Pupella Maggio
Know for: Acting
Born: 1910-04-24
Place of birth: Naples, Italy
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The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence...
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
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...
Amarcord (1973)
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd...
Two Women (1960)
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...
Little Girls and High Finance (1960)
A low level official and a prostitute both try to commit suicide and fail, afterwards he becomes a pimp and the prostitutes take over the country.
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
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...
Il medico dei pazzi (1954)
Felice Sciosciammocca, the mayor of Roccasecca, sends his nephew Ciccillo to Naples so that he will become a good doctor.
Il Cilindro (1978)
The comedy, centered on five characters (Rita, Rodolfo, Agostino, Bettina, and Don Attilio - "o viecchio pazzo"-), has as background the Italy of the...
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia (1959)
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...
Days of Inspector Ambrosio (1988)
A few days before Inspector Ambrosio's holiday, a bank robbery takes place opposite his house.
Terror of Oklahoma (1959)
Italian Western comedy in black-and-white. The movie intended to be a parody of the American western as even the title shows, being a hybrid between...
A qualcuna piace calvo (1959)
Two girls (a secretary and a musician) disguise themselves as men in order to work for a famous bald actor.
Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990)
Rosa, a mature mother of several children, is concerned that her beloved husband Don Peppino is losing interest in her, and does his best to provoke...
Serenatella Sciuè Sciuè (1958)
Two women, Tina, who is a pizza chef, and Lisa, who runs a shop, can't stand each other, but they have a nephew and a daughter respectively, who love...
Be Sick… It's Free (1968)
Comedy about the flawed Italian healthcare system of the time and a doctor's expeirence with it.
Medicine Italian Style (1969)
Story of an ambitious young doctor through unethical means intend to make a quick career. Now is primary in a luxury clinic where administers the...
The Valachi Papers (1972)
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful...
Tre Calzoni Fortunati (1959)
Don Felice Sciosciammocca, a poor and simple man, goes to the day, hoping that sooner or later will come the right opportunity to change his life. A...
Dangerous Women (1958)
Federico, Bruno, Pirro and Benny are married. The first three have beautiful wifes, Benny instead is married to a ugly woman. Ornella is Bruno's...
Christmas at the Cupiello Household (1977)
Luca Cupiello, like every Christmas, prepares the crib, amid the disinterest of his wife Concetta and his son Tommasino. Ninuccia, the other...
Gennareniello (1978)
Gennareniello, a crazy inventor, is married to Concettina and lives at home with his son Tommasino, full of tics, his spinster sister and with...
Caravan Petrol (1959)
A simple barberman from Naples travel to Arabia for search a big fortune that could make him rich.