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Mimi Aguglia is a Actor Italienne born on 20 december 1884 at Palermo (Italie)

Mimi Aguglia

Mimi Aguglia
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Birth name Gerolama Aguglia
Nationality Italie
Birth 20 december 1884 at Palermo (Italie)
Death 31 july 1970 (at 85 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Gerolama « Mimi » (« Mimì ») Aguglia, née le 21 décembre 1884 à Palerme (Sicile, Italie), morte le 31 juillet 1970 à Los Angeles — Quartier de Woodland Hills (Californie, États-Unis), est une actrice d'origine italienne, naturalisée américaine en 1945.

Biography

En 1900 (à 16 ans), Mimi Aguglia débute au théâtre en Sicile. Elle intègre en 1904 la troupe itinérante se produisant en dialecte sicilien (Compagnia drammatica dialettale siciliana) du dramaturge Nino Martoglio et de l'acteur Giovanni Grasso , puis en 1908, la troupe également itinérante (Nuova compagnia italiana) du baron Vincenzo Ferraù (dont elle est un temps la compagne). Ainsi, elle se produit en tournée dans son île natale (notamment à Catane et à Palerme), la péninsule italienne (ex. : à Milan et à Rome) et à l'étranger (à Londres, à Paris, en Amérique — du Nord et du Sud —, entre autres). Par exemple, en 1908, elle débute à New York dans la pièce Malia (Malìa) de son compatriote Luigi Capuana. Et elle joue à Broadway fin 1919-début 1920, dans une pièce américaine.

Au début des années 1920, Mimi Aguglia s'établit définitivement aux États-Unis et obtient la citoyenneté américaine en 1945. C'est pourquoi elle apparaît au cinéma américain, d'abord comme figurante dans un film muet de 1924, puis dans huit films parlants tournés en langue espagnole, sortis de 1931 à 1935. Enfin, elle collabore à vingt-deux autres films américains, de 1937 à 1957 ; parmi eux, mentionnons Le Banni d'Howard Hughes (1943, western avec Jack Buetel et Jane Russell), Tourment de John Sturges (1950, avec June Allyson et Dick Powell), ou encore La Rose tatouée de Daniel Mann (1955, avec Anna Magnani et Burt Lancaster).

À la télévision, elle contribue à trois séries américaines, en 1950, 1956 et 1964.

Elle est la mère de l'actrice américaine Argentina Brunetti (1907-2005).

Usually with

Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht
(3 films)
Mario Siletti
Mario Siletti
(4 films)
Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(4 films)
Lamar Trotti
Lamar Trotti
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mimi Aguglia (22 films)

