Rosa Pisano (15 October 1919 – 24 December 1975) was an Italian stage, film and television actress.

Life and career

Pisano was born in

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, into a family of dialect theatre actors. She debuted on stage as a child actress in her family company, and later entered the stage company of

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and

Peppino De Filippo Peppino De Filippo (born Giuseppe De Filippo; 24 August 1903 – 27 January 1980) was an Italian actor. De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and dramatist Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina De Filippo. He made his stage debut at t ...

. After the war and after the dissolution of the company she continued working with Eduardo De Filippo, and starting from the 1950s with other companies, notably the one held by Nino Taranto. Pisano was also active in films and on television, even if mainly cast in supporting roles.

Partial filmography

* ''

Non ti pago! ''Non ti pago!'' is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, who also adapted the play by Eduardo De Filippo, the star of the film. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice Internationa ...

'' (1942) - Una giocatrice al lotto * '' Assunta Spina'' (1948) - Una lavorante all stireria (uncredited) * '' Side Street Story'' (1950) - Assunta * ''Filumena Marturano'' (1951) - Lucia * '' Anna'' (1951) - Suor Carmela * '' Toto in Color'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) - La signora litigiosa * '' Non è vero... ma ci credo'' (1952) - Concetta * '' The Country of the Campanelli'' (1954) - Annie * ''Tarantella napoletana'' (1954) - Troupe Member * ''

The Doctor of the Mad ''The Doctor of the Mad'' ( it, Il medico dei pazzi) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Franca Marzi and Aldo Giuffrè.Bìspuri p.147 It is based on a 1908 Naples-set play of the same name by Eduardo Scar ...

'' (1954) * ''Prima di sera'' (1954) - Francesca - Bancanis' servant * '' Toto and Carolina'' (1955) - Sig.ra Barozzoli (uncredited) * ''

Are We Men or Corporals? ''Are We Men or Corporals?'' ( it, Siamo uomini o caporali) is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Camillo Mastrocinque. Plot Toto is very good at acting, and so he is called in a study to be in a film. However he combines a mess and is offe ...

'' (1955) * '' The Two Friends'' (1955) - Moglie di Vincenzo * ''

Folgore Division ''Folgore Division'' ( it, Divisione Folgore) is a 1955 Italian war film directed by Duilio Coletti. It is based on actual events and depicts the 185th Airborne Division Folgore during the battle of El-Alamein. The screenwriter and military advis ...

'' (1955) - Post Office Worker * '' I giorni più belli'' (1956) - Angelina - La bidella * ''Ci sposeremo a Capri'' (1956) - Rosetta * ''

Arrivano i dollari! ''Arrivano i dollari!'' (i. e. "The dollars are coming!") is a 1957 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Costa and starring Alberto Sordi, Nino Taranto and Isa Miranda. Plot Arduino Pasti, poor left Italy and search fortune in South Africa, ...

'' (1957) - Rosina (uncredited) * '' Il marito'' (1957) - Sofia * '' I prepotenti'' (1958) - Zia Rosa * ''

La sfida ''La sfida'' ("the challenge") is a 1958 Italian film by Francesco Rosi. It stars José Suárez as a gang leader who challenges a local Camorra boss for supremacy. It won the Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film is based on the real- ...

'' (1958) - (uncredited) * '' Tuppe tuppe, Marescià!'' (1958) - A Village Woman (uncredited) * ''Ricordati di Napoli'' (1958) - Concettina * ''La nipote Sabella'' (1959) * ''

Il vedovo ''Il Vedovo'' (The Widower) is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. Plot Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing lifts and elevators) teet ...

'' (1959) - Nardi's employee * ''Avventura in città'' (1959) * '' The Traffic Policeman'' (1960) - Lisa (uncredited) * '' Black City'' (1961) - Donna Amalia * ''Pesci d'oro e bikini d'argento'' (1961) * ''Always on Sunday'' (1962) - Anita * '' L'amore difficile'' (1962) * ''Le motorizzate'' (1963) - (uncredited) * ''In ginocchio da te'' (1964) - Zia di Gianni is not Rosita Pisano * '' I nostri mariti'' (1966) - Rosetta (segment "Il marito di Roberta") * '' Mi vedrai tornare'' (1966) * '' Io non protesto, io amo'' (1967) - Anna Maria * ''I due vigili'' (1967) - Cesira * ''I 2 pompieri'' (1968) - Caramella's Mother * '' Pensando a te'' (1969) * ''Lisa dagli occhi blu'' (1970) - School caretaker * '' La Sciantosa'' (1970) - Lady President at the Duel * ''Nel giorno del signore'' (1970) * ''La ragazza del prete'' (1970) * ''Venga a fare il soldato da noi'' (1971) - Palmira * ''

Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was some ...

'' (1972) - Mannocchia * ''

When Women Were Called Virgins ''When Women Were Called Virgins'' ( it, Quando le donne si chiamavano madonne) is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana written and directed by Aldo Grimaldi. It is part of a series of derivative erotic comedies set in the Middle Ages which were ...

'' (1972) - Berta * ''La mano nera'' (1973) * '' Little Funny Guy'' (1973) * '' Piedino il questurino'' (1974) - Nunziatina * '' Libera, My Love'' (1975) - Matteo's Sister (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pisano, Rosita Actresses from Naples Italian stage actresses Italian film actresses Italian television actresses 1919 births 1975 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses