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. I due assi del guantone (uncredited) .... Greengrocer
4. In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Concierge
5. Trastevere (credited) .... A 'trasteverina'
   
   1972
6. Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
7. I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertite (uncredited) .... Don Faiena's maid
8. Il sindacalista (uncredited) .... Worker
9. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
10. Lo scopone scientifico (credited) .... Pasqualina, the maid
11. Meo patacca (uncredited) .... Female villager
    
    1973
12. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
13. Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella (uncredited) .... Nun
14. Bisturi la mafia bianca (uncredited) .... Patient
15. Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore (uncredited) .... Matilde, the maid
16. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Woman who finds a corpse in the trash can
17. Le Amazzoni - Donne d'amore e di guerra (unredited) .... Villager
18. Mordi e fuggi (unredited) .... Woman at the autogrill
19. Polvere di stelle (credited) .... Woman who notices the theft of cured meats
20. Sessomatto - segment: "Viaggio di nozze" (credited) .... Grazia's mother
21. Sette monache a Kansas City (uncredited) .... Nun
22. Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (uncredited) .... Circus member
23. Ultimo tango a Zagarol (uncredited) .... Dancer at the dance hall
    
    1974
24. Abbasso tutti, viva noi (credited) .... Rosa, the maid
25. Bello come un arcangelo (credited) .... Nun
26. Fischia il sesso (credited) .... The mother
27. Il bestione (uncredited) .... Friend of Matteo's wife
28. Il testimone deve tacere (uncredited) .... Woman at hospital
29. Il venditore di palloncini (uncredited) .... Costume assistant at the theatre
30. La rivolta delle gladiatrici (uncredited) .... Cook
31. Le scomunicate di San Valentino (uncredited) .... Nun
32. Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
33. Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (uncredited) .... Hotelier
34. Piedino il questurino (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
35. Profumo di donna (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
36. Sesso in testa (uncredited) .... Prostitute
37. Zorro (uncredited) .... Woman cleaning tables
    
    1975
38. Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Cook
39. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Tina Candela's neighbour
40. Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Slaughterhouse worker
41. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Neighbor
42. L'anatra all'arancia (uncredited) .... Advertising ballet woman in costume
43. Lo sgarbo (uncredited) .... Casino player
44. Morte sospetta di una minorenne (uncredited) .... Giannino's mother
45. Per le antiche scale (uncredited) .... Nursing-nun
46. Roma violenta (uncredited) .... Robbery victim on the bus
47. Simone e Matteo: Un gioco da ragazzi (uncredited) .... Woman hoeing field
48. Son tornate a fiorire le rose (uncredited) .... Woman in the street
49. Vai gorilla (uncredited) .... The fence's wife
    
    1976
50. Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Market vendor
51. Cuginetta... amore mio! (uncredited) .... The priest's house maid
52. Cuore di cane (uncredited) .... Tavern guest
53. Febbre da cavallo (uncredited) .... Train passenger
54. Prima notte di nozze (credited) .... Hotel customer
55. Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Waitress
56. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Passerby with torn skirt
57. La poliziotta fa carriera (uncredited) .... Woman in suburbia
58. La ragazza alla pari (uncredited) .... Woman at the condominium meeting
59. Paura in città (uncredited) .... Concierge
60. Poliziotti violenti (uncredited) .... One of the angry women attacking the muggers
61. Remo e Romolo (uncredited) .... Sabine woman
62. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman who blocks the road for the police
63. San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (uncredited) .... Giuseppa's mother
64. Sorbole... che romagnola (credited) .... Fat wife at meeting
    
    1977
65. Casotto (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
66. Il mostro (uncredited) .... Concierge
67. Pane, burro e marmellata (credited) .... Caterina Ciccetti, the housekeeper
68. Per amore di Poppea (uncredited) .... Sutler
69. Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (uncredited) .... Woman
70. Suspiria (credited) …. The cook at the dance academy
71. Taxi Girl (uncredited) .... Arab woman
    
    1978
72. Avere vent'anni (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
73. Comincerà tutto un mattino: io donna tu donna (credited) .... The grandmother
74. Porca società (credited) .... Paolo's mother
75. Tanto va la gatta al lardo - segment "Fuga nella valigia" (uncredited) .... Maria's mother
76. Tutto suo padre (uncredited) .... Woman at Adalgisa's deathbed
    
    1979
77. Aragosta a colazione (credited) .... Concierge
78. Gardenia il giustiziere della male (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady in the airport toilets
79. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
80. La venere d'Ille (TV) (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
81. Lo scugnizzo (uncredited) .... Woman watching the street musicians
82. Scusi, lei è normale? (uncredited) .... Landlady
    
