Pupella Maggio
Acting
Biography
Pupella Maggio born Giustina Maggio (24 April 1910 - 8 December 1999) was an Italian film actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pupella Maggio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 24, 1910
Place of Birth: Naples, Italy
Known For
Christmas at the Cupiello Household
Luca Cupiello, like every Christmas, prepares the crib, amid the disinterest of his wife Concetta and his son Tommasino. Ninuccia, the other daughter, writes a letter to her husband in which she communicates that she leaves him for her lover. The letter happens in the hands of Luca who hands it over to his son-in-law, who thus learns of his wife's betrayal. During lunch on Christmas Eve, the two rivals, who were confronted by Luca's carelessness, clash violently.
Le voci di dentro
Having withdrawn his complaint from the police station, Alberto now finds himself in trouble: the public prosecutor, suspicious, believes that he acted in this way out of fear or something else.
Gennareniello
Gennareniello, a crazy inventor, is married to Concettina and lives at home with his son Tommasino, full of tics, his spinster sister and with Matteo, a drawing master who makes plans for his inventions. Driven by his friends, the man courts the young teacher Anna and when his wife notices it, he is forced to run away from home, overwhelmed by the scorn of derision of friends and acquaintances who come to disguise him as a dandy, thus offending his dignity.
Cinema Paradiso
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.
La Romana
Amarcord
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
Two Women
A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia
Pasquale Grifone, who lives in Naples with his family, receives in a dream the visit of Dante Alighieri. The poet suggests to the man, clouded by the fumes of alcohol, four numbers to play.
The Four Days of Naples
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
Il medico dei pazzi
Filmography
as Giustina
as Zia Memé
as Maria Di Vita (aged)
as Rosa Cuomo
as Assunta, madre di Salvatore
as Filomena
as Concetta, sua moglie
as Bettina
as Concetta
as Miranda Biondi
as Letizia Reina
as Antonietta Parisi
as Mrs. Parise
as Noah's wife
as Arturo's Mother
as un fermier
as Lucia
as The mother-in-law
as madre di Marcella
as donna Rosa la strozzina
as Miss Moorey
as Filomena
as Aurelia
as Tina Paradiso
as La vedova