Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in Umberto D. and An American in Rome.[1]
Maria-Pia Casilio | |
|---|---|
 Casilio and Alberto Sordi in An American in Rome (1954) | |
| Born | 5 May 1935 L'Aquila, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 10 April 2012 (aged 76) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–1997 |
Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, usually filling roles as a querulous and naive small-town girl.[1] After her marriage with voice actor Giuseppe Rinaldi, she semi-retired from acting.[1] On the Criterion Collection DVD release of Umberto D. Vittorio De Sica comments she was a lucky charm to have her in his films.
Partial filmography
- Umberto D. (1952) - Maria
- Half a Century of Song (1952)
- Siamo tutti inquilini (1953) - Una cameriera
- Terminal Station (1953) - Young bride from Abruzzo (uncredited)
- Il viale della speranza (1953) - Concettine
- Therese Raquin (1953) - Georgette, la bonne
- La valigia dei sogni (1953) - Mariannina
- Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) - Paoletta
- Angels of Darkness (1954) - The Young Girl
- Mid-Century Loves (1954) - Carmela (segment "Guerra 1915-18")
- Neapolitan Carousel (1954) - Nannina
- The Air of Paris (1954) - Maria Pozzi
- Appassionatamente (1954) - Giannina
- The Doctor of the Mad (1954) - Margherita
- Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954) - Paoletta
- An American in Rome (1954) - Elvira
- Dangerous Turning (1954) - Paquita Simoni
- Due soldi di felicità (1954) - Carmela
- An American in Rome (1955) - Anita
- I pappagalli (1955) - Fulvia
- Toto, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956) - Rosina
- Il canto dell'emigrante (1956) - Anna Benetti
- Amarti è il mio destino (1957) - Maria
- Pezzo, capopezzo e capitano (1958) - Maria
- Mogli pericolose (1958) - Elisa
- Gagliardi e pupe (1958) - Rosina
- Arrivederci Firenze (1958) - Patrizia Taylor
- La banda del buco (1960) - Cordelia
- La donna di ghiaccio (1960) - Antonietta, la cuoca
- The Last Judgment (1961) - Waitress
- Cuore matto... matto da legare (1967)
- Lo chiameremo Andrea (1972) - Bruna Parini
- Noi uomini duri (1987) - Ines
- Three Men and a Leg (1997) - Cecconi's wife
