Poor Old Woman

[Johan Melle]

The unidentified "Poor Old Woman" in Degueyo (1966)

This generica looks to have been quite active in Italian cinema throughout the 1960s and 1970s. 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.

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Filmography

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1960

1. Il rossetto .... Woman in the street
2. Tu che ne dici? .... Woman in circus audience
   
   1961
3. L'oro di Roma .... Jewish woman
   
   1962
4. Il tiranno di Siracusa .... Member of the angry mob (uncredited)
   
   1963
5. I compagni .... Factory worker (uncredited)
   
   1964
6. Coriolano eroe senza patria .... Woman in crowd outside the senate (uncredited)
7. Ercole contro i tiranni di Babilonia .... Prisoner freed by Hercules (uncredited)
8. I lunghi capelli della morte .... Villager (uncredited)
   
   1966
9. After the Fox / Caccia alla volpe .... Prison visitor / Spectator at the trial (uncredited)
10. Degueyo .... Danger City townswoman
11. I criminali della galassia .... One of the failed experiements (uncredited)
    
    1967
12. L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta .... Cigar factory worker (uncredited)
13. Little Rita nel West .... Squaw (uncredited)
14. Un dollaro tra i denti .... Mexican villager (uncredited)
    
    1968
15. Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell .... Woman at the reunion party (uncredited)
16. La pecora nera .... Poor woman signing bill (uncredited)
17. Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi .... Woman at the funeral
    
    1970
18. Satiricosissimo .... Woman cursing who set fire to Rome (uncredited)
    
    1971
19. ll ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo .... Christian (uncredited)
    
    1973
20. Il fiore dai petali d'acciaio .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
21. L'emigrante .... Salvation army woman singing for prisoners (uncredited)
    
    1974
22. Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno .... One of the poor people (uncredited)
23. L'anticristo .... Woman at the sanctuary (uncredited)
24. The Arena / La rivolta delle gladiatrici .... Spectator in the arena (uncredited)
    
    1975
25. Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia .... Old woman locked in the burning building (uncredited)
26. Fango bollente .... One of Pepe's relatives (uncredited)
27. I sette del gruppo selvaggio .... Town woman
28. Il gatto mammone .... Peasant in the rain
29. Profondo rosso .... Woman in the market (uncredited)
    
    1979
30. Giallo napoletano .... Asylum patient (uncredited)
    
    1981
31. ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà .... Zombie at the hospital (uncredited)
    
    1982
32. Caligola - La storia mai raccontata .... Woman at the orgy (uncredited)

[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 One of Pepe's relatives

[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!