"Poor Old Woman"

[Johan Melle]

"Poor Old Woman" in Degueyo (1966)

This generica looks to have been quite active in Italian cinema from at least the start of the 1960s and until the mid 1980s. Given her haggard and completely unglamorous appearance she obviously never appeared in party scenes alongside the likes of Bruno Alias or Lella Cattaneo, but instead specialized in portraying poor women of low social standing in numerous films.

Filmography

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1960

1. Il rossetto .... Woman in the street
2. Messalina Venere imperatrice .... Villager
3. Tu che ne dici? .... Woman in circus audience
   
   1961
4. L'oro di Roma .... Jewish woman
5. La vendetta di Ursus .... Spectator at the trials of Ursus
6. Le baccanti .... Citizen of Thebes (uncredited)
7. Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi .... Prisoner
8. Romolo e Remo .... Woman at the ceremony
   
   1962
9. Il tiranno di Siracusa .... Member of the angry mob (uncredited)
10. Ponzio Pilato .... Judean citizen (uncredited)
11. Sodoma e Gomorra .... Hebrew leaving Sodom (uncredited)
    
    1963
12. I compagni .... Factory worker (uncredited)
13. L'invincibile cavaliere mascherato .... Mourning woman at the burning of the plague victims (uncredited)
    
    1964
14. Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa .... Roman citizen (uncredited)
15. Coriolano eroe senza patria .... Woman in crowd outside the senate (uncredited)
16. Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia .... Prisoner freed by Hercules (uncredited)
17. I lunghi capelli della morte .... Villager (uncredited)
18. La ragazza di Bube .... Spectator in court (uncredited)
    
    1966
19. After the Fox .... Prison visitor / Spectator at the trial (uncredited)
20. Degueyo .... Danger City townswoman
21. I 5 della vendetta .... Mexican woman at hanging
22. I criminali della galassia .... One of the failed experiements (uncredited)
23. L'uomo che ride .... Peasant (uncredited)
    
    1967
24. Dio perdona... Io no! .... Woman in the funeral procession (uncredited)
25. L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta .... Cigar factory worker (uncredited)
26. Le streghe .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
27. Little Rita nel West .... Squaw / Townswoman (uncredited)
28. The Taming of the Shrew .... Woman in the crowd at Katharina's wedding (uncredited)
29. Un dollaro tra i denti .... Mexican villager (uncredited)
    
    1968
30. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell .... Woman at the reunion party (uncredited)
31. Galileo .... Woman at the pentolaccia
32. La pecora nera .... Poor woman signing bill (uncredited)
33. Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi .... Woman at the funeral
    
    1970
34. Satiricosissimo .... Woman cursing who set fire to Rome (uncredited)
    
    1971
35. Er più - Storia d'amore e di coltello .... Resident of the quarter (uncredited)
36. ll ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo .... Christian (uncredited)
    
    1972
37. Tutti fratelli nel West... per parte di padre .... Singer in the choir
    
    1973
38. Giordano Bruno .... Poor woman in soup queue (uncredited)
39. Il fiore dai petali d'acciaio .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
40. L'emigrante .... Salvation army woman singing for prisoners (uncredited)
41. Rugantino .... Woman at the execution
    
    1974
42. 4 marmittoni alle grandi manovre .... Woman in church (uncredited)
43. Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno .... One of the poor people (uncredited)
44. Il portiere di notte .... Concentration camp prisoner (uncredited)
45. Il saprofita .... Woman at the healer's meeting
46. L'anticristo .... Woman at the sanctuary (uncredited)
47. Paolo il caldo .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
48. The Arena / La rivolta delle gladiatrici .... Spectator in the arena (uncredited)
    
    1975
49. Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia .... Old woman locked in the burning building (uncredited)
50. Fango bollente .... Peppe's relative (uncredited)
51. I sette del gruppo selvaggio .... Town woman
52. Il gatto mammone .... Peasant in the rain
53. Il sogno di Zorro .... Townswoman at Paco's celebration
54. La collegiale .... Mother Superior (uncredited)
55. Occhio alla vedova .... Donna Amalia
56. Piedone a Hong Kong .... Woman at market during the brawl (uncredited)
57. Profondo rosso .... Woman in the market (uncredited)
    
    1976
58. Vinella e Don Pezzotta .... Woman in church
    
    1979
59. Giallo napoletano .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
60. Lo scugnizzo .... Woman in the hospital (uncredited)
    
    1981
61. ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà .... Zombie at the hospital (uncredited)
62. La nouvelle malle des Indes (TV mini series) .... Market woman
    
    1982
63. Caligola - La storia mai raccontata .... Woman at the orgy (uncredited)
64. Testa o croce .... Woman in church
    
    1986
65. La storia (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 .... Poor old woman

[Johan Melle]

I compagni (1963) as Factory worker

[Johan Melle]

Degueyo (1966) as Danger City townswoman. This is a pretty good role for our generica, who appears in numerous scenes throughout the film and speaks a couple of lines here and there.

[Johan Melle]

She has two roles in After the Fox (Caccia alla volpe) (1966), seen first as Prison visitor

...and later as Spectator at the trial

[Johan Melle]

La pecora nera (1968) as Poor woman signing bill

[Johan Melle]

Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974) as One of the poor people

[Johan Melle]

The Arena (La rivolta delle gladiatrici) (1974) as Spectator in the arena

[Johan Melle]

Fango bollente (1975) as Peppe's relative (uncredited)

[Johan Melle]

L'oro di Roma (1961) as Jewish woman

Thanks to Nick for the pictures

[PeplumParadise]

l ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (1971) as Christian.

Life for Christian women in peplums was a pretty dull affair, so they obviously relieved the boredom by swapping clothes!