Franca Scagnetti

[Ciavazzaro]

Franca Scagnetti in Morte sospetta di una minorenne (1975)

Here we celebrate the most famous generica of all italian cinema: Franca Scagnetti.

She was born in Rome on May 17, 1924, and lived all her life in Via Gregorio IX, where she was an housewife. She entered in the world of entertainment in the past forty years as an extra and she often participates with very modest roles, more often with a "figurazione speciale" (an extra with some lines of speech), in all to over a hundred movies. Her characteristic roman sympathy and her abundant figure typical of the middle-aged woman of popular extraction, contribute to increase her fame to the point that over the years has become more important than many actresses of her period.

After thirty years of career, in the late nineties, also forgotten by relatives and in serious economic difficulties, she appeared as a guest in an episode of the Rai TV program "Domenica In": interviewed by Mara Venier, she asked, in tears, "to give her a part" for her own subsistence. The late revaluation of her spontaneous art and the affection for her figure, takes place with some participation in the fictions Casa Vianello (1998), Don Matteo (1999) and Un medico in famiglia (1998-99). She left on 1 November 1999, a few months after her last movie, Regina Coeli (1999).


FILMOGRAPHY

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1970

1. Ehi amigo... sei morto! (uncredited) .... Nathaniel's wife
   
   1971
2. Cose di Cosa Nostra (uncredited) .... Neighbor in the window
3. In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Concierge
4. Trastevere (credited) .... A 'trasteverina'
   
   1972
5. Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
6. I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertite (uncredited) .... Don Faiena's maid
7. Il sindacalista (uncredited) .... Worker
8. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
9. Lo scopone scientifico (credited) .... Pasqualina, the maid
10. Meo patacca (uncredited) .... Female villager
    
    1973
11. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
12. Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella (uncredited) .... Nun
13. Bisturi la mafia bianca (uncredited) .... Patient
14. Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore (uncredited) .... Matilde, the maid
15. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Woman who finds a corpse in the trash can
16. Mordi e fuggi (unredited) .... Woman at the autogrill
17. Polvere di stelle (credited) .... Woman who notices the theft of cured meats
18. Sessomatto - segment: "Viaggio di nozze" (credited) .... Grazia's mother
19. Sette monache a Kansas City (uncredited) .... Nun
20. Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (uncredited) .... Circus member
21. Ultimo tango a Zagarol (uncredited) .... Dancer at the dance hall
    
    1974
22. Abbasso tutti, viva noi (credited) .... Rosa, the maid
23. Bello come un arcangelo (credited) .... Nun
24. Fischia il sesso (credited) .... The mother
25. Il bestione (uncredited) .... Friend of Matteo's wife
26. Il testimone deve tacere (uncredited) .... Woman at hospital
27. Il venditore di palloncini (uncredited) .... Costume assistant at the theatre
28. La rivolta delle gladiatrici (uncredited) .... Cook
29. Le scomunicate di San Valentino (uncredited) .... Nun
30. Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
31. Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (uncredited) .... Hotelier
32. Piedino il questurino (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
33. Profumo di donna (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
34. Sesso in testa (uncredited) .... Prostitute
35. Zorro (uncredited) .... Woman cleaning tables
    
    1975
36. Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Cook
37. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Tina Candela's neighbour
38. Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Slaughterhouse worker
39. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Neighbor
40. L'anatra all'arancia (uncredited) .... Advertising ballet woman in costume
41. Lo sgarbo (uncredited) .... Casino player
42. Morte sospetta di una minorenne (uncredited) .... Giannino's mother
43. Per le antiche scale (uncredited) .... Nursing-nun
44. Roma violenta (uncredited) .... Robbery victim on the bus
45. Simone e Matteo: Un gioco da ragazzi (uncredited) .... Woman hoeing field
46. Son tornate a fiorire le rose (uncredited) .... Woman in the street
47. Vai gorilla (uncredited) .... The fence's wife
    
    1976
48. Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Market vendor
49. Cuginetta... amore mio! (uncredited) .... The priest's house maid
50. Cuore di cane (uncredited) .... Tavern guest
51. Febbre da cavallo (uncredited) .... Train passenger
52. Prima notte di nozze (credited) .... Hotel customer
53. Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Waitress
54. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Passerby with torn skirt
55. La poliziotta fa carriera (uncredited) .... Woman in suburbia
56. La ragazza alla pari (uncredited) .... Woman at the condominium meeting
57. Paura in città (uncredited) .... Concierge
58. Poliziotti violenti (uncredited) .... One of the angry women attacking the muggers
59. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman who blocks the road for the police
60. San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (uncredited) .... Giuseppa's mother
61. Sorbole... che romagnola (credited) .... Fat wife at meeting
    
