Nieves Navarro García (born November 11, 1938) is a retired Spanish-born Italian actress and fashion model. Navarro worked extensively in

Italian cinema The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect of film ha ...

appearing alongside actors such as

Totò Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi de Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il Principe della risata ...

and

Lino Banfi Lino Banfi (born Pasquale Zagaria; 9 July 1936) is an Italian film actor and presenter. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1960. Biography He was born in the Apulian city of Andria and at the age of three, moved to Canosa di Puglia. Li ...

in the 1960s and 1970s. She later adopted the Americanized stage name Susan Scott for many of her productions after 1969. Navarro was also one of the first female stars of the

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making her feature film debut in ''

A Pistol for Ringo ''A Pistol for Ringo'' ( it, Una pistola per Ringo) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western, a joint Italian and Spanish production. Originally written and directed by Duccio Tessari, the film's success led to a sequel, ''The Return of Ringo'', later that y ...

'' and its sequel ''

The Return of Ringo ''The Return of Ringo'' ( it, Il ritorno di Ringo) is a 1965 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Duccio Tessari and the sequel to the earlier film ''A Pistol for Ringo''. Like its predecessor, the film features a score composed by Ennio Mo ...

'' along with later appearances in ''

The Big Gundown ''The Big Gundown'' ( it, La resa dei conti, lit=The Settling of Scores) is a 1966 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Sollima, and starring Lee Van Cleef and Tomas Milian. Plot Possessing a reputation for bringing criminals to justice, r ...

'' (1966), ''

Long Days of Vengeance ''Long Days of Vengeance'' ( it, I lunghi giorni della vendetta is a 1967 Western film directed by Florestano Vancini. It is the only western directed by Vancini, here credited as Stan Vance. The film is a Spaghetti Western version of Alexandre D ...

'' (1967), '' Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming'' (1970) and ''

Adiós, Sabata ''Adiós, Sabata'' ( it, Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di..., lit. "Indio Black, you know what I'm going to tell you... You're a big son of a...") is a 1970 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. It is ...

'' (1971). In 1972, she married the Italian director and producer Luciano Ercoli, starring in many of his productions up until the early-1980s, and was familiar for her erotically-themed roles in

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and

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. She went into semi-retirement after 1983, making two last films in 1989. In recent years, she returned to live in her native Spain with her husband.

Career

Navarro's career began as advertising and fashion model. The introduction of

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in 1956 led to further appearances in commercials and other work in the industry during the next few years. She began her career as a film actress in Italy alongside

in the ''

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'' parody ''

Toto of Arabia ''Toto of Arabia'' ( it, Totò d'Arabia, es, Toto de Arabia) is a 1965 Italian-Spanish adventure-comedy film directed by . It is a parody of ''Lawrence of Arabia'' and of spy films. Plot Toto, a former Italian military service who works as a ...

'' (1965),Parish, James and Michael Pitts. ''The Great Spy Pictures II''. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1986. (pp. 138, 375) a Spanish-Italian co-production, in which she played Doris, a beautiful spy in the service of the British SIS, who charms the Sheik of Kuwait El Ali el Buzur (

Fernando Sancho Fernando Sancho Les (7 January 1916 – 31 July 1990) was a Spanish actor. Biography He was born in Zaragoza, in Aragon, Spain on 7 January 1916 and died at Hospital Militar Gómez Ulla in Madrid on 31 July 1990 from a liver failure during o ...

) and allows Totò to use her to drive the one hundred wives of the Sheik jealous. Her early work in films took place in the

s that were shot regularly in her hometown of Almeria. In 1965, she appeared in ''

'', starring

Giuliano Gemma Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's ''A Pistol for Ringo'' (1 ...

, as the girlfriend of the Mexican bandit Sancho (Fernando Sancho). Navarro also appeared in the sequel ''

'', and supporting roles in ''

'' (1966),Frayling, Christopher. ''Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys and Europeans from Karl May to Sergio Leone''. London: Routledge & Keagan Paul, 1981. (pp. 262–263) ''Long Days of Vengeance'' (1967), ''Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming'' (1970) and ''

'' (1971). Nieves also had leading roles in a number of

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and

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s during this periodWeisser, Thomas. ''Spaghetti Westerns: The Good, The Bad, and The Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961–1977''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 1992. (pp. 9, 193) and was among the protagonists of the film ''

Death Walks At Midnight ''La morte accarezza a mezzanotte'' (''Death Walks at Midnight''Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd.) is a 1972 ''giallo'' film directed by Luciano Erco ...

'' (1972), directed by Luciano Ercoli, who eventually became her husband. She subsequently moved to Italy with Ercoli where she spent the rest of her career, starring in many of her husband's projects, which ended veering towards Italian

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and "giallo" cinema. It was in the latter genre that highlighted her as a major star especially her appearances in the Emannuelle series, '' Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals'' (1977) and ''Emanuelle e Lolita'' (1978), directed by

Joe D'Amato Aristide Massaccesi (15 December 1936 – 23 January 1999), known professionally as Joe D'Amato, was an Italian film director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter who worked in many genres (westerns, decamerotici, peplum, war films, ...

and Henri Sala respectively. In 1983, Navarro attempted to return to Spanish cinema with films like Gianfranco Angelucci's drama ''

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'' with

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, but with less than expected success. She made two last films in 1989, ''Fiori di zucca'' and ''Casa di piacere'', before going into retirement.Castoldi, Gian Luca. ''Donne in Prigione: Nazisti, Horror e Fantascienza, Thriller, Decameroni e Film Esotici''. Rome: Profondo Rosso, 2005. (p. 198) In recent years, she has returned to

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, settling in

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with Ercoli.

Filmography

References

External links

Nieves Navarro/Susan Scott at Cinemorgue.com
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Navarro, Nieves 1938 births Living people People from Almería People from Barcelona Actresses from Rome Spanish film actresses Spaghetti Western actresses Italian film actresses

Career

Filmography

References

Further reading

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