Who Are Those Singers & Musicians? – Nieves Navarro

 

Nieves Navarro García was born in Almeria, Andalucia, Spain on November 11, 1938. She was a leading actress in both Spanish and Italian films and on television. She began her career as a fashion model and began her acting career in television in Spain in 1956 which 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 Totò in the Lawrence of Arabia parody “Toto of Arabia” (1965), 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) 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 Spaghetti Westerns that were shot regularly in her hometown of Almeria. In 1965, she appeared in “A Pistol for Ringo”, starring Giuliano Gemma, as the girlfriend of the Mexican bandit Sancho (Fernando Sancho). Navarro also appeared in the sequel “The Return of Ringo”, and supporting roles in “The Big Gundown” (1966), “Long Days of Vengeance” (1967), “Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming” (1970) and “Adiós, Sabata” (1971). Nieves also had leading roles in a number of action and horror films during this period and was among the protagonists of the film “Death Walks At Midnight” (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 erotica 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). During this period she was often billed as Susan Scott.

Navarro sang the song “To the West” in 1966’s “El Rojo” starring Richard Harrison.

NAVARRO, Nieves (Nives Navarro, Susan Scott, Suzanne Scott) (Nieves Navarro García) [11/10/1938, Almería, Andalucía, Spain -     ] – film, TV actress, married to producer, production manager, director, assistant director, writer, film editor Luciano Ercoli [1929-2015] (1972-2015).

El Rojo – 1966 [sings: “To the West”]