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by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 23:48
Forum: Generici
Topic: Targa, Romano
Replies: 50
Views: 5532

Targa, Romano

targa fotoromanzo.jpg Romano Targa is a generico who has played in numerous Italian films from at least the early 1960s and until the mid 1970s. It seems that he was always uncredited. He was also active in fotoromanzi - particularly in fotoromanzi neri, where he very often played bad guys, but he ...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 23:25
Forum: Generici
Topic: Sciamanna, Oscar
Replies: 35
Views: 4364

Sciamanna, Oscar

Ray Kolman - Oscar Sciamanna.jpg Oscar Sciamanna (alias Oscar Sciamm) was another prolific generico in the 1960s and 70s, though he was most of all active in fotoromanzi - first as an actor, and later as a director for the fotoromanzi published in the famous magazine Grand Hotel. Filmography 1965 L...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 23:24
Forum: Generici
Topic: Cattaneo, Carlo
Replies: 90
Views: 10554

Cattaneo, Carlo

LfsCud.jpg Carlo Cattaneo , a friendly-looking little man was a very prolific generico in Italian cinema during the 1970s and 80s. He very frequently appears in couple with Lella Cattaneo , and because they also share the same surname, it is assumed that they were husband and wife. His name was dis...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 23:05
Forum: Generici
Topic: Titov, Mihail
Replies: 22
Views: 2860

Titov, Mihail

titov tipo.jpg Mihail Titov (alias Mihail Titof, Michele Titov) was a busy fotoromanzi actor. He can be found also in many movies from the 1960's. Filmography 1956 Donatella .... Nightclub customer (uncredited) Il bigamo .... A friend of Principe (uncredited) Peccato di castità .... Hotel guest (un...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 18:57
Forum: Generiche
Topic: Chemeri, Giovanna
Replies: 41
Views: 8602

Chemeri, Giovanna

Come Cani Arrabbiati - Giovanna Chemeri.jpg Heavy-set and fiery-haired generica Giovana Chemeri , was identifiable thanks to her big, credited roles in Voto di castità and La clinica dell'amore (both 1976). She shows up everywhere in Italian 70s movies, typically as a party guest or prostitute. Fil...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 18:04
Forum: Unidentified generiche
Topic: "Stern-looking woman"
Replies: 66
Views: 10814

"Stern-looking woman"

Inverno Al Mare - Sternlooking Woman.jpg She was a generica who was very prolific during the 1970s and early 1980s, distinguished by her rather stern-looking face and always elegant attires. She very frequently appears in couple with Lanfranco Spinola, and for this reason it is tempting to speculat...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 18:02
Forum: Generiche
Topic: Possamai, Stefania
Replies: 41
Views: 7515

Possamai, Stefania

Notturno (1982).jpg When was young, Stefania Possamai had some opportunities in the cinema with some small parts in successful movies. But later, sadly relegated to the role of an extra, it seems that she has never been credited in any movie. Her name was discovered by Johan Melle on September 27, ...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 17:49
Forum: Unidentified generiche
Topic: "Grey-haired old woman"
Replies: 48
Views: 9493

"Grey-haired old woman"

Detenute violente.jpg An unidentified generica who worked extensively in Italian cinema, from at least the mid 1950s and until the mid 1990s, usually cast in distinctly unglamorous roles. Her most substantial role appears to have been in the women-in-prison film Detenute violente , where she has a ...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 17:07
Forum: Generiche
Topic: Carisi, Mara
Replies: 74
Views: 14713

Carisi, Mara

Mara Carisi - Fellini's faces.jpg Mara Carisi (alias Maria Carisi, Marisa Carisi) was a generica with a very long career in fotoromanzi, credited many times, but she also appeared in many movies during the 1960s and 70s. Her biggest roles are found in Voto di castità (1976) as one of the prostitute...
by Johan Melle
29/08/2018, 16:41
Forum: Generiche
Topic: Ghigliero, Caterina
Replies: 29
Views: 4935

Ghigliero, Caterina

Caterina Ghigliero in a fotoromanzo Caterina Ghigliero.jpg Caterina Ghigliero was a very active fotoromanzo actress in the 1960s - especially in the fotoromanzi from the famous publisher Lancio, who used her in a lot of character parts. But Caterina was also a generica and can be found in many film...