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. Bisturi la mafia bianca (uncredited) .... Patient
12. Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore (uncredited) .... Matilde, the maid
13. La mano nera (uncredited) .... Woman who finds a corpse in the trash can
14. Mordi e fuggi (unredited) .... Woman at the autogrill
15. Sessomatto - segment: "Viaggio di nozze" (credited) .... Grazia's mother
16. Tutti per uno... botte per tutti (uncredited) .... Circus member
17. Ultimo tango a Zagarol (uncredited) .... Dancer at the dance hall
    
    1974
18. Abbasso tutti, viva noi (credited) .... Rosa, the maid
19. Bello come un arcangelo (credited) .... Nun
20. Fischia il sesso (credited) .... The mother
21. Il testimone deve tacere (uncredited) .... Woman at hospital
22. La rivolta delle gladiatrici (uncredited) .... Cook
23. Le scomunicate di San Valentino (uncredited) .... Nun
24. Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
25. Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (uncredited) .... Hotelier
26. Piedino il questurino (uncredited) .... Mourning woman
27. Profumo di donna (uncredited) .... Nursing nun
28. Sesso in testa (uncredited) .... Prostitute
29. Zorro (uncredited) .... Woman cleaning tables
    
    1975
30. Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Cook
31. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Tina Candela's neighbour
32. Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Slaughterhouse worker
33. Due cuori, una cappella (uncredited) .... Neighbor
34. L'anatra all'arancia (uncredited) .... Advertising ballet woman in costume
35. Lo sgarbo (uncredited) .... Casino player
36. Morte sospetta di una minorenne (uncredited) .... Giannino's mother
37. Roma violenta (uncredited) .... Robbery victim on the bus
38. Simone e Matteo: Un gioco da ragazzi (uncredited) .... Woman hoeing field
39. Son tornate a fiorire le rose (uncredited) .... Woman in the street
    
    1976
40. Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Market vendor
41. Cuore di cane (uncredited) .... Tavern guest
42. Febbre da cavallo (uncredited) .... Train passenger
43. Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Waitress
44. La dottoressa del distretto militare (uncredited) .... Passerby with torn skirt
45. La poliziotta fa carriera (uncredited) .... Woman in suburbia
46. Paura in città (uncredited) .... Concierge
47. Poliziotti violenti (uncredited) .... One of the angry women attacking the muggers
48. Roma l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Woman who blocks the road for the police
49. San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (uncredited) .... Giuseppa's mother
50. Sorbole... che romagnola (credited) .... Fat wife at meeting
    
    1977
51. Casotto (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
52. Il mostro (uncredited) .... Concierge
53. Pane, burro e marmellata (credited) .... Caterina Ciccetti, the housekeeper
54. Per amore di Poppea (uncredited) .... Sutler
55. Ritornano quelli della calibro 38 (uncredited) .... Woman
56. Suspiria (credited) …. The cook at the dance academy
57. Taxi Girl (uncredited) .... Arab woman
    
    1978
58. Avere vent'anni (uncredited) .... Woman on the street
59. Porca società (credited) .... Paolo's mother
60. Tanto va la gatta al lardo - segment "Fuga nella valigia" (uncredited) .... Maria's mother
61. Tutto suo padre (uncredited) .... Woman at Adalgisa's deathbed
    
    1979
62. Aragosta a colazione (uncredited) .... Porter
63. Gardenia il giustiziere della male (uncredited) .... Cleaning lady in the airport toilets
64. Giallo napoletano (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
65. La venere d'Ille (TV) (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
66. Lo scugnizzo (uncredited) .... Woman watching the street musicians
67. Scusi, lei è normale? (uncredited) .... Landlady
    
    1980
68. Arrivano i gatti (credited) .... Tv porter
69. Café Express (uncredited) .... Train passenger who uses the toilet
70. Mia moglie è una strega .... Maid
71. Zucchero, miele e peperoncino (uncredited) .... Mother of the kidnapped girl
    
    1981
72. Ciao nemico (uncredited) .... Maid
73. Fregoli (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Cook
74. I carabbimatti (uncredited) .... Fallen woman at the cinema
75. Il berretto a sonagli (credited) .... Neighbor
76. Il contratto (credited) .... Party guest
77. Il turno (uncredited) .... Dancing wedding guest
78. Pierino contro tutti (uncredited) .... The bar's cashier
79. Pierino il fichissimo (uncredited) .... Woman eating pasta
80. Una vacanza bestiale (uncredited) .... Stewardess
81. Una vacanza del cactus (credited) .... Cook
82. Un paio di scarpe per tanti chilometri (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... A mother waiting for the train
    
