Nieves Navarro

Nieves Navarro García (born 11 November 1938) is a retired Spanish actress and fashion model. She worked extensively in Italian cinema appearing alongside actors such as Totò and Lino Banfi in the 1960s and 1970s. She later adopted the Anglicized stage name Susan Scott (or Suzanne Scott) for many of her productions after 1969.

Navarro was also one of the first female stars of the Spaghetti Western genre making her feature film debut in A Pistol for Ringo and its sequel The Return of Ringo along with later appearances in The Big Gundown (1966), Long Days of Vengeance (1967), Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming (1970) and Adiós, Sabata (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 with her erotically themed roles in giallo and sex comedies.

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.

Early life Navarro was born in Almería, to an Andalusian father and a Catalan mother. Her family moved to Barcelona when she was twelve years old. 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). 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 erotica 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 but with less than expected success. She made two last films in 1989, Fiori di zucca and Casa di piacere, before going into retirement. In recent years, she returned to Spain, settling in Barcelona with Ercoli.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1965 Toto of Arabia Doris A Pistol for Ringo Dolores The Return of Ringo Rosita 1966 Kiss Kiss...Bang Bang Alina Shakespeare El Rojo Consuelo Che notte, ragazzi! Consuelo The Big Gundown The Widow 1967 Long Days of Vengeance Dolly 1969 Le Paria Sylvia A Wrong Way to Love Anna Lanfranchi Amor a todo gas Laura Montes / Falsa Elena Siete minutos para morir Karin Foster Naked Violence Livia Ussaro 1970 Adiós, Sabata Kingsville Saloon Dancer Le foto proibite di una signora per bene Dominique Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming Belle Manassas 1971 Death Walks on High Heels Nicole Rochard 1972 All the Colors of the Dark Barbara Harrison Kill the Poker Player Lilly / Kate So Sweet, So Dead Lily Death Walks at Midnight Valentina 1973 Death Carries a Cane Kitty The Magnificent Dare Devil Nina 1974 Il giudice e la minorenne Laura Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? 1975 The Family Vice Ines, the Countess Los hijos de Scaramouche Princesa 1976 There's a Spy in My Bed Madame Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk Crystal Mauricio, mon amour UncreditedNoi siam come le lucciole Il medico... la studentessa Luisa 1977 The Rip-Off Ornella Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals Maggie McKenzie 1978 Cugine mie Aunt Gaia Emanuelle e Lolita Emanuelle 1979 Candide Lolita Adrienne Larousse The Nurse in the Military Madhouse Veronica La Russa 1980 Sex and Black Magic Helen 1981 La moglie in bianco... l'amante al pepe Anna-Maria Mancuso Honey Governess 1983 El fascista, doña Pura y el follón de la escultura Pura 1989 Fiori di zucca Madre di Enzo Casa di piacere (final film role)