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