Alexeievna, Inna

[Emiliano]

Inna Alexeievna in Il gatto dagli occhi di giada (1977)

Inna Alexeievna began her career in Italian cinema when she was already old, at least from mid 40s until the end of the 70s. She is very well know by we fans of giallo genere by appearing in Il gatto dagli occhi di giada as the old woman who help the protagonist. She is known too for her credited role in Il giardino dei Finzi Contini and even appears in some American productions shot in Italy, such as King Vidor's War and Peace (uncredited) and Sidney Lumet's The Appointment.

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Filmography

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1945

1. Quartieri alti .... Woman at tavern (uncredited)
   
   1956
2. War and Peace .... Old governess (uncredited)
   
   1958
3. The Naked Maja .... Party guest (uncredited)
   
   1961
4. Una vita difficile .... Noblewoman at dinner (uncredited)
   
   1963
5. Il comandante .... Old guest who buys the painting (uncredited)
6. Il gattopardo .... Party guest (uncredited)
   
   1964
7. Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? .... Old lady at the train station (uncredited)
8. The Visit .... Villager (uncredited)
   
   1965
9. Il compagno Don Camillo .... Theater spectator (uncredited)
10. Giulietta degli spiriti .... Susy's grandmother (uncredited)
    
    1967
11. Arabella .... Princess Ilaria's maid (uncredited)
12. La bisbetica domata .... Citizen (uncredited)
    
    1968
13. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell .... Mamma Cappullino, a San Forino villager (uncredited)
14. House of Cards .... Party guest (uncredited)
15. The Shoes of the Fisherman .... Party guest (uncredited)
    
    1969
16. Fellini Satyricon .... Old slave (uncredited)
17. The Appointment .... Old woman on the train (credited as "Inna Alexeieff")
    
    1970
18. Il giardino dei Finzi Contini ....Micol's grandmother (credited as "Inna Alexeieff")
    
    1971
19. Scipione detto anche l'africano .... Catone il Censore's mother (uncredited)
    
    1974
20. Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete! .... Old tavern waitress (credited as "Inna Alexeievna")
21. Profumo di donna .... The aunt (uncredited)
    
    1975
22. Orlando furioso (TV mini-series) .... Old Alcina (credited as "Ina Alexieva")
    
    1976
23. Cuore di cane .... Old neighbor (uncredited)
    
    1977
24. Il gatto dagli occhi di giada .... Old woman in Ferretta's home (credited as "Inna Alexeiva")

[Ciavazzaro]

Inna has a nice little uncredited role in the italian cult Profumo di donna (1974)
She plays the aunt of Gassman and she speaks quite a lot, so a shame she was uncredited

Her very early role with Totò in Il comandante (1963)

And now Inna's uncredited but speaking role from Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? (1964) where she gets robbed by Pietro De Vico, just to found later in her bag a body !

[Ciavazzaro]

I have found another nice uncredited role for Inna in Cuore di cane (1976)

And today two of the credites role of Inna

The first is maybe the most famous role of Inna: Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970)

And second the very nice role Inna plays in the first episode of Luca Ronconi's Orlando Furioso (1975)

This is Alcina played by Marilù Tolo:

Who is turned into an old woman,our Inna !!!

[Ciavazzaro]

Our Inna have worked with the greatest directors, here in War and Peace (1956) the earliest role with her:

And Fellini!

The first was the already know role in Giulietta degli spiriti (1965)

But i was surprised to found her in another Fellini's: Satyricon (1969)

[Ciavazzaro]

Inna's carrer continues to amaze me !
It looks like she worked with the greatest directors

Here in Visconti's Il gattopardo (1963) !

And in Dino Risi's Una vita difficile (1961) as noblewoman (she speaks some lines of dialogues)

[Johan Melle]

Here's the pic of Inna from the already known Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete! a.k.a. Blood for Dracula (1974) where Inna has a very small but credited role as an old tavern waitress

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I think I've also found her as a party guest in The Naked Maja (1958) but it's hard to say since the version I have is very poor

Unfortunately, the version I have of Arabella (1967) is very bad, too, but this is surely Inna as Margaret Rutherford's maid

[Emiliano]

For IMDb as Inna Alexeieff is credited in La cieca di Sorrento (1953) as Costume and Wardrobe Department. Maybe she has also a little role in it?

[Johan Melle]

New role for Inna! She appears briefly in the American film Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) as Mamma Cappullino, one of the villagers of San Forino

[Johan Melle]

The Visit (1964) as Villager

[Johan Melle]

Uncredited but very nice speaking role in Scipione detto anche l'africano (1971) as the mother of Catone il Censore (Vittorio Gassman)