Franca Scagnetti

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 29/08/2018, 8:42

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. 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

1970

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

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

1972
Alfredo Alfredo (uncredited) .... Servant
Amico, stammi lontano almeno un palmo (uncredited) .... Spectator at sack race
Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertite (uncredited) .... Don Faiena's maid
Il sindacalista (uncredited) .... Worker
Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
Lo scopone scientifico (credited) .... Pasqualina, the maid
Meo patacca (uncredited) .... Female villager

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1988
32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation
Casa mia, casa mia... (uncredited) .... Evicted woman
Stradivari (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd

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

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

1991
Faccione (credited) .... Daniela's grandmother

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 03/09/2018, 21:43

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.

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 03/09/2018, 21:51

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, 21:54

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** » 03/09/2018, 22:05

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** » 03/09/2018, 22:13

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 **cinemaitaliano** » 03/09/2018, 22:16

As a train passenger from Febbre da cavallo (1976)

Post by **vecchiaguardia** » 03/09/2018, 22:19

Il sindacalista (1972)

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

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)