Biographies: Pupella Maggio - Actor

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An Italian actress, born as Giustina Maggio on April 24, 1910, in Naples, Campania, Italy. She appeared for the first time in a play when she was one year old, as her family owned a theater and most of them worked in acting. She was the sister of actors Icadio Maggio, Enzo Maggio, Beniamino Maggio, Dante Maggio, Rosalia Maggio and Margherita Maggio. She won the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, presented by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for her role in Il medico della mutua (1968). Her credits include Amarcord (1973) and Cinema Paradiso (1988). She was previously married to Luigi Dell'Isola from 1962 to 1976. She died on December 8, 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy, of a brain hemorrhage.

• 30 January 2023
• Shaimaa Saied