    1977
62. Casotto (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
63. Il mostro (uncredited) .... Concierge
64. Pane, burro e marmellata (credited) .... Caterina Ciccetti, the housekeeper
65. Per amore di Poppea (uncredited) .... Sutler
66. Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (uncredited) .... Woman
67. Suspiria (credited) …. The cook at the dance academy
68. Taxi Girl (uncredited) .... Arab woman
    
    1978
69. Avere vent'anni (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
70. Comincerà tutto un mattino: io donna tu donna (credited) .... The grandmother
71. Porca società (credited) .... Paolo's mother
72. Tanto va la gatta al lardo - segment "Fuga nella valigia" (uncredited) .... Maria's mother
73. Tutto suo padre (uncredited) .... Woman at Adalgisa's deathbed
    
    1979
74. Aragosta a colazione (credited) .... Concierge
75. Gardenia il giustiziere della male (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady in the airport toilets
76. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
77. La venere d'Ille (TV) (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
78. Lo scugnizzo (uncredited) .... Woman watching the street musicians
79. Scusi, lei è normale? (uncredited) .... Landlady
    
    1980
80. Arrivano i gatti (credited) .... Tv porter
81. Café Express (uncredited) .... Train passenger who uses the toilet
82. Mia moglie è una strega .... Maid
83. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (uncredited) .... Mother of the kidnapped girl
    
    1981
84. Ciao nemico (uncredited) .... Maid
85. Fregoli (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Cook
86. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Fallen woman at the cinema
87. Il berretto a sonagli (credited) .... Neighbor
88. Il contratto (credited) .... Party guest
89. Il turno (uncredited) .... Dancing wedding guest
90. Pierino contro tutti (uncredited) .... The bar's cashier
91. Pierino il fichissimo (uncredited) .... Woman eating pasta
92. Pierino medico della S.A.U.B. (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
93. Una vacanza bestiale (uncredited) .... Stewardess
94. Una vacanza del cactus (credited) .... Cook
95. Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... A mother waiting for the train
    
    1982
96. Borotalco (uncredited) .... Concierge
97. Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (uncredited) .... Escaping Christian woman
98. Monsignor (uncredited) .... Don Appolini's maid / Nun
99. Pierino la peste alla riscossa (credited) .... Tenant
100. Scusa se è poco - 2nd segment (uncredited) .... Witness to Grazia's car investment
101. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Domenica in" (uncredited) .... Woman with hands blocked
102. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (uncredited) .... Party guest
103. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere (uncredited) .... Cook at the embassy party
     
     1983
104. Acqua e sapone (uncredited) .... Woman at the window
105. E la nave va (uncredited) .... Serbian refugee
106. 'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Nun in tavern
107. Il ras del quartiere (uncredited) .... Domingo's aunt
108. Jenny (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Sleeping Italian woman on the train
109. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV mini series) (credited) .... The concierge
110. Sapore di mare (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
111. Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (uncredited) .... Woman who lives on the bus
112. Vacanze di Natale (credited) .... Grandmother Marchetti
     
     1984
113. I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini series) (credited) .... Farmer-wife
114. Quei trentasei gradini (TV mini series) (credited) .... Roman woman carrying basket
     
     1985
115. Colpo di fulmine (credited) .... Attilia
116. I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (credited) .... Erminia
117. Mamma Ebe (uncredited) .... Woman in church
     
     1986
118. La monaca nel peccato (uncredited) .... Nun
119. La storia (TV mini series) (credited) .... Black market meat seller
     
     1987
120. Io e mia sorella (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
121. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (uncredited) .... Waitress
122. Soldati 365 all'alba (uncredited) .... Silvester party guest
123. Teresa (uncredited) .... Angry woman at the wedding party
124. Turno di notte (TV series) - episode 2: "Heavy metal" (uncredited) .... Neighbor
     
     1988
125. 32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation
126. Casa mia, casa mia... (uncredited) .... Evicted woman
127. Stradivari (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
128. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
     
     1989
129. Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno (uncredited) .... The portier
130. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - episode 3: "Campa cavallo" (uncredited) .... Waitress
     
     1990
131. Il male oscuro (uncredited) .... One of Giuseppe's neighbors
132. La voce della luna (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
133. Le comiche (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
134. Occhio alla perestrojka (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
     
     1992
135. Gole ruggenti (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady
136. Ricky e Barabba (credited) .... Patient at the hospital
137. Un inviato molto speciale (TV series) - episode 8: "Quando c'è la salute" (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
     
