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Pupella Maggio

Naples  24 April 1910 – Rome 8 1999

Pupella stage name Giustina Maggio, daughter of art embarked on a road of theatre together with his brothers Benjamin, Dante, Enzo, Rosalia and Margherita. The father of Pupella was one of the great capocominci of the Neapolitan theatre history (Domenico Maggio said Mimi), his mother Antoinette was the daughter of Gravente Act of Circus equestro "Carro di Tespi." Gisutina began his theatrical career with Eduardo Scarpetta in the role of a rag doll in the show the Pupa Movable, and it was precisely because of this part which was called Pupella. In the 1940s, abandons the scenes because of the death of her parents, she moved to Rome where he began the job of Milliner, but due to a friendship with the Jews was forced to move to Terni, where he found a job in a steel works treating the shows of dopolavoro. 

The news of his friendship with Jews arrived there too and so was forced again to leave and moved to Milan where he joined his sister Rosalia and began working at the Teatro Nuovo, magazine company beside Carlo Croccolo, pain Palumbo. After a brief stint in Milan he returned to Naples where he met Eduardo De Filippo and so in 1954 he joined the company of Eduardo, after the death of Titina de Filippo, Pupella replaces it in the role of Filumena Marturano and after Concetta in Christmas in the Cupiello house. 

But due to a series of misunderstandings with Eduardo, in 1960 Pupella leaves the company of Eduardo and so begins his movie experience with Mario Amendola, Camillo Mastrocinque, Mauro Morassi, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, Nanny Loy, and John Huston in the film the Bible. In 1973 began working with Federico Fellini in the film Amacord as mother of protagonist but voiced by Ave Ninchi. She was married to Louis of the island from which divorced in 1976. In 1987 he had a car accident that forced him to stop for a long period, he moved to Todi, later was called by Giuseppe Tornatore film New Cimena Paradise. 

The 8 December 1999 passes away at Sandro Pertini hospital due to a brain hemorrhage.

Filmography

1947/ Lost in the dark, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque 

1947/ The Passer, directed by Duilio Coletti 

1947/ The Doctor of the Mad, directed by Mario Mattoli

1958/ The terrible Teodoro, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero

1958/ Serenatella sciuè sciuè,, directed by Carlo Campogalliani 

1958/ Dangerous Wives, by Luigi Comencini 

1959/ Terror in Oklahoma, directed by Mario Amendola

1959/ Dream of a half-drunk, directed by Eduardo de Filippo 

1959/ The Duchess of St. Lights, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero 

1960/ Caravan Petrol, directed by Mario Amendola 

1960/ Some like bald, directed by Mario Amendola 

1960/ Anonima Cocottes, directed by Camillo Mastrocinque 

1960/ The ciociaria, directed by Vittorio De Sica

1961/ Husbands in danger, directed by Mauro Morassi 

1962/ The four days of Naples, directed by Nanni Loy 

1966/ The Bible, directed by John Huston 

1968/ The doctor of the wetsuit, directed by Luigi Zampa 

1969/ Prof. Dr. Guido Tersilli primary of the Villa Celeste clinic contracted with the wetsuits, directed by Luciano Salce 

1972/ Joe Valanchi – the secrets of the Cosa Nostra, directed by Terence Young 

1972/ Amarcord, directed by Federico Fellini 

1981/ Napulitane tears, directed by Ciro Ippolito 

1988/ Commissioner Ambrosio's days, directed by Sergio Corbucci 

1988/ New Cinema Paradiso, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore 

1990/ Saturday, Sunday and Monday, directed by Lina Wertmüller 

2002/ Let cone us, directed by Francesco Apolloni

Rai Filmography

Your luck with the uppercase effe, with Angela Pagano, Enzo Cannavale, Clelia Matania, Eduardo De Filippo, Pietro Carloni.

The Doctor of the Mad, with Clelia Matania, Antonio Casagrande, Angela Pagano, Enzo Petito

The cylinder, with Eduardo De Filippo, Monica Vitti, Vincenzo Salemme, Ferruccio De Ceresea, Luca De Filippo, Marzio Honorato.