Pupella Maggio (born Giustina Maria Maggio; 24 April 1910 – 8 December 1999) was an Italian film actress.
Pupella Maggio | |
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 Maggio in 1987 | |
| Born | Giustina Maria Maggio 24 April 1910 Naples, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 8 December 1999 (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
| Children | Maria Dell'Isola |
| Parent(s) | Domenico "Mimì" Maggio (father) Antonietta Gravante |
| Relatives | Beniamino Maggio (brother) Dante Maggio (brother) Enzo Maggio (brother) Rosalia Maggio (sister) |
Life and career
editBorn in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio debuted on stage aged twelve years old, as the sidekick of her brother Beniamino. She later worked with several companies, including the ones led by Rina Morelli and by Eduardo De Filippo, where after the death of Titina De Filippo she inherited most of her roles.[1]
She settled in Todi, where she continued to deal with cinema. She was the mother, now elderly, of the main character in Giuseppe Tornatore's 1988 Oscar-winning film Nuovo Cinema Paradiso . In 1997, she wrote and published her first and only novel, the autobiographical Poca luce in tanto spazio (A Little Light in a Lot of Space) edited by Carlo Grassetti. Maggio also appeared in several films, winning the Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Luigi Zampa's Be Sick... It's Free.[1][2]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Bullet for Stefano | Marta | |
| 1947 | Lost in the Dark | ||
| 1954 | The Doctor of the Mad | ||
| 1958 | Mogli pericolose | Aurelia Bertuetti a.k.a. "Lolita" | |
| 1958 | Serenatella sciuè sciuè | Tina Paradiso | |
| 1958 | Il terribile Teodoro | ||
| 1959 | La Fortuna Con L'effe Maiuscola | ||
| 1959 | La duchessa di Santa Lucia | ||
| 1959 | Il terrore dell'Oklahoma | ||
| 1959 | Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia | Filumena | |
| 1960 | Anônimas Cocottes | ||
| 1960 | Mariti in pericolo | Lucia | |
| 1960 | Two Women | Peasant | |
| 1960 | Caravan petrol | ||
| 1960 | A Qualcuna Piace Calvo | Marcella's Mother | |
| 1962 | The Four Days of Naples | Arturo's Mother | Uncredited |
| 1966 | The Bible: In the Beginning... | Noah's Wife | |
| 1968 | Be Sick... It's Free | Mrs. Antonietta Parisi | |
| 1971 | Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli | Antonietta Parisi | |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers | Letizia Reina | |
| 1973 | Amarcord | Miranda Biondi | |
| 1981 | Lacrime napulitane | ||
| 1988 | Cinema Paradiso | Maria (old) | |
| 1988 | Days of Inspector Ambrosio | Rosa Cuomo | |
| 1990 | Sabato, domenica e lunedì | Zia Memé | |
| 2002 | Fate come noi | Giustina | (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ a b Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Maggio, Famiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 959-960.
- ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
External links
edit- Pupella Maggio at IMDb
- Massimo Colella, Profilo biografico di attori partenopei del XX secolo: IV. Pupella Maggio, 2022 (https://www.centrostuditeatro.it/2022/03/pupella-maggio/).
