Lucia Modugno
Date of birth: 1932-07-09
Place of birth: Bari, Puglia, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lucia Modunio, Geraldine Pearsall
Biography
Lucia Modugno (Bari, July 9, 1932) is an Italian actress, theater director, and writer. She made her film debut in 1959 with Il generale Della Rovere by Rossellini and has acted in both auteur and genre films, working with directors such as Risi, Scola, Corbucci, and Bava. On television, she appeared in dramas like Anna Karenina and Il segno del comando. On stage, she performed with renowned actors and, since 1980, has led her own theater company, directing plays by authors such as Moravia, Shaw, and Feydeau, often adapting them into musicals. Among her latest productions are Cose turche (2009) and L’Occhio di Eros. From 2009 to 2022, she made cameo appearances in films and TV series directed by Muccino, Avati, and others. In 2022, she joined the main cast of Home Sweet Rome, a new series by Hannah Montana creator Michael Poryes. She has published five books: two on show business, two novels, and a novelized essay.
Movie Credits
Navajo Joe
1966-11-25
The sole survivor of a bloody massacre vows revenge on his attackers and on the men who killed his w
Her Private Hell
1968-09-08
A young Italian girl arrives in London, where she's tricked into posing nude for risqué magazines.
My Name Is Pecos
1966-12-22
Pecos Martinez rides into Houston looking to settle an old score with gang leader Clane, who is afte
The Sultans
1966-05-06
Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship
I magnifici tre
1961-11-10
Pablo, Domingo and Jose, three idiots, gunmen exchanged for large liberate a village in the republic
Danger: Diabolik
1968-01-24
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, al
Howlers of the Dock
1960-03-13
Follows the adventures of a group of friends, teddy boys and rock and roll chicks whose crazy, fun-l
Ursus in the Valley of the Lions
1961-12-21
Bodybuilder Ed Fury stars as the legendary Ursus in this above-average sword-and-sandal adventure fr
For a Few Dollars Less
1966-08-11
A bank clerk and his cousin, a "general", join forces to track down a Mexican outlaw.
Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino
1972-08-04
Isabella, Duchess of the Devils
1969-08-30
An Alsacian Baron massacres the family of a French Duke, and takes his lands and his title. Isabella
LSD Flesh of Devil
1967-02-02
E.C.H.O., a secret organization with a strange name masterminds a bizarre plot to take over the worl
The Monsters
1963-10-30
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
The Girl Who Knew Too Much
1963-02-10
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.
General Della Rovere
1959-10-07
The Gestapo forces con man Victorio Bardone to impersonate a dead partisan general in order to extra
Primitive Love
1964-09-01
"Doctor" Jayne Mansfield is in Italy to show a peer her documentary about mating customs from around
È mezzanotte... butta giù il cadavere
1966-12-23
Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata
1974-04-18
Pasqualino Cammarata is an Italian naval officer who has been disliked by his admiral because of his
The Swindlers
1963-09-25
A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, tw
The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars
1964-06-21
Four extraterrestrials, X-1, X-2, X-3 and X-4, arrive on Earth in the early sixties. Here they decid
Barabbas
1961-12-23
Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pila
From Istanbul, Orders to Kill
1965-12-17
A starving writer is offered $20,000 by an old friend in the intelligence service to pose as “Felix,
Operation White Shark
1966-12-15
When "The Third Eye" - a criminal organization made up of the world's most vicious killers - kidnaps