Lydia Zanussi

Post by **Johan Melle** » 29/08/2018, 23:35

Lydia Zanussi in ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (1971)

Alias: Lidia Zanussi, Lia Zanussi.

Lydia Zanussi was one of the most important character actresses in fotoromanzi during the 1950s, playing numerous important and credited roles in fotoromanzi published in magazines like Sogno, Cine Illustrato, Luna Park and Grand Hotel.

Lydia was also active in films, and during the 1960s, 70s and 80s, she was one of the most recognizable 'golden girls' of the generici scene. It seems the only film she was ever credited in was Grog (1982), but she played fairly large roles in some other films, too, such as La clinica dell'amore (1976).

Her daughter is Isabella Zanussi, who also worked as a generica for many years.

Lydia Zanussi was identified by Emiliano, who found her credited in the fotoromanzo "Io ho solo l'amore", with the help of Simone Ribeiro.

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FILMOGRAPHY

1952

Noi due soli (uncredited) .... Woman at bus stop

1953
Via Padova 46 (Lo scocciatore) (uncredited) .... Caffè Italia customer

1954
Camilla (uncredited) .... Banquet guest

1966
Scusi lei è favorevole o contrario? (uncredited) .... Party guest
Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Woman at the theatre

1967
Arriva Dorellik (uncredited) .... One of the Duponts
Assalto al tesoro di stato (uncredited) .... Woman on the train
Tutto Totò (TV series) - episode 9: "Premio Nobel" (uncredited) .... Woman at the Nobel ceremony

1968
Brutti di notte (uncredited) .... Franco's aunt
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (uncredited) .... Woman at the fancy restaurant
La famiglia Benvenuti (TV series) - episode 6 (uncredited) .... A mother
La morte ha fatto l'uovo (uncredited) .... Party guest
Odissea (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Woman of the court

1969
L'alibi (uncredited) .... Party guest
La monaca di Monza (uncredited) .... Nun
Giocando a golf una mattina (TV Mini-Series) (uncredited) .... Woman at the club

1970
FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (TV series) - episode 1: "Sparita il giorno delle nozze" (uncredited) .... Woman in film footage
I racconti di Padre Brown (TV series) - episode 6: "Il re dei ladri" (uncredited) .... Audience member at the pantomime show
Lacrime d'amore (uncredited) .... London hotel client
Lady Barbara (uncredited) .... Woman at the drinking fountain
Satiricosissimo (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner

1971
...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
Il provinciale (uncredited) .... Woman at the nightclub
In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Party guest

1972
Avanti! / Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
Il generale dorme in piedi (uncredited) .... Spectator
Il terrore con gli occhi storti (uncredited) .... Party guest
Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata, cercasi (uncredited) .... Charity woman
La prima notte di quiete (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
Roma (uncredited) .... Maîtresse
Valeria dentro fuori (uncredited) .... Asylum patient

1973
Anastasia mio fratello (uncredited) .... Woman in the court room
Buona parte di Paolina (credits?) .... Roman noblewoman
Io e lui (uncredited) .... Old woman on the stairs
La Tosca (uncredited) .... Party guest
Qui squadra mobile (TV series) - episode 2: "Rapina a mano armata" (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
Vogliamo i colonnelli (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral

1974
La poliziotta (uncredited) ...Woman at ceremony
L'erotomane (uncredited) .... Woman in the palace
Il lumacone (uncredited) .... Woman at the conference (pic lost)
Il poliziotto è marcio (uncredited) .... Woman at the art gallery
Paolo il freddo (uncredited) .... Party guest
Sistemo l'America e torno (uncredited) .... Airplane passenger

1975
Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Faithful church attendee
Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
L'esorciccio (uncredited) .... Sisto's mother
La novizia (uncredited) .... Woman in church
La poliziotta fa carriera (uncredited) .... Woman outside Gianna's home
Le orme (uncredited) .... Chairwoman at the international congress
Lezioni private (uncredited) .... Woman at funeral
Mondo candido (uncredited) .... Hippie woman
Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista (uncredited) ...Old woman on the train
Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (uncredited) .... Party guest
Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire (uncredited) .... Party guest
Salon Kitty (uncredited) .... Client at Salon Kitty

