Rosalba Neri

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Rosalba Neri in La figlia di Frankenstein (1971)

Rosalba Neri is a C.S.C. actress who graduated from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 1959. She was active in Italian films from the late 50's until the mid-70's. Thanks largely to her "hot" appearances in a number of high-profile cult and exploitation films, today she is certainly one of the best known actresses to have received the C.S.C. credit in her films.

Rosalba was born on June 19th 1939 in Forli, Italy. Like a number of other actresses, she first came to acting via winning beauty contests, using it as a springboard to follow her dreams. Her film debut came in 1958 and the following year she graduted from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, quickly becoming one of their most in demand graduates.

Her best early roles were in peplum and historical productions and desert adventures where she played a succession of bitches and evil queens, usually getting second female lead billing below the duller heroines. She worked steadily through the cycles of eurospies and spaghetti westerns, then, in 1969, she turned to "hot" roles in adult-oriented exploitation fare, gialli and horror films. These roles kept her busy through the next few years, but by 1973-4 her roles were becoming fewer and parts much smaller.

In 1973 she married Harry Cushing, who was her producer on La figlia di Frankenstein and L'amante del demonio, his only 2 known credits. In an interview she states that she retired from acting due to a combination of her marriage and because she was unhappy with the lack of variety in the roles she was being offered. Rosalba still turns up from time to time in video interviews found as extras on DVD and blu-ray releases of her films.

She is still living at the time of writing. Rosalba's presence in a number of high-profile cult films ensures that she is remembered today where a lot of her contemporaries are not.

Rosalba's biographical details are repeated by many sources and many are confirmed in a video interview in which she discusses her life and career (see Page 10).

Since she is fairly well known compared to our other C.S.C. actresses I think it is unlikely there will be much in the way of undocumented roles to be found for her, but I have been proved wrong in the past and will be very happy if I am again.

FILMOGRAPHY

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1958

1. Mogli pericolose (uncredited) .... Angelina
   
   1960
2. Era notte a Roma (credited) .... Erika Almagia
3. Esther and the King (credited) .... Keresh
4. Il corazziere (credited) .... Girl collecting gold for her homeland
5. Il sepolcro dei re (credited) .... Elib
   
   1961
6. Che gioia vivere (credit only)
7. El Cid (uncredited) .... Harem girl
8. Ercole al centro della Terra (credit only)
9. Giallo club - Invito al poliziesco (TV series, season 4, episode 1: La morte ha due volti) (credited) .... Lana
10. Giallo club - Invito al poliziesco (TV series, season 4, episode 4: Qualcuno ha tradito) (credited) .... Lana Nevada
11. Le italiane e l'amore (credited) .... Secretary
12. Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita (credited) .... Magda
13. Vacanze alla baia d'argento (poster credit) .... Santuzza (role unconfirmed)
    
    1962
14. I due della legione (credited) .... Alina
15. Il sangue e la sfida (poster credit) .... Role?
16. Lo sceicco rosso (credited) .... Hammel
17. Più rosa che giallo (TV series, season 1, episode 2: Il secondo nodo scorsoio) (credited) .... Tildy
    
    1963
18. Ercole contro Moloch (credited) .... Queen Demeter
19. Il peccato (credited) .... Rosa
20. La ballata dei mariti (credited) .... German hitch-hiker
21. Una volta nella vita (credited) .... Olivia Fontaine
22. Uno strano tipo (credited) .... Marina
    
    1964
23. Angelica (uncredited) .... The Polak
24. Cadavere per signora (credited) .... Giovanna
25. Coriolano eroe senza patria (credited) .... Virginia
26. Gli invincibili tre (credited) .... Demora
27. Il dominatore del deserto (credited) .... Fatima
28. Il leone di Tebe (credited) .... Nais
29. La valle dell'eco tonante (credited) .... Rahmis
30. Sansone contro il corsaro nero (credited) .... Rosita
    
    1965
31. Due mafiosi contro Goldginger (credited) .... Agent 0024
32. I grandi condottieri (credited) .... Delilah
33. Io uccido, tu uccidi (credited) .... Santuzza
34. Kindar, l'invulnerabile (credited) .... Kira
35. La meravigliosa Angelica (uncredited) .... The Polak
36. Superseven chiama Cairo (credited) .... Faddja
37. The Agony and the Ecstasy (uncredited) .... Woman trying to seduce Michelangelo
    
    1966
38. Arizona Colt (credited) .... Dolores
39. Dinamite Jim (credited) .... Margaret
40. Johnny Yuma (credited) .... Samantha Felton
41. Password: Uccidete agente Gordon (credited) .... Amalia Sanchez
42. Upperseven, l'uomo da uccidere (credited) .... Pauline
    
    1967
43. Agente speciale L.K. (credited) .... Yaka
44. Con la morte alle spalle (credited) .... Silvana
45. I giorni della violenza (credited) .... Lizzie
46. Johnny Texas (credited) .... Rosita
47. L'uomo del colpo perfetto (credited) .... Margot
48. Per 50.000 maledetti dollari (credited) .... Elena
    
