Maurizio Ferrini

Maurizio Ferrini
Born	(1953-04-12) 12 April 1953 (age 72) Cesena, Italy
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Height	157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Spouse	Carla Urban ​ ​ (m. 1985;div. 1994)​
Partner	Sara Guglielmi

Maurizio Ferrini (born 12 April 1953) is an Italian actor and television personality. ^[1]

Biography

Ferrini was born in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna, 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, ^[2] 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. ^{[3] [4]} In 2007, he played a minor role in the drama Ma chi l'avrebbe mai detto acting alongside Ornella Muti and Katia Ricciarelli. ^[5]

He considers himself Roman Catholic. ^[6]

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
• 2021 – Credo in un solo padre, director Luca Guardabascio
• 2023 – Fiori di Baggio, director Federico Rizzo

Television

• 2005 – L'isola dei famosi ^[7]
• 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

1. "Maurizio Ferrini". imdb.com. imdb.com. Retrieved 25 October 2025.^{[ unreliable source? ]}
2. "Maurizio Ferrini: anche i comici piangono" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
3. Vitali, Alessandra (15 November 2015). "Isola dei famosi, l'avventura è finita. In corsa Ferrini, Lory e Merigiò". la Repubblica (in Italian).
4. "Maurizio Ferrini col culo per terra" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
5. "Ma chi l'avrebbe mai detto..." imdb.com. imdb.com. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
6. 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.
7. "Maurizio Ferrini, la signora Coriandoli sull'Isola dei famosi" (in Italian). 26 October 2005.

External links

• Maurizio Ferrini at IMDb
• Maurizio Ferrini on MyMovies

• Italy portal
• Television portal