1976
Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (uncredited) .... Casino gambler
Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (uncredited) .... Fish shop customer
La clinica dell'amore (uncredited) .... Gianni Solaro's mother
Maestro di violino (uncredited) .... Bar customer at polo club
Mark colpisce ancora (uncredited) .... Woman at street café
Natale in casa d'appuntamento (uncredited) .... Party guest
Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Party guest who is robbed
Spogliamoci così senza pudor (uncredited) .... Friend of the Partibon family

1978
Emanuelle e le porno notti (uncredited) .... Horny woman sitting on dildo-chair
I gabbiani volano basso (uncredited) .... Old woman getting on the airplane
La cage aux folles / Il vizietto (uncredited) .... Nightclub client
Le témoin / Il testimone (uncredited) .... Woman at the hotel
Poliziotto senza paura (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner

1979
Caro papà (uncredited) .... Old woman at the cello concert
Mani di velluto (uncredited) .... One of the Minister's relatives
Martin Eden (TV mini series) .... Passerby on the street

1980
Arrivano i gatti (uncredited) .... Old woman at the notary's office
Fico d'India (uncredited) .... Old woman on the balcony
L'avvertimento (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
La cage aux folles II / Il vizietto II (uncredited) .... Guest at Manderstam's birthday party
Sono fotogenico (uncredited) .... Extra at Cinecittà

1981
Fracchia la belva umana (uncredited) .... Signora Franchini, an old neighbor
L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (uncredited) .... Nun
Occhio alla penna! (uncredited) ... Old woman in the train dining car
The Salamander (uncredited) .... Party guest
Una vacanza del cactus (uncredited) .... Casino player

1982
Grog (credited as Lidia Zanussi) .... Game show contestant in wheelchair
La sconosciuta (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Woman at the auction
Liszt Ferenc (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Audience member at the concert

1983
Benvenuta (uncredited) .... Restaurant guest
Massimamente folle (uncredited) .... role?

1984
La bella Otero (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Woman at the casino

1985
Caccia al ladro d'autore (TV series) - episode 6: "Il calice di Murano" (uncredited) .... Countess Jaszewski, a guest of the countess

OTHER WORKS

"Femministe" (1972) (TV spot for Birra Peroni) .... Feminist
La sberla (1978) (TV variety show) - ep. 3, sketch "L'atelier" .... Woman at the fashion show

FOTOROMANZI

"Il mio prigioniero" (Published in Sogno from May to October 1950)
"Principessa in esilio" (Published in Sogno from July to December 1951)
"Noi che ci amiamo" (Published in Sogno from December 1951 to May 1952)
"Il nostro amore impossibile" (Published in Sogno from October 1952 to March 1953)
"Ho scelto il tuo amore" (Published in Sogno from November 1953 to April 1954)
"Desiderio d'amore" (Published in Sogno from April to August 1954) - credited
"Io ho solo l'amore" (Published in Grand Hotel from May to October 1954) - credited
"Amore e inganno" (Published in Sogno from October 1954 to February 1955) - credited
"Alla conquista di un cuore" (Published in Cine Illustrato from February to July 1955) - credited
"L'incatenata" (Published in Luna Park from April to September 1955) - credited as Lidia Zanussi
"Il prezzo dell'onore" (Published in Cine Illustrato from July to November 1955)
"Un fiore tra le spine" (Published in Sogno from August 1955 to January 1956)
"La voce del sangue" (Published in Cine Illustrato from March to August 1956)
"La figlia dell'assassino" (Published in Sogno from July to December 1956) - credited
"Una donna si ribella" (Published in Sogno from October 1956 to March 1957) - credited as Lia Zanussi
"La donna del sogno" (Published in Polvere di Stelle from April to July 1957) - credited as Lidia Zanussi
Luna Park N. 39: "Jimmy Lord, metti, un giorno alle Bermude" (August 1969)
"I giorni dell'odio e dell'amore" (Published in Sogno from January to June 1970)
Le sexy avventure di Clegg Moore N. 1: "I venerdì di Madame" (1 October 1971)
Cineromanzo N. 6: "Nancy nel deserto" (June 1974)
Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 108: "Susan e Ken: Un amore unico al mondo" (September 1974)
"I fratelli Zaccheo" (Published in Grand Hotel from April to November 1984)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 18:19

