A link just posted up on the Nocturno Forum:
Yesterday, on July 9th, Franca Stoppi, president of U.N.A (Uomo Natura Animali) died. Franca devoted her entire life to the defence of animal rights and a pacifist society, including the construction of a shelter for abandoned cats in FOligno, La Piccola Corte dei Miracoli, which now hosts more than 70 animals.
Franca Stoppi had a long and distinguished career as an actress and model. She appeared in major theatres across Italy alongside her husband, Simone Mattioli, with whom she founded her own company. She was also active on TV and in dubbing for over thirty years, beginning as a teenager.
Franca is best known for her appearances in a number of cult films from the late 70s / early 80s: Peter Skerl’s nutzoid Bestialita (76), Joe D’Amato’s Beyond the Darkness (Buio omega, 79), Bruno Mattei’s The Other Hell (L’altro inferno, 81). Her last appearance was in Mattei’s 1983 Women in Prison film, Blade Violent (Emanuelle fuga dall’inferno, 83)