Canghiari, Rossana

[Johan Melle]

Rossana Canghiari in Roma a mano armata (1976)

Rossana Canghiari is one of the most recognizable Italian generiche, having enjoyed a long career which lasted from at least the late 1950s to the end of the 1990s and which included appearances in every kind of genre, including peplum, crime, horror, western, comedy.

When she was young, in the early 60s, she appeared in a couple of credited roles, but after half of the decade, she was almost never credited. Her particular hairstyle, short and masculine but very fashionable, makes her easily distinguished between the mass of extras.

Her name was identified by an intuition of Johan Melle on January 1, 2009.

Filmography

1958

1. Le bellissime gambe di Sabrina .... Model (uncredited)
   
   1960
2. Il vigile .... The mayor's secretary (credited)
3. La regina delle amazzoni .... Amazon (credited)
   
   1961
4. Gerarchi si muore .... Model (uncredited)
5. Lycanthropus .... Employee at the reformatory (uncredited)
6. Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai .... Damsel (uncredited)
7. Rocco e le sorelle .... Dancing girl in Gianni's apartment (uncredited)
   
   1962
8. I lancieri neri .... Handmaiden (uncredited)
9. Totò contro Maciste .... Lady at Totokamen show (credited)
   
   1963
10. Maciste contro i Mongoli .... Enslaved woman (uncredited)
11. Totò e Cleopatra .... Slave (uncredited)
    
    1964
12. Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? .... Girl on the beach (uncredited)
13. I due mafiosi .... Airplane passenger (uncredited)
14. I marziani hanno 12 mani .... Party guest (uncredited)
15. Il magnifico cornuto .... Party guest (uncredited)
16. Il trionfo di Ercole .... Spectator at the tournament (uncredited)
    
    1965
17. Casanova '70 .... Woman in audience in the courtroom (uncredited)
18. Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero .... role? (uncredited)
19. La guerra segreta .... Girl at the swimming hall (uncredited)
20. La vendetta di Lady Morgan .... Nurse (uncredited)
21. Per una manciata d'oro .... role? (poster credit)
    
    1966
22. Delitto quasi perfetto .... Cruise ship passenger (uncredited)
23. Le spie vengono dal semifreddo .... Girl bomb (uncredited)
24. New York chiama Superdrago .... Woman at masked auction (uncredited)
25. Tre notti violente .... Party guest (uncredited)
26. Vaya con Dios, gringo .... Pretty cantina waitress (uncredited)
    
    1967
27. Arriva Dorellik .... Woman at night club (uncredited)
28. Il tigre .... Stewardess / Woman at nightclub (uncredited)
29. Le dolci signore .... Girl at the theater (uncredited)
30. Peggio per me... meglio per te .... Airplane passenger (uncredited)
31. Si muore solo una volta .... Guest at the prize ceremony (uncredited)
32. Tutto Totò (TV series) - episode 9: "Premio Nobel" .... Woman at the Nobel ceremony (uncredited)
    
    1968
33. È stato bello amarti .... Friend of Roger Brown's character (credited)
34. Silvia e l'amore .... Model (uncredited)
    
    1969
35. Camille 2000 .... Party guest (uncredited)
36. Le sorelle .... Train passenger (uncredited)
37. Medea .... Servant of Glauce (uncredited)
    
    1970
38. Le castagne sono buone .... Woman laughing in theater (uncredited)
39. Lady Barbara .... Girl by the pool (uncredited)
    
    1971
40. Il provinciale .... Bar customer (uncredited)
41. L'occhio del ragno .... Woman in restaurant (uncredited)
    
    1972
42. Il ritorno di Clint il solitario .... Prostitute (uncredited)
43. L'arma, l'ora, il movente .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
44. L'udienza .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
45. Rosina Fumo viene in città per farsi il corredo .... Woman in the park (uncredited)
    
    1973
46. Buona parte di Paolina ...Noblewoman (uncredited)
47. Crash! Che botte... strippo strappo stroppio ...Wedding guest (uncredited)
48. L'erede .... Secretary (uncredited)
49. Io e lui .... Party guest (uncredited)
50. Lo chiamavano Tresette... giocava sempre col morto .... Party guest (uncredited)
51. Studio legale per una rapina .... Woman at the fashion show (uncredited)
52. Tutti figli di mammasantissima .... Woman dancing in the night club (uncredited)
    
    1974
53. Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
54. L'arbitro .... Woman with blue hat (uncredited)
55. L'ossessa .... Party guest (uncredited)
56. La principessa sul pisello (credited) .... Prostitute (uncredited)
57. Nucleo centrale investigativo (TV series) - episode: "L'intruso" .... Woman at fashion show (uncredited)
58. Paolo il freddo .... Party guest (uncredited)
59. Processo per direttissima .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
60. Sistemo l'America e torno .... Secretary (uncredited)
61. Zanna Bianca alla riscossa .... Saloon girl (uncredited)
    
