Delia Scala
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 25, 1929
Place of Birth: Bracciano, Lazio, Italy
Known For
Position Wanted
Maria is a housmaid and she is being engaged to Berto for fifteen years. Berto has not a lasting job so he is waiting for the death of his uncle Matteo to come into an inheritance. In the meantime Maria goes on with her work, first in the house of an unfaithful wife; then for an actor and his wife on the verge of leaving each other and last for Raffaele who wants to marry her. At last uncle Matteo dies...
Reeds and Mud
Province of Valencia, Spain, 19th century. Tonet lives an intense love story with Neleta, whom he has known since childhood, but is forced to leave her to serve in the war in Cuba.
Rome 11:00
The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.
Difficult Years
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. When the war comes, he finds himself able only to talk ineffectually in secret against Mussolini, even as his own son Giovanni is sent into battle. By the end of the war, Aldo has found the courage to stand up for his beliefs, but by then it is too late.
Side Street Story
A combination of a satire on war and a comedy with war as the background. It tells of the ordinary people living on a Naples sidestreet, from 1940 to 1950 under the dominance of the Fascists, the Nazis and then the Allies occupation forces. Primary among the citizens is Gennaro Iovine (Eduard De Filippo)who has a penchant for innocently getting into trouble, and his friend Pasquale (Toto.) The latter is a rail-sweeper who becomes a professional stand-in...a corpse used to conceal contraband...serving jail time for those who don't care to spend the time to do the time...a substitute at a political rally when violence threatens the scheduled speaker
Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl
Goubbiah is a Yugoslav sponge fisherman. He loves Trinida, but she is promised to Peppo, the village drunkard. Jao tries to keep Goubbiah away from his daughter.
Le Olimpiadi dei mariti
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Gentleman gangster Max and his partner, Riton, pull off their last, most successful heist and find themselves comfortable enough to retire in the style they enjoy. However, Max confides the details of the theft to his younger mistress, Josey -- who has secretly taken up with ambitious young rival gangster Angelo. Angelo then has Riton kidnapped and demands the stash of gold as ransom, which threatens Max's dreams of the perfect retirement.
Signori si nasce
Baron Zazà, always broke due his dissolute lifestyle, decides to con a hefty sum of money out of his wealthy but greedy brother.
A Dog’s Life
Tragicomedy telling of the trials and tribulations of a troupe of variety show artists.
Filmography
as Delia, la mamma
as Cecilia
as Delia
as Maura Ornano
as Delia Amato
as Patrizia
as Betsabea
as Trinida
as Lia
as Agatina
as Luisella
as Marieta
as Hughette
as La ballerinetta
as Josette
as Lauretta
as Titina
as Franca
as Palmina
as Gabriella Mazzillo
as Gloria / Estrella / Dolores
as Silvia
as Angelina
as Silvia Pietrangeli
as Tamara
as Cinzia
as Herself
as La moglie dell'avvocato
as Silvana Sostacchini
as Rosetta
as Delia
as Vera
as Maria Rosaria Iovine
as Maria Riva
as Lisa
as Elena Piscitello
as Giulietta