Cavalieri, Lucia

(former "Granny Big-Ears")


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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:04

Lucia Cavalieri in Il ladro della Gioconda (1966)
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This older generica, characterized by her large ears and flappy cheeks, specialized in playing little old ladies (usually of poor social standing) in a number of Italian films from at least the late 1950s and until the early 1970s.

She was identified thanks to her credited role in the French-language fotoromanzo Top-Secret Spécial Résistance n. 32: "Au péril de sa vie" (Published December 1970), and does not appear to ever have been credited in any films.

Filmography

1954
  1. Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio .... Woman in the tavern (uncredited - uncertain identification)

    1959
  2. Il generale Della Rovere .... Old woman in the waiting room at the German headquarters (uncredited)

    1960
  3. I Teddy boys della canzone .... Audience member at TV broadcast (uncredited)
  4. La dolce vita .... Old woman by the miracle tree (uncredited)

    1961
  5. Francis of Assisi .... Woman wanting to give a donation to Francis (uncredited)
  6. L'oro di Roma .... Old Jewish woman (uncredited)
  7. La vendetta di Ursus .... Spectator at the trials of Ursus (uncredited)
  8. Le baccanti .... Citizen of Thebes (uncredited)
  9. Un giorno da leoni .... Train passenger (uncredited)

    1963
  10. Le mani sulla città .... Spectator in the parliament (uncredited)

    1964
  11. Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa .... Woman watching the party (uncredited)
  12. Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori .... Old woman in Spartacus' camp (uncredited)
  13. I lunghi capelli della morte .... Villager (uncredited)
  14. Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan .... Angry villager (uncredited)

    1965
  15. The Agony and the Ecstasy .... Woman in the street (uncredited)

    1966
  16. After the Fox / Caccia alla volpe .... Bingo player (uncredited)
  17. Degueyo .... Danger City townswoman (uncredited)
  18. Il ladro della Gioconda .... Old woman at the inn (uncredited)
  19. L'uomo che ride .... Peasant (uncredited)

    1968
  20. Il medico della mutua .... Woman in the waiting room (uncredited)
  21. I nipoti di Zorro .... Woman at court (uncredited)
  22. La pecora nera .... Poor old woman in the queue (uncredited - uncertain identification)
  23. Uno straniero a Paso Bravo .... Townswoman (uncredited)

    1969
  24. Colpo di stato .... Voter in the queue (uncredited)
  25. Gli infermieri della mutua .... Patient in waiting room (uncredited)
  26. Zenabel .... Chanting woman at Zenabel's father's bedside (uncredited)

    1970
  27. Contestazione generale - segment "Il prete" .... Peasant at dinner (uncredited)
  28. L'homme orchestre .... Member of the Sicilian family (uncredited)

    1971
  29. Er più - Storia d'amore e di coltello .... Resident of the quarter (uncredited)
  30. Se t'incontro t'ammazzo .... Villager (uncredited)
  31. Spara Joe... e così sia! .... Townswoman commenting on the new 'gold-finder' (uncredited)
  32. Testa t'ammazzo, croce... sei morto Mi chiamano Alleluja .... Mexican woman with knitted shawl (uncredited)
  33. Trastevere .... Woman on the balcony (uncredited)

    1972
  34. Afyon oppio .... Calogero's old maid (uncredited)
  35. Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 (TV movie) .... Parishioner (uncredited)
  36. Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma .... Villager watching the police (uncredited)
  37. Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata, cercasi .... Rosa, the old woman who tells Zaccherin to go to hell (uncredited)
  38. Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino .... Woman cheering the lovemakers (uncredited)
  39. Roma .... Old woman at the boarding house (uncredited)
  40. Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto .... Old woman at the hospital / Old woman feeding stray cats (uncredited)

    1973
  41. Bisturi, la mafia bianca .... Hospital patient (uncredited)

    1974
  42. Il saprofita .... Woman at the healer's meeting (uncredited)
  43. Verginità - second segment .... The old maid (uncredited)
Fotoromanzi

  • Top-Secret Spécial Résistance n. 32: "Au péril de sa vie" (Published December 1970) - credited
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:05

Il generale Della Rovere (1959) as Old woman in the waiting room at the German headquarters
Generale Della Rovere - Granny Big Ears1.jpg
Generale Della Rovere - Granny Big Ears2.jpg
Generale Della Rovere - Granny Big Ears3.jpg
Identification by Ciavazzaro, pictures by Emiliano
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:06

L'oro di Roma (1961) as Old Jewish woman
Oro Di Roma - Granny Big Ears1.jpg
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:07

Le mani sulla città (1963) as Spectator in the parliament
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:07

Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori (1964) as Old woman in Spartacus' camp
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Picture and identification by Nick
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:09

Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan (1964) as Angry villager
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:10

Degueyo (1966) as Danger City townswoman
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:11

Il ladro della Gioconda (1966) as Old woman at the inn, smiling very contentedly as a half-naked Renzo Palmer runs past her in the corridor :tears_smile:
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:13

La pecora nera (1968) as Poor old woman in the queue. Only seen briefly when the camera pans past her, so it's hard to get a real good look at her and say for sure if it's her, so I'll add this as an uncertain ID.
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Post by Johan Melle » 20/12/2020, 23:14

Zenabel (1969) as Chanting woman at Zenabel's father's bedside
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Picture and identification by Nick

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