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).

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FILMOGRAPHY

1970

1. Ehi amigo... sei morto! (uncredited) .... Nathaniel's wife
   
   1971
2. In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Concierge
3. Trastevere (credited) .... A 'trasteverina'
   
   1972
4. Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (uncredited) .... Woman in the angry crowd
5. I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertite (uncredited) .... Don Faiena's maid
6. Il sindacalista (uncredited) .... Worker
7. Le avventure di Pinocchio (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Laundress
8. Lo scopone scientifico (credited) .... Pasqualina, the maid
   
   1973
9. Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
10. Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico, cerca anima gemella (uncredited) .... Nun
11. Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore (uncredited) .... Matilde, the maid
12. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Woman who finds a corpse in the trash can
13. Mordi e fuggi (unredited) .... Woman at the autogrill
14. Sessomatto - segment: "Viaggio di nozze" (credited) .... Grazia's mother
15. Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (uncredited) .... Circus member
16. Ultimo tango a Zagarol (uncredited) .... Dancer at the dance hall
    
    1974
17. Abbasso tutti, viva noi (credited) .... Rosa, the maid
18. Bello come un arcangelo (credited) .... Nun
19. Fischia il sesso (credited) .... The mother
20. La rivolta delle gladiatrici (uncredited) .... Cook
21. Le scomunicate di San Valentino (uncredited) .... Nun
22. Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
23. Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (uncredited) .... Hotelier
24. Piedino il questurino (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
25. Profumo di donna (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
26. Sesso in testa (uncredited) .... Prostitute
27. Zorro (uncredited) .... Woman cleaning tables
    
    1975
28. Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Cook
29. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Tina Candela's neighbour
30. Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Slaughterhouse worker
31. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Neighbor
32. L'anatra all'arancia (uncredited) .... Advertising ballet woman in costume
33. Lo sgarbo (uncredited) .... Casino player
34. Morte sospetta di una minorenne (uncredited) .... Giannino's mother
35. Roma violenta (uncredited) .... Robbery victim on the bus
36. Son tornate a fiorire le rose (uncredited) .... Woman in the street
    
    1976
37. Cuore di cane (uncredited) .... Tavern guest
38. Febbre da cavallo (uncredited) .... Train passenger
39. Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Waitress
40. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Passerby with torn skirt
41. Paura in città (uncredited) .... Concierge
42. Poliziotti violenti (uncredited) .... One of the angry women attacking the muggers
43. Roma l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman who blocks the road for the police
44. San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (uncredited) .... Giuseppa's mother
45. Sorbole... che romagnola (credited) .... Fat wife at meeting
    
    1977
46. Casotto (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
47. Il mostro (uncredited) .... Concierge
48. Pane, burro e marmellata (credited) .... Caterina Ciccetti, the housekeeper
49. Per amore di Poppea (uncredited) .... Sutler
50. Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (uncredited) .... Woman
51. Suspiria (credited) …. The cook at the dance academy
52. Taxi Girl (uncredited) .... Arab woman
    
    1978
53. Avere vent'anni (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
54. Porca società (credited) .... Paolo's mother
55. Tanto va la gatta al lardo - segment "Fuga nella valigia" (uncredited) .... Maria's mother
56. Tutto suo padre (uncredited) .... Woman at Adalgisa's deathbed
    
    1979
57. Aragosta a colazione (uncredited) .... Porter
58. Gardenia il giustiziere della male (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady in the airport toilets
59. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
60. La venere d'Ille (TV) (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
61. Lo scugnizzo (uncredited) .... Woman watching the street musicians
62. Scusi, lei è normale? (uncredited) .... Landlady
    
    1980
63. Arrivano i gatti (credited) .... Tv porter
64. Café Express (uncredited) .... Train passenger who uses the toilet
65. Mia moglie è una strega .... Maid
66. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (uncredited) .... Mother of the kidnapped girl
    
    1981
67. Ciao nemico (uncredited) .... Maid
68. Fregoli (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Cook
69. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Fallen woman at the cinema
70. Il berretto a sonagli (credited) .... Neighbor
71. Il contratto (credited) .... Party guest
72. Pierino contro tutti (uncredited) .... The bar's cashier
73. Pierino il fichissimo (uncredited) .... Woman eating pasta
74. Una vacanza bestiale (uncredited) .... Stewardess
75. Una vacanza del cactus (credited) .... Cook
76. Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... A mother waiting for the train
    
    1982
77. Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (uncredited) .... Escaping Christian woman
78. Monsignor (uncredited) .... Don Appolini's maid / Nun
79. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Domenica in" (uncredited) .... Woman with hands blocked
80. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1983
81. Acqua e sapone (uncredited) .... Woman at the window
82. 'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Nun in tavern
83. Il ras del quartiere (uncredited) .... Domingo's aunt
84. Jenny (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Sleeping Italian woman on the train
85. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV mini series) (credited) .... The concierge
86. Sapore di mare (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
87. Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (uncredited) .... Woman who lives on the bus
88. Vacanze di Natale (credited) .... Grandmother Marchetti
    
    1984
89. I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini-series) (credited) .... Farmer-wife
    
    1985
90. I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (credited) .... Erminia
91. Mamma Ebe (uncredited) .... Woman in church
    
    1986
92. La monaca nel peccato (uncredited) .... Nun
93. La storia (TV mini series) (credited) .... Black market meat seller
    
    1987
94. Io e mia sorella (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
95. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (uncredited) .... Waitress
96. Teresa (uncredited) .... Angry woman at the wedding party
97. Turno di notte (TV series) - episode 2: "Heavy metal" (uncredited) .... Neighbor
    
    1988
98. 32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation
99. Stradivari (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
100. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
     
     1989
101. Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno (uncredited) .... The portier
     
     1990
102. La voce della luna (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
103. Le comiche (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
104. Occhio alla perestrojka (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
     
     1992
105. Ricky e Barabba (credited) .... Patient at the hospital
     
     1993
106. Amami (credited) .... The dressmaker in the movie studio
     
     1995
107. Pasolini - Un delitto italiano (credited) .... Woman at Idroscalo
     
     1996
108. Dio vede e provvede (TV series - episode: "La lucciola" (credited) .... Lellina, a woman in the shop
109. Escoriandoli (uncredited) .... Old lady at the funeral
110. Il maresciallo Rocca (TV series) - episode 2: "Senso di colpa" (uncredited) .... Resident at retirement home
     
     1997
111. Nuda proprietà vendesi (TV) (uncredited) .... Old woman in the window
112. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV) (credited) .... Old woman in the crowd
     
     1998
113. Casa Vianello (TV series) - season 7, episode 10: "Doppia personalità" (credited) .... Old woman attacked by Raimondo
114. Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV series) - episode 1 (uncredited) .... Marcello's grandmother
115. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 1, episode 42: "Grazie, dottor Lele!" (credited) .... Patient in the waiting room at USL
     
     1999
116. Commesse (TV series) - episodes "Fiorenza" and "Paola" (uncredited) .... Maria
117. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 2, episode 7: "L'appartamento" (uncredited) .... Patient visited by Lele
     
     2000
118. Don Matteo (TV series) - episode 8: "Il piccolo angelo" (credited) .... Witness
119. Linda e il brigadiere (TV series) - episode "Delitto al teatro dell'opera" .... Racecourse onlooker (Pic missing)

[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)

And as maid in Mia moglie è una strega (1980)

[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

Aragosta a colazione (1979) as 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

From I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (1985)

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 !