De Sisti, Maria

[Emiliano]

Maria De Sisti, in Fellini's Faces (1982) Picture from Fellini's Roma (1972)

A huge woman, of at least 200 kilos of weight: Maria De Sisti (or de Sisti) was for a while of the "Fellini's creatures": indeed, she took part in Fellini Satyricon (1969) and later in both Fellini's Roma (1972) and Amarcord (1973).

If Franca Scagnetti with her physical abundance represented the Roman populan woman, Maria De Sisti is almost a caricature of this figure. Far more imposing than another fat cinema-extra, Ada Passeri, her appearance is in itself impressive. Her acting career begins in the late fifties. Not infrequently, in addition to the role of a simple "generica", she also had small parts of speech, played in a natural way, not being a a professional.

Always uncredited in movies, she was identified thanks to the book Fellini's faces (1982) by Christian Strich.

Filmography

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1959

1. La cento chilometri .... Woman at the drinking fountain (uncredited)
   
   1970
2. Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo .... The wife of the owner of the chicken farm (uncredited)
   
   1971
3. Bubù .... Fat woman (uncredited)
4. Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 .... Paesant (uncredited)
   
   1972
5. Roma .... Owner of the guest-house (uncredited)
6. Il maschio ruspante .... Fat dancer (uncredited)
7. Il west ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato Alleluja .... role? (uncredited)
8. Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino .... Villager (uncredited)
9. Quando le donne persero la coda .... The slave traded (uncredited)
10. Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... Parola di Spirito Santo (1972) .... Villager (uncredited)
    
    1973
11. Amarcord .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
12. Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico cerca anima gemella .... Passerby with jealous husband (uncredited)
13. Ku Fu? - Dalla Sicilia con furore .... The betrothed (uncredited)
14. Meo Patacca .... role? (uncredited)
15. Pugni pirati e karatè .... Mammoletta (uncredited)
    
    1974
16. Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno .... Bank client (uncredited)
    
    1975
17. Macchie solari .... Toy seller (uncredited)
    
    1976
18. La dottoressa del distretto militare .... Addolorata (uncredited)
    
    1978
19. Giallo napoletano .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
20. La soldatessa alle grandi manovre .... Farfallina, the paesant prostitute (uncredited)
    
    1981
21. Bianco rosso e verdone .... Woman at the cemetery (uncredited)
    
    1983
22. 'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (uncredited) .... Tavern customer
    
    1984
23. I predatori dell'anno Omega .... Rebel of "The new way" (uncredited)

Filmography to check

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• Fellini Satyricon (1969 - uncredited)

[Emiliano]

Bianco rosso e verdone (1981) as Woman at the cemetery

La soldatessa alle grandi manovre (1978) as Farfallina, the paesant prostitute

La dottoressa del distretto militare (1976) as Addolorata

[Emiliano]

Meo Patacca (1973)

Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino (1972) as Villager

pic by Buono Legnani

[Johan Melle]

Giallo napoletano (1979) as Asylum patient, dancing with Renato Pozzetto to "Funiculì, Funiculà"

And another shot where she's more in the background

Il west ti va stretto, amico... è arrivato Alleluja (1972)

pic from Eurowestern

[Johan Melle]

Reasonably large but uncredited role in Fellini's Roma (1972) as Owner of the guest-house

She also appears briefly in the restaurant scene, eating dinner with her family

A photo of her from the restaurant scene was printed in the book Fellini's Faces, which also credits her by name and which made her identification possible

pic by Emiliano

[mortimer]

Bubù (1971) as Fat woman

Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 (1971) as Peasant

[Ghibarian]

With Valentino Simeoni in Di Tresette ce n'è uno, tutti gli altri son nessuno (1974) as Bank client

'F.F.S.S.', cioè:... che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene? (1983) as Tavern customer

[Emiliano]

Another bizzarre role in Quando le donne persero la coda (1972) as The slave traded

[Emiliano]

An unusual "big" role (few minutes and a speach) in Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo (1970) as The wife of the owner of the chicken farm

In a psychedelic dream of the protagonists (a rock band called The Trip) she "makes" an egg!

[carlos]

Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato... Parola di Spirito Santo (1972) as Villager