Alexeievna, Inna

Post by **Emiliano** » 30/08/2018, 4:21

: Inna Alexeievna, in Fellini's Faces (1982)

Inna Alexeievna (alias Inna Alexeieff) began her career as background actress in Italian cinema when she was already a old lady, at least from mid 40s, to continue until the end of the seventies.

She is known for her credited role in Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970), but most will remember her as the granny who help Corrado Pani in Il gatto dagli occhi di giada (1977). She even appears in some American productions shot in Italy, such as King Vidor's War and Peace (1956) and Sidney Lumet's The Appointment (1969).

Filmography

1945

Quartieri alti .... Woman at tavern (uncredited)

1956
War and Peace .... Old governess (uncredited)

1958
The Naked Maja .... Party guest (uncredited)

1961
Una vita difficile .... Noblewoman at dinner (uncredited)

1963
Il comandante .... Old guest who buys the painting (uncredited)
Il gattopardo .... Party guest (uncredited)

1964
Che fine ha fatto Totò Baby? .... Old lady at the train station (uncredited)
The Visit .... Villager (uncredited)

1965
Il compagno Don Camillo .... Theater spectator (uncredited)
Giulietta degli spiriti .... Susy's grandmother (uncredited)

1967
Arabella .... Princess Ilaria's maid (uncredited)
La bisbetica domata .... Citizen (uncredited)

1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell .... Mamma Cappullino, a San Forino villager (uncredited)
House of Cards .... Party guest (uncredited)
The Shoes of the Fisherman .... Party guest (uncredited)

1969
Fellini Satyricon .... Old slave (uncredited)
The Appointment .... Old woman on the train (credited as "Inna Alexeieff")

1970
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini ....Micol's grandmother (credited as "Inna Alexeieff")

1971
Scipione detto anche l'africano .... Catone il Censore's mother (uncredited)

1974
Dracula cerca sangue di vergine... e morì di sete! .... Old tavern waitress (credited as "Inna Alexeievna")
Profumo di donna .... The aunt (uncredited)

1975
Orlando furioso (TV mini-series) .... Old Alcina (credited as "Ina Alexieva")

1976
Cuore di cane .... Old neighbor (uncredited)

1977
Il gatto dagli occhi di giada .... Old woman in Ferretta's home (credited as "Inna Alexeiva")

Filmography to check

La cieca di Sorrento (1953 - credited as Costume and Wardrobe Department as "Inna Alexeieff")
La vendetta della signora (1964) as Client (uncredited)
La virtù sdraiata (1969) as Old Woman on train (credited as "Inna Alexeieff")

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 04/09/2018, 23:29

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 !

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 04/09/2018, 23:36

Uncredited role in Cuore di cane (1976)

Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970)

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 (Inna)

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 04/09/2018, 23:40

In War and Peace (1956)

In Giulietta degli spiriti (1965)

In Fellini's Satyricon (1969)

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 04/09/2018, 23:42

In Visconti's Il gattopardo (1963)

In Dino Risi's Una vita difficile (1961) as noblewoman
Where she had some lines of dialogues.

Post by **Johan Melle** » 05/09/2018, 4:35

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

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
PIC LOST

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

Post by **Johan Melle** » 25/09/2018, 20:55

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