    1982
83. Borotalco (uncredited) .... Concierge
84. Caligola... la storia mai raccontata (uncredited) .... Escaping Christian woman
85. Monsignor (uncredited) .... Don Appolini's maid / Nun
86. Scusa se è poco - 2nd segment (uncredited) .... Witness to Grazia's car investment
87. Sesso e volentieri - segment "Domenica in" (uncredited) .... Woman with hands blocked
88. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (uncredited) .... Party guest
    
    1983
89. Acqua e sapone (uncredited) .... Woman at the window
90. 'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Nun in tavern
91. Il ras del quartiere (uncredited) .... Domingo's aunt
92. Jenny (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Sleeping Italian woman on the train
93. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV mini series) (credited) .... The concierge
94. Sapore di mare (uncredited) .... Woman on the beach
95. Sfrattato cerca casa equo canone (uncredited) .... Woman who lives on the bus
96. Vacanze di Natale (credited) .... Grandmother Marchetti
    
    1984
97. I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini series) (credited) .... Farmer-wife
98. Quei trentasei gradini (TV mini series) (credited) .... Roman woman carrying basket
    
    1985
99. Colpo di fulmine (credited) .... Attilia
100. I soliti ignoti vent'anni dopo (credited) .... Erminia
101. Mamma Ebe (uncredited) .... Woman in church
     
     1986
102. La monaca nel peccato (uncredited) .... Nun
103. La storia (TV mini series) (credited) .... Black market meat seller
     
     1987
104. Io e mia sorella (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
105. Missione eroica - I pompieri 2 (uncredited) .... Waitress
106. Soldati 365 all'alba (uncredited) .... Silvester party guest
107. Teresa (uncredited) .... Angry woman at the wedding party
108. Turno di notte (TV series) - episode 2: "Heavy metal" (uncredited) .... Neighbor
     
     1988
109. 32 dicembre - segment "I penultimi fuochi" (uncredited) .... Anna, one of the women that assists at Alfonso's humiliation
110. Casa mia, casa mia... (uncredited) .... Evicted woman
111. Stradivari (uncredited) .... Passerby on the street
112. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
     
     1989
113. Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno (uncredited) .... The portier
114. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - episode 3: "Campa cavallo" (uncredited) .... Waitress
     
     1990
115. Il male oscuro (uncredited) .... One of Giuseppe's neighbors
116. La voce della luna (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
117. Le comiche (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
118. Occhio alla perestrojka (uncredited) .... Woman at the fair
     
     1992
119. Ricky e Barabba (credited) .... Patient at the hospital
120. Un inviato molto speciale (TV series) - episode 8: "Quando c'è la salute" (uncredited) .... Hospital patient
     
     1993
121. Amami (credited) .... The dressmaker in the movie studio
     
     1995
122. Pasolini - Un delitto italiano (credited) .... Woman at Idroscalo
     
     1996
123. Dio vede e provvede (TV series) - episode: "La lucciola" (credited) .... Lellina, a woman in the shop
124. Escoriandoli (uncredited) .... Old lady at the funeral
125. Giovani e belli (uncredited) .... Woman at the strip club
126. Il maresciallo Rocca (TV series) - episode 2: "Senso di colpa" (uncredited) .... Resident at retirement home
     
     1997
127. Nuda proprietà vendesi (TV) (uncredited) .... Old woman in the window
128. Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana (TV) (credited) .... Old woman in the crowd
     
     1998
129. Casa Vianello (TV series) - season 7, episode 10: "Doppia personalità" (credited) .... Old woman attacked by Raimondo
130. L'odore della notte (uncredited) .... Waitress
131. Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna (TV series) - episode 1 (uncredited) .... Marcello's grandmother
132. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 1, episode 42: "Grazie, dottor Lele!" (credited) .... Patient in the waiting room at USL
     
     1999
133. Commesse (TV series) - episodes "Fiorenza" and "Paola" (uncredited) .... Maria
134. Un medico in famiglia (TV series) - season 2, episode 7: "L'appartamento" (uncredited) .... Patient visited by Lele
     
     2000
135. Don Matteo (TV series) - episode 8: "Il piccolo angelo" (credited) .... Witness
136. 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

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 !