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.

Franca 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. 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 1st 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. Alfredo Alfredo (uncredited) .... Servant
7. Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo (uncredited) .... Spectator at sack race
8. Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
9. I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertite (uncredited) .... Don Faiena's maid
10. Il sindacalista (uncredited) .... Worker
11. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
12. Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino (uncredited) .... Woman cheering the love-makers
13. Lo scopone scientifico (credited) .... Pasqualina, the maid
14. Meo patacca (uncredited) .... Villager
15. Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto (uncredited) .... Woman at the hospital
    
    1973
16. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
17. Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella (uncredited) .... Nun
18. Bisturi la mafia bianca (uncredited) .... Patient
19. Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore (uncredited) .... Matilde, the maid
20. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Woman who finds a corpse in the trash can
21. Le Amazzoni - Donne d'amore e di guerra (unredited) .... Villager
22. Mordi e fuggi (unredited) .... Woman at the autogrill
23. Polvere di stelle (credited) .... Woman who notices the theft of cured meats
24. Sessomatto - segment: "Viaggio di nozze" (credited) .... Grazia's mother
25. Sette monache a Kansas City (uncredited) .... Nun
26. Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (uncredited) .... Circus member
27. Ultimo tango a Zagarol (uncredited) .... Dancer at the dance hall
    
    1974
28. Abbasso tutti, viva noi (credited) .... Rosa, the maid
29. Amore mio non farmi male (uncredited) .... Concierge
30. Bello come un arcangelo (credited) .... Nun
31. Fischia il sesso (credited) .... The mother
32. Il bestione (uncredited) .... Friend of Matteo's wife
33. Il sorriso del grande tentatore (uncredited) .... Supermarket customer
34. Il testimone deve tacere (uncredited) .... Woman at hospital
35. Il venditore di palloncini (uncredited) .... Costume assistant at the theatre
36. La badessa di Castro (uncredited) .... Abortionist
37. La rivolta delle gladiatrici (uncredited) .... Cook
38. La sculacciata (uncredited) .... Peasant woman
39. Le scomunicate di San Valentino (uncredited) .... Nun
40. Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
41. Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (uncredited) .... Hotelier
42. Piedino il questurino (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
43. Profumo di donna (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
44. Sesso in testa (uncredited) .... Prostitute
45. Zorro (uncredited) .... Woman cleaning tables
    
    1975
46. Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Cook
47. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Tina Candela's neighbour
48. Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Slaughterhouse worker
49. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Neighbor who wants to propose her daughter as a partner
50. L'anatra all'arancia (uncredited) .... Dancer for the wine commercial
51. La verginella (credited) .... Brothel owner
52. Lo sgarbo (uncredited) .... Casino player
53. Morte sospetta di una minorenne (uncredited) .... Giannino's mother
54. Per le antiche scale (uncredited) .... Nursing-nun
55. Roma violenta (uncredited) .... Robbery victim on the bus
56. Simone e Matteo: Un gioco da ragazzi (uncredited) .... Woman hoeing field
57. Son tornate a fiorire le rose (uncredited) .... Woman in the street
58. Vai gorilla (uncredited) .... The fence's wife
    
    1976
59. Bruciati da cocente passione (uncredited) .... Fortune teller
60. Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Market vendor
61. Cuginetta... amore mio! (uncredited) .... The priest's house maid
62. Cuore di cane (uncredited) .... Tavern guest
63. Febbre da cavallo (uncredited) .... Train passenger
64. Prima notte di nozze - segment "Venice" (credited) .... Hotel customer
65. Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Waitress
66. Kidnap in Rome (uncredited) .... Mother at the market
67. L'adolescente (credited) .... Carmeluzza
68. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Passerby with torn skirt
69. La poliziotta fa carriera (uncredited) .... Woman in suburbia
70. La ragazza alla pari (uncredited) .... Woman at the condominium meeting
71. Paura in città (uncredited) .... Concierge
72. Poliziotti violenti (uncredited) .... One of the angry women attacking the muggers
73. Remo e Romolo (uncredited) .... Sabine woman
74. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman who blocks the road for the police
75. San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (uncredited) .... Giuseppa's mother
76. Sorbole... che romagnola (credited) .... Fat wife at meeting
    
