Little Known Western Actors ~ Carlo Cattaneo, Lella Cattaneo

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Carlo and Lella Cattaneo were husband and wife. I have no biographical information on Carlo but he most like was born in the early 1900s and has passed on by now. He appeared in only one Spaghetti western and that was “Uomo avvisato mezzo ammazzato…parola di Spirito Santo” (Blazing Guns) in 1971 as a townsman

CATTANEO, Carlo [Italian] – film actor, married to actress Lella Cattaneo (Angela Bassi) [1905-1992].

Blazing Guns – 1971 (townsman)

Lella on the other hand was born Angela Bassi on June 8, 1905, in Castel Bolognese, Ravenna, Italy. She had quite a career as a fotoromanzi, film and TV actress starting in 1965 and continuing through over 60 films and TV appearances until 1991. She appeared as basically an extra or character actress in small background parts.

Lella Cattaneo died in Rome on April 1, 1992, at the age of 86.

Lella appeared in five Spaghetti westerns: “Dio perdona... io no!” (God Forgives… I Don’t!) in 1966 as a woman waiting for the train, “È tornato Sabata... hai chiuso un'altra volta” (Return of Sabata) in 1971 as a roulette gambler, “...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità” (Trinity is STILL My Name) in 1971 as a restaurant patron, “La vendetta e un piatto che si serve freddo” (Vengeance Trail) also in 1971 as the townswoman with a parisol) and in 1972 she played a woman in the dining car in “Te Deum” (Sting of the West).

CATTANEO, Lella (aka Angela Bassi Cattaneo, Angela Cattaneo Bassi, Lela Cattaneo) (Angela Bassi) [6/8/1905, Castel Bolognese, Ravenna, Italy – 4/1/1992, Rome, Lazio, Italy] – fotoromanzi, film, TV actress, married to actor Carlo Cattaneo.

God Forgives... I Don’t! – 1966 (woman waiting for train)

Return of Sabata – 1971 (roulette gambler)

Trinity is STILL My Name – 1971 (restaurant patron)

Vengeance Trail – 1971 (townswoman with parasol)

Sting of the West – 1972 (woman in dining car)