    1975
62. A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere .... Passerby at airport (uncredited)
63. Ah sì? E io lo dico a Zzzorro .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
64. Emanuelle nera .... Party guest (uncredited)
65. Il giustiziere sfida la città .... Woman in gambling hall (uncredited)
66. Il medaglione insanguinato .... Woman at the airport with coat (uncredited)
67. La città gioca d'azzardo .... Woman outside the gambling house (uncredited)
68. La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide .... Baronessa Grimani's maid (uncredited)
69. La poliziotta fa carriera .... Spectator at Gianna's award (uncredited)
70. Piedone a Hong Kong .... Nightclub client (uncredited)
71. Quel movimento che mi piace tanto .... Party guest (uncredited)
72. Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire .... Party guest (uncredited)
    
    1976
73. Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni .... Dancing woman (uncredited)
74. Caro Michele .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
75. Colpita da improvviso benessere .... Woman at the hippodrome (uncredited)
76. Due sul pianerottolo .... Baudolino's secretary (uncredited)
77. Emanuelle in America .... Guest at party in Venice (uncredited)
78. I prosseneti .... Party guest (uncredited)
79. Il comune senso del pudore .... Woman at cinema (uncredited)
80. Il secondo tragico Fantozzi .... Woman at the casino (uncredited)
81. Il trucido e lo sbirro .... Cinema cashier (uncredited)
82. Il vangelo secondo Simone e Matteo .... Woman at the airport (uncredited)
83. Poliziotti violenti .... Robbed woman (uncredited)
84. Roma a mano armata .... Hostage during bank robbery (uncredited)
85. Squadra antiscippo .... Woman robbed of her fur (uncredited)
    
    1977
86. Anno zero - guerra nello spazio .... Journalist (uncredited)
87. Emanuelle - Perché violenza alle donne? .... Woman at restaurant (uncredited)
88. La vergine, il toro e il capricorno .... Audience member at the football match (uncredited)
89. La banda del Gobbo ... Woman at nightclub (uncredited)
90. Le notti porno nel mondo .... Woman at nightclub (uncredited)
91. Napoli si ribella .... Woman at fashion show (uncredited) / Nurse at the crime scene (uncredited)
92. Ritornano quelli della Calibro 38 .... Woman in the night club (uncredited)
93. Taxi Girl .... Nightclub customer (uncredited - doubtful identification)
    
    1978
94. Ecce Bombo .... Actress (uncredited)
95. Follie di notte .... Audience member at magic show (uncredited)
96. La cage aux folles / Il vizietto .... Dancing woman at the nightclub (uncredited)
97. Le notti porno nel mondo n. 2 .... Woman at nightclub (uncredited)
98. Il testimone .... Party guest (uncredited)
99. Sam et Sally (TV series) - episode 1: "Le collier" .... Party guest (uncredited)
100. Travolto dagli affetti familiari .... Pharmacy customer (uncredited)
     
     1979
101. Aragosta a colazione .... Passenger of the plane (uncredited)
102. Buone notizie .... Woman in the park (uncredited)
103. Caro papà .... Journalist at the airport (uncredited)
104. I viaggiatori della sera .... Holiday village guest who wins the lottery (uncredited)
105. Il mammasantissima .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
106. L'imbranato .... Passenger of the plane (uncredited)
107. La poliziotta della squadra del buoncostume .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
108. Letti selvaggi - segment "Attenzione a quei due" .... Casino player (uncredited)
109. Napoli la camorra sfida la città risponde .... Party guest (uncredited)
110. Riavanti... marsch! .... Woman dancing (uncredited)
111. Tutti a squola .... Teacher (uncredited)
     
     1980
112. Café Express .... Train passenger (uncredited)
113. Ciao marziano .... Woman in the crowd (uncredited)
114. Fantozzi contro tutti .... Megaditta employee (uncredited)
115. Il casinista .... Extra at Cinecittà (uncredited)
116. L'avvertimento .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
117. La cicala .... Dancer at nightclub (uncredited)
118. La terrazza .... Woman in the TV debate (uncredited)
119. La zia svedese .... The doctor's wife (uncredited)
120. Mi faccio la barca .... Dental patient (uncredited)
121. Prestami tua moglie .... Woman in the hotel hall (uncredited)
122. Rag. Arturo De Fanti, bancario precario .... Bank clerk (uncredited)
123. Sbamm! (1980) .... Guard at "Women Work Centre" company (uncredited)
     
