Old Lady who smells a niff

[Johan Melle]

??? in Non perdiamo la testa (1959)

Here's a generica I've started to notice in various 1950s and 60s films. Among her roles, the most notable one is in Non perdiamo la testa (1959), where has a fairly large part as one of Franca Valeri's friends, but sadly without being credited.

She's usually seen wearing a hat and very often she makes a kind of grimace with her face, looking as if she's smelling a bad smell, and for this reason I have given her the nickname "Old Lady who smells a niff".


FILMOGRAPHY

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1954

1. Torna! (uncredited) .... Casino player
   
   1959
2. Non perdiamo la testa (uncredited) .... Beatrice's friend
   
   1960
3. Via Margutta (uncredited) .... Snobbish woman
   
   1962
4. Boccaccio '70 - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio" (uncredited) .... Woman in church
   
   1963
5. Gli onorevoli (uncredited) .... Woman in audience at Braschi's speech
6. I mostri - segment "La giornata dell'onorevole" (uncredited) .... Woman at the ceremony
7. Il comandante (uncredited) .... Guest at Cavalli's house

[Johan Melle]

Our generica's biggest role in Non perdiamo la testa (1959) as one of the friends of Beatrice (Franca Valeri), where she appears in many scenes

[Johan Melle]

The earliest known role in Torna! (1954) as Casino player

Via Margutta (1960) as Snobbish woman

Gli onorevoli (1963) as Woman in audience at Braschi's speech

[Johan Melle]

I mostri (1963), segment "La giornata dell'onorevole", as Woman at the ceremony

[Johan Melle]

Boccaccio '70 (1962), segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio", as Woman in church

And with Inna Alexeievna in Il comandante (1963) as Guest at Cavalli's house