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Filmography

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'' (1949) as Lupita Montez (uncredited) * '' The Doctor and the Girl'' (1949) as Mrs. Crisani, Tony's Mother (uncredited) * ''

Stop That Cab ''Stop That Cab'' is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Eugenio de Liguoro and starring Sid Melton, Iris Adrian and Marjorie Lord. It was produced as a second feature and distributed by the independent Lippert Pictures. Exclusive Films, wh ...

'' (1951) as Josephine Moscadella * '' Strictly Dishonorable'' (1951) as Mrs. Peccatori (uncredited) * ''

Westward the Women ''Westward the Women'' is a 1951 American western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel and John McIntire. Plot In 1851, the working men of Whitman's Valley in California are lonely. Local proprietor Ro ...

'' (1951) as Mrs. Moroni * '' When in Rome'' (1952) as Mrs. Maroni (uncredited) * '' Trouble Along the Way'' (1953) as Maria's Italian Mother (uncredited) * '' The Command'' (1954) as Mrs. Pellegrini (uncredited) * '' Three Coins in the Fountain'' (1954) as Anna (uncredited) * '' The Seven Little Foys'' (1955) as Ballerina Mistress in Milan (uncredited) * ''

It's Always Fair Weather ''It's Always Fair Weather'' is a 1955 American Musical film, musical romantic comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. The film was scripted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who also wrote the show's lyrics, with music by André P ...

'' (1955) as Mother (uncredited) * '' Hell on Frisco Bay'' (1955) as Anna Amato * ''

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'' (1956) as Village Woman (uncredited) * '' The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' (1956) as Italian Farmer's Wife (uncredited) * '' Somebody Up There Likes Me'' (1956) Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Four Girls in Town ''Four Girls in Town'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope Technicolor drama film, directed by Jack Sher, about four girls trying to be movie stars. Plot When the leading lady drops out of a new film to be shot in New Orleans, studio head James Mannin ...

'' (1957) as Rosa (uncredited) * ''

Ten Thousand Bedrooms ''Ten Thousand Bedrooms'' is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti and Eva Bartok. Shot in Metrocolor and CinemaScope, it was Martin's first film in the wake of the dis ...

'' (1957) as Maid (uncredited) * '' The Midnight Story'' (1957) as Señora Bergatina (uncredited) * '' The Hard Man'' (1957) as Juanita * ''

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'' (1958, TV Series) as Maria * '' The Beat Generation'' (1959) as Mrs. Rosa Costa (uncredited) * '' The Jayhawkers!'' (1959) as Indian Woman * '' Pay or Die'' (1960) as Mom Saulino * '' Frontier Uprising'' (1961) as Augustina * ''

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'' (1963) (Season 2 Episode 9: "The Dividing Wall") as Woman Customer * ''

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'' (1964, S8E6, The Case of the Nautical Knot) as Rosa Martinez * ''

The Greatest Story Ever Told ''The Greatest Story Ever Told'' is a 1965 American epic film, epic List of religious films, religious film that retells the Biblical account of Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, from the Nativity of Jesus, Nativity through to the Ascension of J ...

'' (1965) as Weeping Woman (uncredited) * ''

'' (1965) as Mrs. Favaloro * ''

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Paul Mazursky, written by Mazursky and Larry Tucker (screenwriter), Larry Tucker, who also produced the film, and starring Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliott Gould, ...

'' (1969) as Chianti Woman (uncredited) * '' A Dream of Kings'' (1969) as Mrs. Falconis * '' The Last Porno Flick'' (1974) as Concetta * '' Murder in the First Person Singular'' (1974, TV Movie) as Mrs. Montopollis * '' Once Is Not Enough'' (1975) as Maria * '' I Will... I Will... For Now'' (1976) as Receptionist * '' Fatso'' (1980) as Zi Marie * '' The Idolmaker'' (1980) as Mrs. Bevaloqua * ''

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'' (1981, TV Movie) as Mama De Fellita * '' Frank Nitti: The Enforcer'' (1988, TV Movie) * ''

'' (1988) as Mama Assunta * '' Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1989) as Donna Toscana (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

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