    1977
77. Casotto (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
78. Il mostro (uncredited) .... Concierge
79. Mala, amore e morte (credited) .... Cleaning lady
80. Orazi e Curiazi 3-2 (uncredited) .... Woman at the feast
81. Pane, burro e marmellata (credited) .... Caterina Ciccetti, the housekeeper
82. Per amore di Poppea (uncredited) .... Sutler
83. Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (uncredited) .... Woman
84. Suspiria (credited) .... The cook at the dance academy
85. Taxi Girl (uncredited) .... Arab woman
    
    1978
86. Avere vent'anni (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
87. Comincerà tutto un mattino: io donna tu donna (credited) .... The grandmother
88. Porca società (credited) .... Paolo's mother
89. Tanto va la gatta al lardo - segment "Fuga nella valigia" (uncredited) .... Maria's mother
90. Tutto suo padre (uncredited) .... Woman at Adalgisa's deathbed
    
    1979
91. Aragosta a colazione (credited) .... Concierge
92. Gardenia il giustiziere della male (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady in the airport toilets
93. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
94. Il corpo della ragassa (uncredited) .... Brothel maid
95. La venere d'Ille (TV) (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
96. Lo scugnizzo (uncredited) .... Woman watching the street musicians
97. Scusi, lei è normale? (uncredited) .... Landlady
    
    1980
98. Arrivano i gatti (credited) .... Tv porter
99. Café Express (uncredited) .... Train passenger who uses the toilet
100. Il commedione (TV series, credited) - Ep.: 1 .... One of the common people
101. Mia moglie è una strega .... Maid
102. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (uncredited) .... Mother of the kidnapped girl
     
     1981
103. Ciao nemico (uncredited) .... Maid
104. Fregoli (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Cook
105. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Fallen woman at the cinema
106. I figli... so' pezzi 'e core (uncredited) .... Teresa
107. Il berretto a sonagli (credited) .... Neighbor
108. Il contratto (credited) .... Party guest
109. Il turno (uncredited) .... Dancing wedding guest
110. Pierino contro tutti (uncredited) .... The bar's cashier
111. Pierino il fichissimo (uncredited) .... Woman eating pasta
112. Pierino medico della S.A.U.B. (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
113. Una vacanza bestiale (uncredited) .... Stewardess
114. Una vacanza del cactus (credited) .... Cook
115. Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... A mother waiting for the train
     
     1982
116. Amici miei atto II° (uncredited) .... Cafeteria worker
117. Borotalco (uncredited) .... Concierge
118. Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (uncredited) .... Escaping Christian woman
119. Eccezzziunale... veramente (uncredited) .... Cavalier La Monica's wife (only in extended TV version)
120. Monsignor (uncredited) .... Don Appolini's maid / Nun
121. Pierino la peste alla riscossa (credited) .... Tenant
122. Scusa se è poco - 2nd segment (uncredited) .... Witness to Grazia's car investment
123. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Domenica in" (uncredited) .... Woman with hands blocked
124. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (uncredited) .... Party guest
125. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere (uncredited) .... Cook at the embassy party
     
     1983
126. Acqua e sapone (uncredited) .... Woman at the window
127. E la nave va (uncredited) .... Serbian refugee
128. 'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Nun in tavern
129. Il ras del quartiere (uncredited) .... Domingo's aunt
130. Jenny (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Sleeping Italian woman on the train
131. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV mini series) (credited) .... The concierge
132. Sapore di mare (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
133. Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (uncredited) .... Woman who lives on the bus
134. Transport (TV series) - episode 3: "De Italiaanse les" (credited as Franca Scaghetti) .... Benito's mother
135. Vacanze di Natale (credited) .... Grandmother Marchetti
     
     1984
136. I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini series) (credited) .... Farmer-wife
137. Quei trentasei gradini (TV mini series) (credited) .... Roman woman carrying basket
138. Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati (uncredited) .... Fat woman insulted by Andrea
     
     1985
139. Cinecittà Cinecittà (TV show, segment: Il Capo Delle Comparse) (uncredited) .... Costume designer
140. Colpo di fulmine (credited) .... Attilia
141. I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (credited) .... Erminia
142. Mamma Ebe (uncredited) .... Woman in church
     
     1986
143. Il bi e il ba (uncredited) .... Woman with dog at the vet
144. La monaca nel peccato (uncredited) .... Nun
145. La storia (TV mini series) (credited) .... Black market meat seller
146. Storia d'amore (credited) .... Sora Assunta
     
     1987
147. I ragazzi della 3C (TV series) - season 1, episodes 7 & 8 (uncredited) .... Bruno's aunt
148. Io e mia sorella (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
149. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (uncredited) .... Waitress
150. Soldati 365 all'alba (uncredited) .... Silvester party guest
151. Teresa (uncredited) .... Angry woman at the wedding party
152. Turno di notte (TV series) - episode 2: "Heavy metal" (uncredited) .... Neighbor
     
     1988
153. 32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation
154. Casa mia, casa mia... (uncredited) .... Evicted woman
155. Stradivari (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
156. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
     
     1989
157. Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno (uncredited) .... The portier
158. I ragazzi della 3C (TV series) - season 3, episode 4: "Tele 3C" (uncredited) .... Natalia Sacchi, Bruno's aunt
159. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - episode 3: "Campa cavallo" (uncredited) .... Waitress
     
     1990
160. Il male oscuro (uncredited) .... One of Giuseppe's neighbors
161. La voce della luna (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
162. Le comiche (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
163. Occhio alla perestrojka (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
164. Tolgo il disturbo (uncredited) .... Nun
165. Un cane sciolto (TV mini-series) (credited) .... Concierge
     
     1991
166. Doris una diva del regime (TV mini-series) - episode 1 (uncredited) .... Waitress
167. Faccione (credited) .... Daniela's grandmother
     
     1992
168. Gole ruggenti (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady
169. Ricky e Barabba (credited) .... Patient at the hospital
170. Un inviato molto speciale (TV series) - episode 8: "Quando c'è la salute" (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
     
     1993
171. Amami (credited) .... Dressmaker in the porn movie studio
     
     1995
172. Pasolini - Un delitto italiano (credited) .... Woman at Idroscalo
     
     1996
173. Dio vede e provvede (TV series) - episode: "La lucciola" (credited) .... Lellina, a woman in the shop
174. Escoriandoli (uncredited) .... Old lady at the funeral
175. Giovani e belli (uncredited) .... Woman at the strip club
176. Il maresciallo Rocca (TV series) - episode 2: "Senso di colpa" (uncredited) .... Resident at retirement home
     
     1997
177. Nuda proprietà vendesi (TV) (uncredited) .... Old woman in the window
178. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV) (credited) .... Old woman in the crowd
     
     1998
179. Casa Vianello (TV series) - season 7, episode 10: "Doppia personalità" (credited as Franca Stagnetti) .... Old woman attacked by Raimondo
180. L'odore della notte (uncredited) .... Waitress
181. Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV series) - episode 1 (uncredited) .... Marcello's grandmother
182. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 1, episode 42: "Grazie, dottor Lele!" (credited) .... Patient in the waiting room at USL
     
     1999
183. Anni '60 (TV mini series) - episode 2 (credited) .... Bastiano's mother
184. Commesse (TV series) - episodes "Fiorenza" and "Paola" (uncredited) .... Maria
185. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 2, episode 7: "L'appartamento" (uncredited) .... Patient visited by Lele
     
     2000
186. Don Matteo (TV series) - season 1, episode 8: "Il piccolo angelo" (credited) .... Witness
187. Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - season 3, episode 2: "Delitto al teatro dell'opera" (uncredited) .... Spectator at the race course

[Johan Melle]

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

Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (1973) as Mourning woman

Credited in the legendary Suspiria (1977) as Cook at the dance academy
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) as Landlady

Credited in Una vacanza del cactus (1981) as Cook

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

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) as Circus member

Zorro (1974). In the background, cleaning tables.

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

[Cinema Italiano]

As a train passenger from Febbre da cavallo (1976)

[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) as A 'trasteverina' (credited)

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

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

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

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

[Johan Melle]

And we continue on with Franca's enormous filmography!

Le avventure di Pinocchio (1972) (TV mini series) as Laundress

Attenti al buffone (1975) as Slaughterhouse worker

Poliziotti violenti (1976) as One of the angry women attacking the muggers

Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (1976) as Woman who blocks the road for the police

Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (1977) as Woman

Gardenia il giustiziere della male (1979) as Cleaning lady in the airport toilets

Pierino contro tutti (1981) as The bar's cashier

A blink-and-you'll-miss-it role in
Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (1982) as Escaping Christian woman

Huge, wonderful role for Franca in
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (1983) (TV mini series) as The concierge (credited)