    1968
49. I lunghi giorni dell'odio (credited) .... Melina
50. Killer, adios (credited) .... Fannie Endes
51. Niente rose per OSS 117 (poster credit) .... Conchita Esteban
52. Sartana non perdona (credited) .... Passenger in the saloon
53. Vivo per la tua morte (credited) .... Encarnation
    
    1969
54. 99 donne (credited) .... Zoe
55. Barbagia (credited) .... Prostitute
56. Il castello di Fu Manchu (credited) .... Lisa
57. La taglia è tua... l'uomo l'ammazzo io (credited) .... Rosie
58. Marquis de Sade: Justine (credited) .... Florette
59. Top Sensation (credited and as Assistant director) .... Paola
    
    1970
60. Arizona si scatenò... e li fece fuori tutti! (credited) .... Paloma Moreno
61. Le piacevoli notti di Justine (credited) .... Contessa Pagnani
    
    1971
62. Due maschi per Alexa (credited) .... Alexa
63. Il giorno del giudizio (credited) .... Rising Sun
64. La bestia uccide a sangue freddo (credited) .... Anna Palmieri
65. La figlia di Frankenstein (credited) .... Tania Frankenstein
66. Mio padre Monsignore (credited) .... Bianca
    
    1972
67. Alla ricerca del piacere (credited) .... Eleanora Stuart
68. Attento gringo... è tornato Sabata! (credited) .... Kidnapped woman
69. Casa d'appuntamento (credited) .... Marianne
70. Colpo grosso... grossissimo... anzi probabile (credited) .... Pierre's wife
71. Confessioni segrete di un convento di clausura (credited) .... Madonna Lisa
72. Decamerone '300 (credited) .... Fenecia
73. Il prode Anselmo e il suo scudiero (credit only)
74. Il sorriso della iena (credited) .... Gianna
75. L'amante del demonio (credited) .... Helga
76. Meo Patacca (credited) .... Princess
77. Monta in sella!! Figlio di... (credited) .... Agnes
    
    1973
78. Crescete e moltiplicatevi (credited) .... Sister Flaminia
79. I racconti di Viterbury (credited) .... Bona
80. Il plenilunio delle vergini (credited) .... Countess Dracula
81. La muerte incierta (credited) .... Shaheen
82. Lo chiamavano Tresette... giocava sempre col morto (credited) .... Mrs. Pappalardo
83. Primo tango a Roma... storia d'amore e d'alchimia (credited) .... Vannina
84. Sentivano uno strano, eccitante, pericoloso puzzo di dollari (credited) .... Maria Costello
85. Tony Arzenta (Big Guns) (credited) .... Cuttita's wife
    
    1974
86. Cugini carnali (credited) .... Altomare
87. Dieci bianchi uccisi da un piccolo indiano (credited) .... Katherine
88. La casa della paura (credited) .... Alicia Songbird
89. Lo strano ricatto di una ragazza per bene (credited) .... Stella
90. The Arena (credited as Sara Bay) .... Cornelia
    
    1975
91. Libera, amore mio! (credited) .... Wanda
    
    1976
92. Il pomicione (poster credit) .... Liliana (role unconfirmed)

Additional credits

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• Za-bum N. 2 (1965) 5 part TV sketch series, as herself
• Half hour video interview (2004) an extra on 2004 release of La bestia uccide a sangue freddo
• Various brief interviews featured as extras on DVD's and blu-rays

More Rosalba!

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There are very few titles for Rosalba that I was unable to find.

• Il relitto (1961) IMDb as Girl at the night club

No Neri!

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Every actor has to have at least one credit online where they do not appear.

• Le voci bianche (1964) IMDb with no role, Rosalba is not credited and does not appear
  
  IMDb also has a number of film credits for the similarly-monikered singer Rosalina Neri mis-credited on Rosalba's page.
• I pinguini ci guardano (1956)
• Vivendo cantando... che male ti fò? (1957)
• Valeria ragazza poco seria (1958)
• Olga e i suoi figli (1985)

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Mogli pericolose (1958) as Angelina.

Rosalba's earliest known film appearance.

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Era notte a Roma (1960) credited, as Erika Almagia

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Esther and the King (1960) credited, as Keresh.

Looking gorgeous in an eye-catching early bad-girl role opposite Joan Collins that surprisingly failed to lead to bigger things.

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Il corazziere (1960) credited, as Girl collecting gold for her homeland

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Il sepolcro dei re (1960) credited, as Elib

Pictures upgraded by Johan

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Che gioia vivere (1961) credited, but does not appear - the first of several credit only listings for Rosalba.

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El Cid (1961) as Harem girl

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Ercole al centro della Terra (1961) credited, but does not appear.

Despite what various people and websites would try and have you believe, Rosalba does NOT appear in this film, another credit only.

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Giallo club - Invito al poliziesco (1961) TV series, season 4, episode 1: "La morte ha due volti", credited in the listing in Radiocorriere TV guide, as Lana.

Rosalba is also credited in Radiocorriere TV listing for the later episode "Qualcuno ha tradito" (season 4, episode 4), where she is listed as playing Lana Nevada, which could be the same character that she plays in "La morte ha due volti".