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. Remo e Romolo (uncredited) .... Sabine woman
60. Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman who blocks the road for the police
61. San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (uncredited) .... Giuseppa's mother
62. Sorbole... che romagnola (credited) .... Fat wife at meeting
    
    1977
63. Casotto (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
64. Il mostro (uncredited) .... Concierge
65. Pane, burro e marmellata (credited) .... Caterina Ciccetti, the housekeeper
66. Per amore di Poppea (uncredited) .... Sutler
67. Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (uncredited) .... Woman
68. Suspiria (credited) …. The cook at the dance academy
69. Taxi Girl (uncredited) .... Arab woman
    
    1978
70. Avere vent'anni (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
71. Comincerà tutto un mattino: io donna tu donna (credited) .... The grandmother
72. Porca società (credited) .... Paolo's mother
73. Tanto va la gatta al lardo - segment "Fuga nella valigia" (uncredited) .... Maria's mother
74. Tutto suo padre (uncredited) .... Woman at Adalgisa's deathbed
    
    1979
75. Aragosta a colazione (credited) .... Concierge
76. Gardenia il giustiziere della male (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady in the airport toilets
77. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
78. La venere d'Ille (TV) (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
79. Lo scugnizzo (uncredited) .... Woman watching the street musicians
80. Scusi, lei è normale? (uncredited) .... Landlady
    
    1980
81. Arrivano i gatti (credited) .... Tv porter
82. Café Express (uncredited) .... Train passenger who uses the toilet
83. Il commedione (TV series, credited) - Ep.: 1 .... One of the common people
84. Mia moglie è una strega .... Maid
85. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (uncredited) .... Mother of the kidnapped girl
    
    1981
86. Ciao nemico (uncredited) .... Maid
87. Fregoli (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Cook
88. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Fallen woman at the cinema
89. Il berretto a sonagli (credited) .... Neighbor
90. Il contratto (credited) .... Party guest
91. Il turno (uncredited) .... Dancing wedding guest
92. Pierino contro tutti (uncredited) .... The bar's cashier
93. Pierino il fichissimo (uncredited) .... Woman eating pasta
94. Pierino medico della S.A.U.B. (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
95. Una vacanza bestiale (uncredited) .... Stewardess
96. Una vacanza del cactus (credited) .... Cook
97. Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... A mother waiting for the train
    
    1982
98. Borotalco (uncredited) .... Concierge
99. Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (uncredited) .... Escaping Christian woman
100. Monsignor (uncredited) .... Don Appolini's maid / Nun
101. Pierino la peste alla riscossa (credited) .... Tenant
102. Scusa se è poco - 2nd segment (uncredited) .... Witness to Grazia's car investment
103. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Domenica in" (uncredited) .... Woman with hands blocked
104. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (uncredited) .... Party guest
105. Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere (uncredited) .... Cook at the embassy party
     
     1983
106. Acqua e sapone (uncredited) .... Woman at the window
107. E la nave va (uncredited) .... Serbian refugee
108. 'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Nun in tavern
109. Il ras del quartiere (uncredited) .... Domingo's aunt
110. Jenny (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Sleeping Italian woman on the train
111. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV mini series) (credited) .... The concierge
112. Sapore di mare (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
113. Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (uncredited) .... Woman who lives on the bus
114. Vacanze di Natale (credited) .... Grandmother Marchetti
     
     1984
115. I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini series) (credited) .... Farmer-wife
116. Quei trentasei gradini (TV mini series) (credited) .... Roman woman carrying basket
     
     1985
117. Colpo di fulmine (credited) .... Attilia
118. I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (credited) .... Erminia
119. Mamma Ebe (uncredited) .... Woman in church
     
     1986
120. La monaca nel peccato (uncredited) .... Nun
121. La storia (TV mini series) (credited) .... Black market meat seller
     
     1987
122. Io e mia sorella (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
123. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (uncredited) .... Waitress
124. Soldati 365 all'alba (uncredited) .... Silvester party guest
125. Teresa (uncredited) .... Angry woman at the wedding party
126. Turno di notte (TV series) - episode 2: "Heavy metal" (uncredited) .... Neighbor
     
     1988
127. 32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation
128. Casa mia, casa mia... (uncredited) .... Evicted woman
129. Stradivari (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
130. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
     
     1989
131. Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno (uncredited) .... The portier
132. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - episode 3: "Campa cavallo" (uncredited) .... Waitress
     
     1990
133. Il male oscuro (uncredited) .... One of Giuseppe's neighbors
134. La voce della luna (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
135. Le comiche (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
136. Occhio alla perestrojka (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
     
     1992
137. Gole ruggenti (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady
138. Ricky e Barabba (credited) .... Patient at the hospital
139. Un inviato molto speciale (TV series) - episode 8: "Quando c'è la salute" (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
     
     1993
140. Amami (credited) .... The dressmaker in the movie studio
     
     1995
141. Pasolini - Un delitto italiano (credited) .... Woman at Idroscalo
     
     1996
142. Dio vede e provvede (TV series) - episode: "La lucciola" (credited) .... Lellina, a woman in the shop
143. Escoriandoli (uncredited) .... Old lady at the funeral
144. Giovani e belli (uncredited) .... Woman at the strip club
145. Il maresciallo Rocca (TV series) - episode 2: "Senso di colpa" (uncredited) .... Resident at retirement home
     
     1997
146. Nuda proprietà vendesi (TV) (uncredited) .... Old woman in the window
147. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV) (credited) .... Old woman in the crowd
     
     1998
148. Casa Vianello (TV series) - season 7, episode 10: "Doppia personalità" (credited as Franca Stagnetti) .... Old woman attacked by Raimondo
149. L'odore della notte (uncredited) .... Waitress
150. Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV series) - episode 1 (uncredited) .... Marcello's grandmother
151. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 1, episode 42: "Grazie, dottor Lele!" (credited) .... Patient in the waiting room at USL
     
     1999
152. Commesse (TV series) - episodes "Fiorenza" and "Paola" (uncredited) .... Maria
153. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 2, episode 7: "L'appartamento" (uncredited) .... Patient visited by Lele
     
     2000
154. Don Matteo (TV series) - episode 8: "Il piccolo angelo" (credited) .... Witness
155. 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 !