One of Lydia's greatest roles is as Gianni Solaro's mother in the sex comedy La clinica dell'amore (1976)

And then some other wonderful 1970s roles. First as one of the party guests (together with countless other generici) in Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (1975)

As one of the clients in Salon Kitty (1975)

And as a wedding guest in Attenti al bufone (1975)

pic by Ciavazzaro

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 18:30

Various 1960s roles.

First as a party guest in Scusi lei è favorevole o contrario? (1966)

pic by Ciavazzaro

Visible here in the background in Io, io, io... e gli altri (1966)

pic by Ghibarian

Briefly visible as a woman on the train in Assalto al tesoro di stato (1967)

And here a great close-up in a scene full of generici in Arriva Dorellik (1967)

spotted by Ciavazzaro

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 18:39

Another party guest role for Lydia in L'alibi (1969)

And then a few television roles, starting with the famous TV mini series Odissea (1968) where Lydia gets a great close-up

And here in the mini series Giocando a golf una mattina (1969)

pic by Ciavazzaro

Lydia can also be spotted in the film footage being watched in the TV series FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore - episode 1: "Sparita il giorno delle nozze" (1970)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 19:00

Lydia was first identified on the old Thrilling Forum back in 2011 - by Emiliano, who with the assistance of S. R. / Tenente Colombo found her credited in the fotoromanzo I romanzi di Grand Hotel N. 124: "Io ho solo l'amore" (published 1 september 1966). This, however, is a re-edition, as "Io ho solo l'amore" was originally published in Grand Hotel from May to October 1954.

Here are the scans from this fotoromanzo - courtesy of Emiliano

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 19:12

After the discovery of Lydia Zanussi in the fotoromanzo "Io ho solo l'amore", I've started to collect fotoromanzo magazines from the 1950s and have discovered Lydia in a whole bunch of old fotoromanzi - and often in big and important roles, too!

The earliest fotoromanzo in which I've been able to find Lydia is "Il mio prigioniero", which was published in the magazine Sogno from May to October 1950. It's a very small role and uncredited and she only appears in these pics

Lydia then appeared in a bigger (but uncredited) role as the queen mother in the very famous fotoromanzo "Principessa in esilio", which was published in Sogno from July to December 1951, and which also features a very young and still unknown Sophia Loren

And then a pretty big (but still uncredited) role as the protagonist's unsympathetic aunt in "Noi che ci amiamo", published in Sogno from December 1951 to May 1952

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 19:16

A more sympathetic role for Lydia in the fotoromanzo "Il nostro amore impossibile", published in Sogno from October 1952 to March 1953, and Lydia is still uncredited

Still uncredited but quite substantial role as the protagonist's mother in "Ho scelto il tuo amore", published in Sogno from November 1953 to April 1954

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 19:25

Finally a credited fotoromanzo role for Lydia in "Desiderio d'amore", published in Sogno from April to August 1954

And credited again in "Amore e inganno" (published in Sogno from October 1954 to February 1955), in which Lydia has one of her very best fotoromanzo roles

I love this role for Lydia, which is full of great expressions and dramatic poses

Post by **Johan Melle** » 30/08/2018, 19:33

Lydia is credited yet again in the costumed fotoromanzo production "Alla conquista di un cuore", published in Cine Illustrato from February to July 1955

In the fotoromanzo "L'incatenata" (published in Luna Park from April to September 1955), she's credited again, but this time as Lidia Zanussi

"Il prezzo dell'onore" (published in Cine Illustrato from July to November 1955) - this time Lydia is uncredited again, even though she plays a very substantial role