     1981
124. Bollenti spiriti ....Party guest (uncredited)
125. Ciao nemico .... Sicilian villager at the dinner (uncredited)
126. Culo e camicia .... Woman behind Rick Antuono at the race course (uncredited)
127. Da un paese lontano .... Woman in crowd cheering for the Pope (uncredited)
128. Delitto al ristorante cinese .... Chinese restaurant customer (uncredited)
129. Fracchia la belva umana .... Restaurant client (uncredited)
130. Fregoli (TV mini-series) - episode 1 .... Laughing woman (uncredited)
131. I carabbimatti .... Buffet guest (uncredited)
132. I figli so' pezzi 'e core .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
133. Il falco e la colomba .... Woman at the party branch (uncredited)
134. L'importante è non farsi notare .... Dancer at dancing hall (uncredited)
135. La nouvelle malle des Indes (TV mini series) .... French woman (uncredited)
136. La poliziotta a New York .... Gianna's friend (uncredited)
137. Lion of the Desert .... Woman at italian military ball (uncredited)
138. Manolesta .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
139. Occhio alla penna .... Woman in the train restaurant (uncredited)
140. Per favore, occupati di Amelia .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
141. Perché non facciamo l'amore? .... Dental patient (credited)
142. Quando la coppia scoppia .... Woman in the therapy group (uncredited)
143. Sogni d'oro .... Shop worker (uncredited)
144. Spaghetti a mezzanotte .... Party guest (uncredited)
145. The Salamander / bLa salamandra .... Party guest (uncredited)
146. Una vacanza del cactus .... Restaurant guest (uncredited) / Casino player (uncredited)
     
     1982
147. Dio li fa e poi li accoppia .... Tourist from Brisignano (uncredited)
148. Il paramedico .... Party guest (uncredited)
149. La casa stregata .... Wife of a bank employee (uncredited)
150. Le notti segrete di Lucrezia Borgia .... Noblewoman (uncredited)
151. Pappa e ciccia .... Woman at the airport (uncredited)
152. Pierino la peste alla riscossa! .... Burping pharmacy customer (uncredited)
153. Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande .... Tribunal audience (uncredited)
154. Scusa se è poco .... Party guest (uncredited)
155. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti .... Spectator at piano concert (uncredited)
156. Yes, Giorgio .... Airplane passenger (uncredited)
     
     1983
157. Acqua e sapone .... Woman at fashion show (uncredited)
158. Fantozzi subisce ancora .... Employee of Ufficio Sinistri (uncredited)
159. Guapparia .... Owner of the fur coats shop (uncredited)
160. Hanna K. .... Woman at the circumcision ceremony (uncredited)
161. Il trono di fuoco .... The Queen, Princess Valkari's mother (uncredited)
162. La chiave .... Party guest (uncredited)
163. Notturno .... Woman at the airport (uncredited)
164. Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio - segment "Il mago" .... Member of the TV jury / Member of the audience at TV show (uncredited)
165. Tu mi turbi .... House purchaser (uncredited)
166. Un jeans e una maglietta .... Hotel guest (uncredited)
167. Zero in condotta .... Woman at the bus stop (uncredited)
     
     1984
168. ...e la vita continua (TV mini series) .... Party guest (uncredited)
169. Champagne in paradiso .... Mrs. Crisafulli (uncredited)
170. Delitto al Blue Gay .... Spectatress at first show (uncredited)
171. I due carabinieri .... Crying woman at wedding (uncredited)
172. Maladonna .... Wife of drunken party guest (credited)
     
     1985
173. Dèmoni .... Cinemagoer (uncredited)
174. Joan Lui - Ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì .... Carla (uncredited)
175. L'attenzione .... Woman at the airport (uncredited)
176. Mamma Ebe .... Lawyer's assistant (uncredited)
177. Un uomo in trappola (TV mini series) .... Woman at the party (uncredited)
     
     1986
178. Fotoromanzo .... Audience member at the ceremony (uncredited)
179. Il tenente dei carabinieri .... Nurse (uncredited)
180. Quando arriva il giudice (TV series) - episode 5: "La notte delle stelle" .... Guest at the costume party (uncredited)
181. Scuola di ladri .... Spectatress coming out of the Eliseo theater (uncredited)
     
     1987
182. Animali metropolitani .... Guard (uncredited)
183. Bellifreschi .... Customer entering the restaurant La Traviata (uncredited)
184. Rent-a-Cop .... Party guest (uncredited)
185. Roba da ricchi .... Princess party guest (uncredited)
186. Soldati 365 all'alba .... Silvester party guest (uncredited)
187. Ternosecco .... Casino player (uncredited)
     
     1988
188. Blu elettrico .... Woman at funeral (uncredited)
189. Casa mia, casa mia... .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
190. Rally (TV mini series) - episode 3 .... Party guest (uncredited)
191. Un delitto poco comune .... Woman at Robert's piano concert (uncredited)
     
