georges

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Le fiabe dell'albero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 11 episodes · as Narratrice

  • Pulp(1972)

    as Fat Chambermaid

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • I due assi del guantone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Adele

  • Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Annunziata Caccavallo

  • Murmur of the Heart(1971)

    as Augusta

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • House of Cards(1968)

    as Signora Orragi

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Il sole è di tutti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Actor

  • Gli altri, gli altri e noi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Shop owner

  • I'm Not Worthy of You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Cesira

  • So In Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Cuoca Cesira

  • I ragazzi dell'Hully Gully (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as contessa Corinna Salimbeni

  • Le tardone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Adelina Borletti (episode "Un delitto quasi perfetto")

  • Cleopazza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Madre di Gabriella

  • Le motorizzate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Sister Teresa (segment "Carmelitane Sprint")

  • Gli italiani e le donne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as la moglie di Cesare

  • L'assassino si chiama Pompeo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Doorkeeper Adelina

  • Le magnifiche 7 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Margherita

  • Hercules in the Valley of Woe(1961)

    as l'indovina Ecubona

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Walter e i Suoi Cugini (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Adele

  • Scandali al mare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Olga Cappelli

  • Le ambiziose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Ines

  • A Mandarin for Teo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as zia Gaspara

  • Madri pericolose(1960)

    as Mattea Tornabuoni

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • I teddy boys della canzone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Donna Celestina

  • Les Bonnes Femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Madame Louise

  • Purple Noon(1960)

    as Signora Gianna

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Nights of the Teddy Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Sora Nole

  • The Nun's Story(1959)

    as Sister Bernard (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Prepotenti più di prima (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Clelia Pinelli

  • Venetian Honeymoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Yolanda

  • Le donne ci tengono assai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Angelica Allegri

  • I prepotenti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Clelia Pinelli

  • Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Agrippina Scuoffolo

  • Liebe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Beatrice

  • A Mink Coat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Assunta Santini

  • I pinguini ci guardano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Actor

  • The Bigamist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Mrs. Masetti / Missis Masetti

  • Eighteen Year Olds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Signorina Mattei

  • Totò Seeks Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Gemma Torresi

  • Air of Paris(1954)

    as Angela Posi

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Cecilia

  • I Sing for You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Zia Bettina

  • Il matrimonio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Anastasia Scingalova, la madre della sposa

  • La grande avventura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Actor

  • Martin Toccaferro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Actor

  • Madonna delle rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Donna Filomena

  • Gioventù alla sbarra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as La sorella del giudice

  • Good Folk's Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Elvira

  • Wir tanzen auf dem Regenbogen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Donna Rosa

  • Totò e le donne(1952)

    as Giovanna Scaparro

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Serenata amara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as La madre die Mario

  • È arrivato l'accordatore(1952)

    as Signora Narducci

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Mademoiselle Gobete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Aglae Tricoin

  • Dad Becomes Mom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe

  • Stranger on the Prowl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Actor

  • The Passaguai Family Gets Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe

  • Three Girls from Rome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Madre di Marisa

  • La colpa di una madre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Rosa

  • La famiglia Passaguai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Margherita, moglie di Giuseppe

  • The Affairs of Messalina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Locusta

  • Cops and Robbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Giovanna Bottoni

  • The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue(1951)

    as The Nanny · as la nounou

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Parigi è sempre Parigi(1951)

    as Elvira de Angelis

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Beauties in Capri (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Cornelia

  • Teresa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Sra. Russo

  • Sambo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Amalia

  • Tomorrow Is Too Late(1950)

    as Signora Berardi

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Il vedovo allegro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Dolores

  • Cavalcata d'eroi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Aurelia

  • Totò Looking for Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as La zia

  • Sunday in August (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Fernanda Meloni

  • Il diavolo in convento (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Caterina

  • Pact with the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Signora Mola - Giacomo's wife

  • Duel Without Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Housekeeper

  • Yvonne of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Rudegarda

  • La sposa non può attendere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Evelina

  • The Walls of Malapaga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Maria

  • Signorinella (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Iris

  • The Firemen of Viggiù (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Gaetana

  • The Za-Bum Circus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as (segment "Galop finale al circo")

  • I peggiori anni della nostra vita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Actor

  • Difficult Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Rosina Piscitello

  • Emigrantes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Adele Bordoni

  • Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Mrs. Serra

  • Christmas at Camp 119 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as La signora Mancini

  • Angelina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Carmela

  • The Captain's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Mrs. Mironova

  • Flesh Will Surrender(1947)

    as Emilia Canale

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • To Live in Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Corinna

  • Rome: Free City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as L'affittacamere

  • Before Him All Rome Trembled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Nina

  • Canto, ma sottovoce... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Laura, la cameriera

  • Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Un'amica di Adele

  • A Day in the Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Sister Celeste

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 97 titles from 1946 to 1980; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office

Murmur of the Heart (1971)

$1.2M worldwide

Highest rated

Purple Noon (1960)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19461980

Peak 1960 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1947Screen debut· Angelina
  • 1951Career best· Cops and Robbers

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting97 of 97: 97 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score64th

By decade

1940s20 · acting1950s48 · acting1960s21 · acting1970s7 · acting1980s1 · acting

Billing

usually 7th · top billed in 0% of 15 roles
4752

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Ave Ninchi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 15; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 15 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

The Seven Dwarfs to the Rescue (1951)

71st percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Purple Noon (1960)

Midcredits 97th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ave Ninchi's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 40 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 47 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Ave Ninchi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ave Ninchi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Galeazzo Benti shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers