Franca Scagnetti

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 29/08/2018, 10:42

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, with very modest roles, more often with a "figurazione speciale" (an extra with some lines of speech). 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 role" 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

1970

Ehi amigo... sei morto! .... Nathaniel's wife (uncredited)

1971
Cose di Cosa Nostra .... Neighbor in the window (uncredited)
I due assi del guantone .... Greengrocer (uncredited)
In nome del popolo italiano .... Concierge (uncredited)
Trastevere .... A 'trasteverina' (credited)

1972
Alfredo Alfredo .... Servant (uncredited)
Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo .... Spectator at sack race (uncredited)
Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma .... Woman in the angry crowd (uncredited)
I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertite .... Don Faiena's maid (uncredited)
Il sindacalista .... Worker (uncredited)
Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) .... Laundress (uncredited)
Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino .... Woman cheering the love-makers (uncredited)
Lo scopone scientifico .... Pasqualina, the maid (credited)
Meo patacca .... Villager (uncredited)
Senza famiglia, nullatenenti cercano affetto .... Woman at the hospital (uncredited)

1973
Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli .... Mourning woman (uncredited)
Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella .... Nun (uncredited)
Bisturi la mafia bianca .... Patient (uncredited)
Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore .... Matilde, the maid (uncredited)
La mano nera .... Woman who finds a corpse in the trash can (uncredited)
Le Amazzoni - Donne d'amore e di guerra (unredited) .... Villager (uncredited)
Mordi e fuggi .... Woman at the autogrill (uncredited)
Polvere di stelle .... Woman who notices the theft of cured meats (credited)
Sessomatto - segment: "Viaggio di nozze" .... Grazia's mother (credited)
Sette monache a Kansas City .... Nun (uncredited)
Tutti per uno... botte per tutti .... Circus member (uncredited)
Ultimo tango a Zagarol .... Dancer at the dance hall (uncredited)

1974
Abbasso tutti, viva noi .... Rosa, the maid (credited)
Amore mio non farmi male .... Concierge (uncredited)
Bello come un arcangelo .... Nun (credited)
Fischia il sesso .... The mother (credited)
Il bestione .... Friend of Matteo's wife (uncredited)
Il sorriso del grande tentatore .... Supermarket customer (uncredited)
Il testimone deve tacere .... Woman at hospital (uncredited)
Il venditore di palloncini .... Costume assistant at the theatre (uncredited)
La badessa di Castro .... Abortionist (uncredited)
La rivolta delle gladiatrici .... Cook (uncredited)
La sculacciata .... Peasant woman (uncredited)
Le scomunicate di San Valentino .... Nun (uncredited)
Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! .... Nursing nun (uncredited)
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? .... Hotelier (uncredited)
Piedino il questurino .... Mourning woman (uncredited)
Profumo di donna .... Nursing nun (uncredited)
Sesso in testa .... Prostitute (uncredited)
Zorro .... Woman cleaning tables (uncredited)

1975
Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! .... Cook (uncredited)
A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere .... Tina Candela's neighbour (uncredited)
Attenti al buffone .... Slaughterhouse worker (uncredited)
Due cuori, una cappella .... Neighbor who wants to propose her daughter as a partner (uncredited)
L'anatra all'arancia .... Dancer for the wine commercial (uncredited)
La verginella .... Brothel owner (credited)
Lo sgarbo .... Casino player (uncredited)
Morte sospetta di una minorenne .... Giannino's mother (uncredited)
Per le antiche scale .... Nursing-nun (uncredited)
Roma violenta .... Robbery victim on the bus (uncredited)
Simone e Matteo: Un gioco da ragazzi .... Woman hoeing field (uncredited)
Son tornate a fiorire le rose .... Woman in the street (uncredited)
Vai gorilla .... The fence's wife (uncredited)

1976
Bruciati da cocente passione .... Fortune teller (uncredited)
Colpita da improvviso benessere .... Market vendor (uncredited)
Cuginetta... amore mio! .... The priest's house maid (uncredited)
Cuore di cane .... Tavern guest (uncredited)
Febbre da cavallo .... Train passenger (uncredited)
Prima notte di nozze - segment "Venice" .... Hotel customer (credited)
Il comune senso del pudore .... Waitress (uncredited)
Kidnap in Rome .... Mother at the market (uncredited)
L'adolescente .... Carmeluzza (credited)
La dottoressa del distretto militare .... Passerby with torn skirt (uncredited)
La poliziotta fa carriera .... Woman in suburbia (uncredited)
La ragazza alla pari .... Woman at the condominium meeting (uncredited)
Paura in città .... Concierge (uncredited)
Poliziotti violenti .... One of the angry women attacking the muggers (uncredited)
Remo e Romolo .... Sabine woman (uncredited)
Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza .... Woman who blocks the road for the police (uncredited)
San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne .... Giuseppa's mother (uncredited)
Sorbole... che romagnola .... Fat wife at meeting (credited)

1977
Casotto .... Woman on the beach (uncredited)
Il mostro .... Concierge (uncredited)
Mala, amore e morte .... Cleaning lady (credited)
Orazi e Curiazi 3-2 .... Woman at the feast (uncredited)
Pane, burro e marmellata (credited) .... Caterina Ciccetti, the housekeeper (uncredited)
Per amore di Poppea .... Sutler (uncredited)
Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 .... Woman (uncredited)
Suspiria .... The cook at the dance academy (credited)
Taxi Girl .... Arab woman (uncredited)

1978
Avere vent'anni .... Woman on the street (uncredited)
Comincerà tutto un mattino: io donna tu donna .... The grandmother (credited)
Porca società .... Paolo's mother (credited)
Tanto va la gatta al lardo - segment "Fuga nella valigia" .... Maria's mother (uncredited)
Tutto suo padre .... Woman at Adalgisa's deathbed (uncredited)

1979
Aragosta a colazione .... Concierge (credited)
Gardenia il giustiziere della male .... Cleaning lady in the airport toilets (uncredited)
Giallo napoletano .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
Il corpo della ragassa .... Brothel maid (uncredited)
La venere d'Ille (TV) .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
Lo scugnizzo .... Woman watching the street musicians (uncredited)
Scusi, lei è normale? .... Landlady (uncredited)

1980
Arrivano i gatti .... TV porter (credited)
Café Express .... Train passenger who uses the toilet (uncredited)
Il commedione (TV series) - ep. 1 .... One of the common people (credited)
Mia moglie è una strega .... Maid (uncredited)
Zucchero, miele e peperoncino .... Mother of the kidnapped girl (uncredited)

1981
Ciao nemico .... Maid (uncredited)
Fregoli (TV mini-series) .... Cook (uncredited)
I carabbimatti .... Fallen woman at the cinema (uncredited)
I figli... so' pezzi 'e core .... Teresa (uncredited)
Il berretto a sonagli .... Neighbor (credited)
Il contratto .... Party guest (credited)
Il turno .... Dancing wedding guest (uncredited)
Pierino contro tutti .... The bar's cashier (uncredited)
Pierino il fichissimo .... Woman eating pasta (uncredited)
Pierino medico della S.A.U.B. .... Hospital patient (uncredited)
Una vacanza bestiale .... Stewardess (uncredited)
Una vacanza del cactus .... Cook (credited)
Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini-series) .... A mother waiting for the train (uncredited)

1982
Amici miei atto II° .... Cafeteria worker (uncredited)
Borotalco .... Concierge (uncredited)
Caligola... la storia mai raccontata .... Escaping Christian woman (uncredited)
Eccezzziunale... veramente .... Cavalier La Monica's wife (uncredited) (only in extended TV version)
Monsignor .... Don Appolini's maid (uncredited) / Nun (uncredited)
Pierino la peste alla riscossa .... Tenant (credited)
Scusa se è poco - 2nd segment .... Witness to Grazia's car investment (uncredited)
Sesso e volentieri - segment "Domenica in" .... Woman with hands blocked (uncredited)
Sogni mostruosamente proibiti .... Party guest (uncredited)
Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere .... Cook at the embassy party (uncredited)

1983
Acqua e sapone .... Woman at the window (uncredited)
E la nave va .... Serbian refugee (uncredited)
'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? .... Nun in tavern (uncredited)
Il ras del quartiere .... Domingo's aunt (uncredited)
Jenny (TV mini series) .... Sleeping Italian woman on the train (uncredited)
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV mini-series) .... The concierge (credited)
Sapore di mare .... Woman on the beach (uncredited)
Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone .... Woman who lives on the bus (uncredited)
Transport (TV series) - ep. 3: "De Italiaanse les" .... Benito's mother (credited as "Franca Scaghetti")
Vacanze di Natale .... Grandmother Marchetti (credited)

1984
I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini-series) .... Farmer-wife (credited)
Quei trentasei gradini (TV mini-series) .... Roman woman carrying basket (credited)
Se tutto va bene siamo rovinati .... Fat woman insulted by Andrea (uncredited)

1985
Cinecittà Cinecittà (TV show) - segment: "Il Capo Delle Comparse" .... Costume designer (uncredited)
Colpo di fulmine .... Attilia (credited)
I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo .... Erminia (credited)
Mamma Ebe .... Woman in church (uncredited)

1986
Il bi e il ba .... Woman with dog at the vet (uncredited)
La monaca nel peccato .... Nun (uncredited)
La storia (TV mini-series) .... Black market meat seller (credited)
Storia d'amore .... Sora Assunta (credited)

1987
I ragazzi della 3C (TV series) - season 1, eps. 7 & 8 .... Bruno's aunt (uncredited)
Io e mia sorella .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 .... Waitress (uncredited)
Soldati 365 all'alba .... Silvester party guest (uncredited)
Teresa .... Angry woman at the wedding party (uncredited)
Turno di notte (TV series) - ep. 2: "Heavy metal" .... Neighbor (uncredited)

1988
32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation (uncredited)
Casa mia, casa mia... .... Evicted woman (uncredited)
Milagro en Roma (TV movie) .... Annunziata, the concierge (uncredited)
Stradivari .... Passerby on the street (uncredited)
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen .... Woman in the crowd (uncredited)
Una lepre con la faccia di bambina (TV mini-series) .... Displaced woman (uncredited)

1989
Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno .... The portier (uncredited)
I ragazzi della 3C (TV series) - season 3, ep. 4: "Tele 3C" .... Natalia Sacchi, Bruno's aunt (uncredited)
Il vigile urbano (TV series) - ep. 3: "Campa cavallo" .... Waitress (uncredited)

1990
Il male oscuro .... One of Giuseppe's neighbors (uncredited)
La voce della luna .... Woman at the fair (uncredited)
Le comiche .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
Occhio alla perestrojka .... Woman at the fair (uncredited)
Tolgo il disturbo .... Nun (uncredited)
Un cane sciolto (TV mini-series) .... Concierge (credited)

1991
Doris una diva del regime (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 .... Waitress (uncredited)
Faccione .... Daniela's grandmother (credited)

1992
Gole ruggenti .... Cleaning lady (uncredited)
Ricky e Barabba .... Patient at the hospital (credited)
Un inviato molto speciale (TV series) - ep. 8: "Quando c'è la salute" .... Hospital patient (uncredited)

1993
Amami .... Dressmaker in the porn movie studio (credited)

1995
Pasolini - Un delitto italiano .... Woman at Idroscalo (credited)

1996
Dio vede e provvede (TV series) - ep.: "La lucciola" .... Lellina, a woman in the shop (credited)
Escoriandoli .... Old lady at the funeral (uncredited)
Giovani e belli .... Woman at the strip club (uncredited)
Il maresciallo Rocca (TV series) - ep. 2: "Senso di colpa" .... Resident at retirement home (uncredited)

1997
Nuda proprietà vendesi (TV) .... Old woman in the window (uncredited)
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV) .... Old woman in the crowd (credited)

1998
Casa Vianello (TV series) - season 7, ep. 10: "Doppia personalità" .... Old woman attacked by Raimondo (credited as "Franca Stagnetti")
L'odore della notte .... Waitress (uncredited)
Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV series) - ep. 1 .... Marcello's grandmother (uncredited)
Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 1, ep. 42: "Grazie, dottor Lele!" .... Patient in the waiting room at USL (credited)

1999
Anni '60 (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 (credited) .... Bastiano's mother (uncredited)
Commesse (TV series) - eps.: "Fiorenza" and "Paola" .... Maria (uncredited)
Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 2, ep. 7: "L'appartamento" .... Patient visited by Lele (uncredited)

2000
Don Matteo (TV series) - season 1, ep. 8: "Il piccolo angelo" .... Witness (credited)
Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - season 3, ep. 2: "Delitto al teatro dell'opera" .... Spectator at the race course (uncredited)

Filmography to check

Regina Coeli (1999)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 03/09/2018, 23:43

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.

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 03/09/2018, 23:51

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)

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 03/09/2018, 23:54

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 !

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 04/09/2018, 0:05

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)

Post by **carlos** » 04/09/2018, 0:13

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

Post by **Cinema Italiano** » 04/09/2018, 0:16

As a train passenger from Febbre da cavallo (1976)

Post by **vecchiaguardia** » 04/09/2018, 0:19

Il sindacalista (1972)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 04/09/2018, 1:03

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)