Maria-Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in '' Umberto D.'' and '' Un americano a Roma''. 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. After her marriage with voice actor

Giuseppe Rinaldi Giuseppe Rinaldi (14 September 1919 – 15 December 2007) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Rinaldi appeared in more than 20 films between 1939 and 1982. During his time, he was considered of be one of the most greatest and inf ...

, she semi-retired from acting. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of '' Umberto D.''

Vittorio De Sica Vittorio De Sica ( , ; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: ''Sciuscià'' and ''Bicycle Thieves'' (honorary) ...

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 A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing su ...

'' (1953) - Young bride from Abruzzo (uncredited) * '' Il viale della speranza'' (1953) - Concettine * '' Therese Raquin'' (1953) - Georgette, la bonne * ''

La valigia dei sogni ''La valigia dei sogni'' ("Suitcase of dreams") is a 1953 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. Cast * Umberto Melnati: Ettore Omeri * Maria-Pia Casilio: Mariannina * Roberto Risso: Giorgio Astori * Ludmilla Dudarova: Baronessa Capr ...

'' (1953) - Mariannina * ''

Bread, Love and Dreams ''Bread, Love and Dreams'' ( it, Pane, amore e fantasia) is a 1953 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini. At the 4th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear award. Plot The film is set in Sagliena, an imaginar ...

'' (1953) - Paoletta * '' Angels of Darkness'' (1954) - The Young Girl * '' Mid-Century Loves'' (1954) - Carmela (segment "Guerra 1915-18") * ''

Neapolitan Carousel ''Neapolitan Carousel'' ( it, Carosello napoletano) is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Ettore Giannini and starring Léonide Massine, Achille Millo and Agostino Salvietti. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival, winning its '' ...

'' (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 ''An American in Rome'' (originally ''Un americano a Roma'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The film consists in a satire of Americanization, and it was referred as "a milestone in the evolution of Italian self-identification". ...

'' (1954) - Elvira * '' Dangerous Turning'' (1954) - Paquita Simoni * ''Due soldi di felicità'' (1954) - Carmela * ''

'' (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 ''Mogli pericolose'' ("Dangerous wives") is a 1958 Italian comedy film written and directed by Luigi Comencini. Cast * Sylva Koscina: Tosca, Pirro's wife * Dorian Gray: Ornella, Bruno's wife * Renato Salvatori: Dr. Federico Carpi * Nino Ta ...

'' (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 ''Three Men and a Leg'' ( it, Tre uomini e una gamba) is a 1997 Italian road film and romantic comedy co-written and co-directed by the comedy trio Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and by Massimo Venier. Plot Three friends – Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo ...

'' (1997) - Cecconi's wife

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* 1935 births 2012 deaths Italian film actresses 20th-century Italian actresses People from L'Aquila {{Italy-actor-stub