Inna Alexeievna

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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 and Sidney Lumet's The Appointment.


FILMOGRAPHY

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1945

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

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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 !

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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 !!!

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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)

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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

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)