     1989
192. Emma (TV movie) .... Party guest (uncredited)
193. Ho vinto la lotteria di capodanno .... Secretary of judicial auction (uncredited)
194. Il vigile urbano (TV series) - episode 9: "Suona che ti passa" .... Audience member at concert (uncredited)
195. La cintura .... Exposition spectator (uncredited)
196. La morte è di moda .... Woman at hospital (uncredited)
197. Night club .... Woman in the bar (uncredited)
     
     1990
198. College (TV series) - episode 1: "Quelli del college" .... Carletto's mother (uncredited)
199. Fantozzi alla riscossa .... Judge (uncredited)
200. Le comiche .... Wedding guest (uncredited)
201. Stasera a casa di Alice .... Party guest (uncredited)
202. The Comfort of Strangers .... Hotel maid (credited)
203. Tolgo il disturbo .... Party guest (uncredited)
     
     1991
204. I ragazzi del muretto (TV series) - episode 7: "Sospetti" .... Woman at the parent meeting (uncredited)
205. L'ispettore Sarti - Un poliziotto, una città (TV series) - episode 8: "Come è difficile dire ti amo"
206. Year of the Gun .... Woman at the airport (uncredited)
     
     1992
207. Gole ruggenti .... Audience member at the festival (uncredited)
     
     1994
208. Il mostro .... Resident of the condominium (uncredited) / Cashier (uncredited)
209. Perdiamoci di vista .... Audience member at talk show (uncredited)
     
     1995
210. Io no spik inglish .... Woman playing cards (uncredited)
211. Romanzo di un giovane povero .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
     
     1997
212. Fratelli coltelli .... Woman at the country club (uncredited)
     
     1999
213. Commesse (TV series) - episode 2: "Roberta" .... Clothes shop customer (uncredited)

Other works

• "Femministe" (TV spot for Birra Peroni, 1972) .... Feminist (uncredited)
• La sberla (TV variety show, 1978) - ep. 1, sketch "Al ristorante" .... Restaurant diner (uncredited)
• La sberla (TV variety show, 1978) - ep. 3, sketch "L'atelier" .... Woman at fashion show (uncredited)

Filmography to check

• La tragica notte di Assisi (1961 - credited)
• Il domestico (1974)
• Fregoli (TV mini series, 1981) - episode 1 .... Laughing woman

[Johan Melle]

Lion of the desert (1981)

The Salamander (1981)

Il trono di fuoco (1983)

Il giustiziere sfida la città (1975)

[Johan Melle]

With Bruno Alias in L'avvertimento (1980)

She is not very visible but I managed to find her in Emanuelle in America (1976) too!

Bad quality but I am sure this is her in La zia svedese (1980)

[Emiliano]

La poliziotta della squadra del buoncostume (1979) as Nightclub customer

Pasolini's Medea (1969) as Servant of Glauce

La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide (1975) -

ID by Johan Melle

[Emiliano]

Le notti segrete di Lucrezia Borgia (1982)

Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire (1975) - pic by Rogerio Ferraz

Il trucido e lo sbirro (1976)

[Emiliano]

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983)
Double role: as Member of the TV jury

and Spectatress at the magic challenge

Spaghetti a mezzanotte (1981) as Party guest

Maciste contro Ercole nella valle dei guai (1961)

[Johan Melle]

Demoni (1985) - new pic by Emiliano

Anno Zero - guerra nello spazio (1977)

I prosseneti (1976) as Party guest

ID by Buono Legnani

[Emiliano]

Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande (1982)

Stasera a casa di Alice (1990)

In Roba da ricchi (1987) she rocks on the dancefloor with cha-cha-cha.
I think that in the 70s, in Italy, people knew how to dance different ballets more than now.

Sogni mostruosamente proibiti (1982) - And now she listen some music (of Pappagalli at piano - shot in his topic)

[Johan Melle]

THE IDENTIFICATION

I have made a very interesting discovery! She has a small but nice little role in Maladonna (1984), where she is the wife of Giuseppe Marrocco

The interesting thing is that Marrocco is credited in this film and it is possible that the unknown darkhaired woman is credited too! In the cast list there is woman named Rossana Canghiari, and it could be her!


Emiliano: Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce Rossana Canghiari
In Il vigile (1960) - little but notable role: 3 dialogue scenes with Sordi & De Sica

And in Totò contro Maciste (1962) in a little role, present only in this scene without dialogues - new pic by vecchiaguardia

[Johan Melle]

Un delitto poco comune (1988)

La nouvelle malle des Indes (1981)

L'occhio del ragno (1971) - pic by Rogerio Ferraz

As Party guest in Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (1975) - pic by Buono Legnani