     1993
138. Amami (credited) .... The dressmaker in the movie studio
     
     1995
139. Pasolini - Un delitto italiano (credited) .... Woman at Idroscalo
     
     1996
140. Dio vede e provvede (TV series) - episode: "La lucciola" (credited) .... Lellina, a woman in the shop
141. Escoriandoli (uncredited) .... Old lady at the funeral
142. Giovani e belli (uncredited) .... Woman at the strip club
143. Il maresciallo Rocca (TV series) - episode 2: "Senso di colpa" (uncredited) .... Resident at retirement home
     
     1997
144. Nuda proprietà vendesi (TV) (uncredited) .... Old woman in the window
145. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV) (credited) .... Old woman in the crowd
     
     1998
146. Casa Vianello (TV series) - season 7, episode 10: "Doppia personalità" (credited as Franca Stagnetti) .... Old woman attacked by Raimondo
147. L'odore della notte (uncredited) .... Waitress
148. Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV series) - episode 1 (uncredited) .... Marcello's grandmother
149. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 1, episode 42: "Grazie, dottor Lele!" (credited) .... Patient in the waiting room at USL
     
     1999
150. Commesse (TV series) - episodes "Fiorenza" and "Paola" (uncredited) .... Maria
151. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 2, episode 7: "L'appartamento" (uncredited) .... Patient visited by Lele
     
     2000
152. Don Matteo (TV series) - episode 8: "Il piccolo angelo" (credited) .... Witness
153. Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - season 3, episode 2: "Delitto al teatro dell'opera" (uncredited) .... Spectator at the race course

[Johan Melle]

Franca shows up everywhere, so we should be able to fill one page after another with pics from her movies, but let's start with these roles:

I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti (1972) .... Don Faiena's maid (uncredited)

Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (1973) .... Mourning woman (uncredited)

Due cuori, una cappella (1975) .... Neighbor (credited)

Suspiria (1977) .... Cook at the dance academy (credited)

A small role but very memorable. The creepy scene with her and the little boy is one of the most inconic moments from this famous cult horror movie.


Scusi, lei è normale? (1979) .... Landlady (uncredited)

Una vacanza del cactus (1981) .... Cook (credited)

Turno di notte (1987) (TV series) - episode 2: "Heavy metal" .... Neighbor (uncredited)

And finally the biggest surprise of all. I never expected to find Franca Scagnetti in a Norwegian(!) production, but here she is (uncredited) in the Norwegian TV mini series Jenny (1983) with Liv Ullmann, shot on location in Italy! She's a woman on the train who has fallen asleep.

[Ciavazzaro]

Franca have so many roles, but we have to begin somehow. So let's begin with some comedies:

In Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore (1973) she is the maid of Vittorio Caprioli

And in Sessomatto (1973) together with Giancarlo Giannini

Let's continue with some crime movies: here as woman on the bus in the dramatic opening of Roma violenta (1975)

As asylum patient in Giallo napoletano (1979) pic by Johan

At the tavern in Cuore di cane (1976)

Franca as wedding guest in La venere d'Ille (1979) (TV)

[Ciavazzaro]

Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (1983) As woman who lives in the bus

Credited in the TV mini series I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (1984)

And some more recent roles: first as portier in Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno (1989)

And to end a very nice role from the famous italian tv-series Casa Vianello, episode "Doppia personalità" (1998)

Our poor Franca have the misfortune to meet Raimondo Vianello who just turned into a monster after drinking a potion

He pushed her into the staircase !

[Ciavazzaro]

More roles for Franca:

Credited in Arrivano i gatti (1980) as tv porter

As prostitute in Sesso in testa (1974)

Nice uncredited role for Franca in Mordi e fuggi (1973) as woman in the autogrill who discovered that the terrorists do have a gun

As nun in Bello come un arcangelo (1974)

As woman in road in Son tornate a fiorire le rose (1975)

[carlos]

Western roles!

Ehi amigo... sei morto! (1970) as wife of Nathaniel - a nice but uncredited role

Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (1973) circus member

Zorro (Tessari, 1974) in the background cleaning tables

Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (1975) as the cook

[cinemaitaliano]

As a train passenger from Febbre da cavallo (1976) (uncredited)

[vecchiaguardia]

Il sindacalista (1972)

[Johan Melle]

Franca's topic is now restored, which means it's time to add some new roles. We start with some from early in Franca's career:

Trastevere (1971) .... A 'trasteverina' (credited)

Lo scopone scientifico (1972) .... Pasqualina, the maid (credited) - very good speaking role for her

Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (1972) .... Woman in the angry crowd (uncredited)

La mano nera (1973) .... Woman who finds a corpse in the trash can (uncredited)

And finally a late role in an international production shot in Italy.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) .... Woman in the crowd (uncredited)

[Ciavazzaro]

Franca was really everywhere !