    1980
83. Arrivano i gatti (credited) .... Tv porter
84. Café Express (uncredited) .... Train passenger who uses the toilet
85. Il commedione (TV series, credited) - Ep.: 1 .... One of the common people
86. Mia moglie è una strega .... Maid
87. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (uncredited) .... Mother of the kidnapped girl
    
    1981
88. Ciao nemico (uncredited) .... Maid
89. Fregoli (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Cook
90. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Fallen woman at the cinema
91. Il berretto a sonagli (credited) .... Neighbor
92. Il contratto (credited) .... Party guest
93. Il turno (uncredited) .... Dancing wedding guest
94. Pierino contro tutti (uncredited) .... The bar's cashier
95. Pierino il fichissimo (uncredited) .... Woman eating pasta
96. Pierino medico della S.A.U.B. (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
97. Una vacanza bestiale (uncredited) .... Stewardess
98. Una vacanza del cactus (credited) .... Cook
99. Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... A mother waiting for the train
    
    1982
100. Borotalco (uncredited) .... Concierge
101. Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (uncredited) .... Escaping Christian woman
102. Monsignor (uncredited) .... Don Appolini's maid / Nun
103. Pierino la peste alla riscossa (credited) .... Tenant
104. Scusa se è poco - 2nd segment (uncredited) .... Witness to Grazia's car investment
105. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Domenica in" (uncredited) .... Woman with hands blocked
106. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (uncredited) .... Party guest
107. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere (uncredited) .... Cook at the embassy party
     
     1983
108. Acqua e sapone (uncredited) .... Woman at the window
109. E la nave va (uncredited) .... Serbian refugee
110. 'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Nun in tavern
111. Il ras del quartiere (uncredited) .... Domingo's aunt
112. Jenny (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Sleeping Italian woman on the train
113. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV mini series) (credited) .... The concierge
114. Sapore di mare (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
115. Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (uncredited) .... Woman who lives on the bus
116. Vacanze di Natale (credited) .... Grandmother Marchetti
     
     1984
117. I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini series) (credited) .... Farmer-wife
118. Quei trentasei gradini (TV mini series) (credited) .... Roman woman carrying basket
     
     1985
119. Colpo di fulmine (credited) .... Attilia
120. I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (credited) .... Erminia
121. Mamma Ebe (uncredited) .... Woman in church
     
     1986
122. La monaca nel peccato (uncredited) .... Nun
123. La storia (TV mini series) (credited) .... Black market meat seller
     
     1987
124. Io e mia sorella (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
125. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (uncredited) .... Waitress
126. Soldati 365 all'alba (uncredited) .... Silvester party guest
127. Teresa (uncredited) .... Angry woman at the wedding party
128. Turno di notte (TV series) - episode 2: "Heavy metal" (uncredited) .... Neighbor
     
     1988
129. 32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation
130. Casa mia, casa mia... (uncredited) .... Evicted woman
131. Stradivari (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
132. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
     
     1989
133. Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno (uncredited) .... The portier
134. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - episode 3: "Campa cavallo" (uncredited) .... Waitress
     
     1990
135. Il male oscuro (uncredited) .... One of Giuseppe's neighbors
136. La voce della luna (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
137. Le comiche (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
138. Occhio alla perestrojka (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
     
     1992
139. Gole ruggenti (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady
140. Ricky e Barabba (credited) .... Patient at the hospital
141. Un inviato molto speciale (TV series) - episode 8: "Quando c'è la salute" (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
     
     1993
142. Amami (credited) .... Dressmaker in the porn movie studio
     
     1995
143. Pasolini - Un delitto italiano (credited) .... Woman at Idroscalo
     
     1996
144. Dio vede e provvede (TV series) - episode: "La lucciola" (credited) .... Lellina, a woman in the shop
145. Escoriandoli (uncredited) .... Old lady at the funeral
146. Giovani e belli (uncredited) .... Woman at the strip club
147. Il maresciallo Rocca (TV series) - episode 2: "Senso di colpa" (uncredited) .... Resident at retirement home
     
     1997
148. Nuda proprietà vendesi (TV) (uncredited) .... Old woman in the window
149. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV) (credited) .... Old woman in the crowd
     
     1998
150. Casa Vianello (TV series) - season 7, episode 10: "Doppia personalità" (credited as Franca Stagnetti) .... Old woman attacked by Raimondo
151. L'odore della notte (uncredited) .... Waitress
152. Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV series) - episode 1 (uncredited) .... Marcello's grandmother
153. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 1, episode 42: "Grazie, dottor Lele!" (credited) .... Patient in the waiting room at USL
     
     1999
154. Commesse (TV series) - episodes "Fiorenza" and "Paola" (uncredited) .... Maria
155. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 2, episode 7: "L'appartamento" (uncredited) .... Patient visited by Lele
     
     2000
156. Don Matteo (TV series) - episode 8: "Il piccolo angelo" (credited) .... Witness
157. 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.

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 !