Date of birth: 1897-03-20
Place of birth: Corchiano, Lazio, Italy
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Giuseppina Piovani
1947-02-06
1952-09-28
A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
1950-09-09
A taxi driver, with singing ambitions, finds an abandoned baby in his cab and begins to look for his
1948-11-11
A famous painting by Antonello da Messina, "the man with a gray glove", has been entrusted to an old
1952-12-28
A young man in love with a girl whose father--his employer--does not approve of him, disguises himse
1953-10-08
Rocco and his brother Martino are two rich country-estate owners who descend upon the city in search
1954-10-27
During the fascist era, Adriana a beautiful young model, becomes a prostitute after a love affair go
1946-06-12
The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a
1952-10-16
The castle of the counts of Ventimiglia is conquered by the spanish Van Gould, who kills the count a
1954-01-09
Luisa Galli moves to Rome in search of a respectable job, but instead just finds a job as a waitress
1954-12-19
A young boy, about to take his first communion, must wrestle with his familial loyalty and his consc
1942-01-10
The servant girl Carmela arrives from her village to work in the house of the notary Don Domenico, a
1941-03-13
1941-12-18
1954-10-21
A middle-aged insurer, after spending a sleepless night because of a quarrel with his wife, goes to
1952-08-18
Tino Scotti plays a man who is tricked into trying to kill himself. When all his attempts fail, he i
1951-09-13
Count Borraccilo lives in luxury but does not pay taxes and for this he is targeted by the tax agent
1942-01-10
Anna, a woman with a troubled past, marries an honest worker at the SIMA mechanical workshop, who pr
1947-05-02
Melodrama of sexual cravings: The bored wife of a horse breeder is the object of attention by both a
1947-05-01
An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of Wor
1940-10-20
In Santa Cruz, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The Governor of the island, to ingratia
1945-02-16
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same
1952-03-08
Mandrin, the French army deserter, becomes the leader of a gang of smugglers in Piedmont. He is love
1953-12-28
Giorgio with some friends rehearses a show of Neapolitan songs financed thanks to an elderly artist.
1943-11-05
Seduced by count Diego and then abandoned, Adriana finds a job at a large hairdresser shop, so she c
1951-03-23
Amore e sangue (released in the U.S. as "City of Violence"), the 1951 Marino Girolami (billed as "Jo
1928-01-31
A Neapolitan tailor, Nennella (Leda Gys), in love with a painter, who has a slender woman named Paqu
1951-11-29
Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts perse
1950-01-24
Film version of the Verdi opera about lovers on the run after the accidental death of the girl's fat
1953-04-01
The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover t
1947-04-05
1953-12-01
1942-05-11
1954-02-03
A film made up of four episodes: a jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch; a young
1940-10-27
During the Spanish occupation of Naples, the people led by Tommaso Aniello - known as "Masaniello" -