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Enzo Maggio

{{Short description|Italian actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

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| name = Enzo Maggio

| image = Enzo Maggio - Piedone lo sbirro.png

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| caption = Enzo Maggio in Piedone lo sbirro (1973)

| birth_name = Vincenzo Maggio

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|10|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Naples, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age |1978|7|13|1902|10|10|df=yes}}

| death_place = Naples, Italy

| occupation = Actor

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Enzo Maggio (10 October 1902 – 13 July 1978) was an Italian actor. He was the oldest of the Maggio siblings.

Born Vincenzo Maggio in Naples into a family of actors, Maggio made a long apprenticeship in the avanspettacolo theaters before and during the Second World War.{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: Gli artisti. Gli attori dal 1930 ai giorni nostri.|date=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=8884402697}} On stage, he was specialized in macchiette and in the impersonation of the comedian Larry Semon (known in Italy as Ridolini).Antonio Virgilio Savona; Michele Lo Straniero. "Maggio, Famiglia". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 959-960. After the war, he decided to devote himself to cinema and had a very prolific career even if often cast in character roles.{{cite book|author1=Massimo Giraldi |author2=Enrico Lancia |author3=Fabio Melelli |title=100 caratteristi del cinema italiano|year=2006 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2006|isbn=8884403839}}

Maggio often worked on stage with his brothers and sisters Dante, Beniamino, Pupella and Rosalia.

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Category:1902 births

Category:1978 deaths

Category:Italian male film actors

Category:Male actors from Naples

Category:Italian male stage actors

Category:20th-century Italian male actors