Rosalia Maggio
{{Short description|Italian actress, dancer, singer and showgirl (1921–1995)}}
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| birth_date = 1 May 1921
| birth_place = Palermo, Kingdom of Italy
| death_date = 25 July 1995
| death_place = Naples, Italy
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- dancer
- singer
- showgirl
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Rosalia Maggio (1 May 1921 – 25 July 1995) was an Italian actress, dancer, singer and showgirl. She was the youngest of the Maggio siblings.
Biography
Born in Palermo, she was the daughter of two comedian actors and sister of actors Enzo, Dante, Beniamino and Pupella Maggio.{{cite book|author1=Felice Cappa |author2=Piero Gelli |author3=Marco Mattarozzi |title=Dizionario Dello Spettacolo Del '900|year=1998 |publisher=Dalai editore, 1998|isbn=8880892959}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZcaAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rosalia+Maggio%22|title=Un teatro chiamato Diana|last=Ribaud|first=Renato|date=2003|publisher=Arte tip.|isbn=9788887375398|language=it}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjNlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Rosalia+Maggio%22|title=Parole mbrugliate: parole vere per Eduardo|last=Pozzi|first=Emilio|date=2007|publisher=Bulzoni|isbn=9788878702011|language=it}} She debuted at 5 years old as a child actress. Maggio appeared widely in films, theatrical plays, radio dramas, revues, sceneggiate, and operetta.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L6EaAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rosalia+Maggio%22|title=Il teatro di varietà dalla Belle époque agli anni sessanta ed oltre, in Italia|last1=Mottola|first1=Francesco|last2=d'Arezzo|first2=Paolo Perrone Burali|date=1995|publisher=Nuove edizioni culturali|language=it}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYtLAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rosalia+Maggio%22|title=Walter Chiari: un animale da palcoscenico|last=Sancisi|first=Michele|date=2011|publisher=Mediane|isbn=9788896042250|language=it}} She died of cancer in Naples at 75.{{cite news|last=Maurizio Porro|title=Addio a Rosalia Maggio vulcano del teatro partenopeo|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1995/luglio/26/Addio_Rosalia_Maggio_vulcano_del_co_0_9507261293.shtml|accessdate=7 July 2012|newspaper=Corriere della Sera|date=26 July 1995}}
Selected filmography
= Film =
- 1936: The Two Sergeants – (uncredited)
- 1954: Desiderio 'e sole – Aunt Clara Di Capua
- 1954: Letter from Naples – Concetta
- 1955: Tragic Ballad – cameriera casa Accardi
- 1956: Te stò aspettanno
- 1958: Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics – Anita
- 1958: Carosello di canzoni – Signora Concetta Apicella
- 1959: Fantasmi e ladri
- 1961: Revenge of the Conquered
- 1961: Day by Day, Desperately – Adele
- 1962: Roaring Years – Donna Nunzia Acquamano
- 1962: The Four Days of Naples – Scared Woman (uncredited)
- 1963: The Girl from Parma – Iris
- 1963: La donna degli altri è sempre più bella – Lucia Marcani (segment "La dirittura morale")
- 1963: Giacobbe, l'uomo che lottò con Dio
- 1964: I due toreri
- 1965: Made in Italy – Another Guest (segment "2 'Il Lavoro', episode 2")
- 1965: Menage all'italiana – Stella's Mother
- 1972: Don't Torture a Duckling – Mrs. Spriano – Michele's Mother
- 1974: I guappi – Amalia Scognamiglio
- 1980: La pagella
- 1981: I figli... so' pezzi 'e core – Donna Concetta
- 1981: Nel segno del leone
- 1985: The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal – Vedova Pescatore
- 1988: Chiari di luna – Suor Resurrezione
= Television =
- 1964: Michele Settespiriti – Elvira
- 1987–1993: Eurocops
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0535993}}
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Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:Deaths from cancer in Campania
Category:20th-century Italian actresses
Category:Actresses from Palermo
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