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Actress

The Brothers Rico, 1h32
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Crosby, James Darren, Larry Gates, Argentina Brunetti
Rating67% 3.3929753.3929753.3929753.3929753.392975
Eddie Rico (Richard Conte) is the owner of a prosperous laundry company in Bayshore, Florida who was the former accountant for a major crime syndicate years ago. He has given up his ties to the syndicate, and hopes to adopt a child with his wife, Alice. When Eddie receives a call asking to give a job to Wesson (William Phipps), a junior mobster, and Alice becomes worried that the syndicate will attempt to bring Eddie back into a life of crime. Eddie calms her down, but then he receives a letter from his mother saying that his two brothers, Johnny (James Darren) and Gino (Paul Picerni), have disappeared. On the way to work, Gino finds Eddie and asks for his help in leaving the country: Gino admits to being the gunman for a gang killing and Johnny was the driver. Gino now believes the syndicate is after him, and he was ordered to St. Louis later that day. Eddie, who does not believe that the syndicate is after them, tells Gino to go to St. Louis and gives him some money. When Eddie returns to work, he finds out that the syndicate boss, "Uncle" Sid Kubik (Larry Gates), has ordered him to Miami. Eddie leaves despite his wife's objections that he will miss an adoption interview.
The Rose Tattoo, 1h57
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams
Actors Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper, Virginia Grey, Jo Van Fleet
Roles Assunta
Rating68% 3.4488353.4488353.4488353.4488353.448835
Serafina Delle Rose (Anna Magnani) proudly praises her husband Rosario to her female neighbors in a shopping market, before revealing that she is pregnant with their second child. Returning home she finds Rosario asleep in bed and whispers to him that she is with child. Emerging from his room she finds a young woman named Estelle (Virginia Grey) at the door who wants her to make a shirt for her lover from some expensive silk material. It transpires that Rosario is her lover as, when Serafina is out of the room, she steals a photograph of him from Serafina's sideboard before departing.
When in Rome, 1h18
Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia, Argentina Brunetti, Mimi Aguglia, Harry Hayden
Roles Rosa
Rating65% 3.2920853.2920853.2920853.2920853.292085
Father John X. Halligan (Johnson) is a Catholic Priest visiting Rome, Italy for the 1950 Holy Year. Along the way, a con man named Joe Brewster (Douglas), who is wanted by American authorities, steals Halligan's clothing and his identity in the hopes of evading arrest.
Deported
Deported (1950)
, 1h29
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Jeff Chandler, Märta Torén, Marina Berti, Richard Steven Rauber, Claude Dauphin, Mimi Aguglia
Roles Teresa Sparducci
Rating61% 3.0974053.0974053.0974053.0974053.097405
Un gangster américain est extradé vers son pays d'origine, l'Italie.
The Man Who Cheated Himself, 1h21
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Charles Arnt
Roles Mrs. Capa
Rating67% 3.3943653.3943653.3943653.3943653.394365
Wealthy socialite Lois Frazer, divorcing her fortune-hunter husband, Howard, finds a gun he's bought. She kills him with it in front of the new man in her life, Lt. Ed Cullen, a homicide detective with the San Francisco police. The twice-married Lois manages to manipulate Cullen into disposing of the murder weapon and moving the body. Cullen ends up investigating the case, assisted by kid brother Andy, who is new to the homicide division and delays his honeymoon to keep working on his first big case.
Right Cross, 1h30
Directed by John Sturges
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors June Allyson, Ricardo Montalbán, Dick Powell, Lionel Barrymore, Mimi Aguglia, Barry Kelley
Roles Mom Monterez
Rating60% 3.000643.000643.000643.000643.00064
Sean O'Malley (Lionel Barrymore), a wheelchair-bound fight promoter who was once known as the best in his business, has lost his professional stature and is now suffering from poor health. Sean's daughter Pat (June Allyson) has taken over many of her father's responsibilities, and is romantically involved with Sean's best fighter, Johnny Monterez (Ricardo Montalban).
Black Hand
Black Hand (1950)
, 1h32
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Marc Lawrence, Frank Puglia, Barry Kelley, Mario Siletti
Roles Mrs. Sabballera
Rating63% 3.195773.195773.195773.195773.19577
The film opens in 1900 as Roberto Colombo, an Italian-American attorney living in the Little Italy section of New York City, is killed by gangsters as he meets with a police officer to give information about an attempt to extort money from him. His widow and son return to Italy where his widow dies. In 1908, his son Giovanni Colombo (Gene Kelly) returns to New York City, determined to conduct a vendetta against the men who killed his father. He meets up with childhood friend Isabella Gomboli (Teresa Celli) and police detective Louis Lorelli (J. Carrol Naish), both of whom try to dissuade him.
The Doctor and the Girl, 1h38
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, Charles Coburn, Gloria DeHaven, Janet Leigh, Bruce Bennett, Arthur Franz
Roles la mère d'un enfant atteint de diphtérie
Rating68% 3.4373.4373.4373.4373.437
Michael Corday comes from a family of physicians, and upon completing his own medical degree, he moves back to New York City and starts an internship at Bellevue Hospital.
We Were Strangers, 1h46
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Gilbert Roland, Ramón Novarro, Wally Cassell
Roles Mama
Rating65% 3.294543.294543.294543.294543.29454
Based on the overthrow of Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado y Morales in 1933, the story is about a group of revolutionaries who plot to bring down their corrupt government. China (pronounced Cheena) Valdez (Jennifer Jones) witnesses her brother's murder after he distributes leftist pamphlets and vows that she will kill his assassin. At his funeral, however, she is persuaded to join an underground group whose moves are more carefully orchestrated. China's house is next door to a cemetery and the leader of the group John Fenner (John Garfield) devises a scheme to assassinate an official whose family plot is in the cemetery and detonate a bomb at the man's funeral thereby killing as many officials as possible. To do this, they must dig a tunnel from China's house to the cemetery. Much of the movie focuses on the digging of the tunnel while Garfield and Jones develop a romantic interest in each other. The film climaxes with a violent shoot-out sequence.
East Side, West Side, 1h48
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner, Cyd Charisse, Gale Sondergaard
Roles Grandma Senta (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4475353.4475353.4475353.4475353.447535
Just after World War II, socialite Jessie Bourne (Barbara Stanwyck) is home alone one night in her Gramercy Park apartment on New York’s East Side when she receives a mysterious hang-up phone call. Her wealthy playboy husband Brandon (James Mason) is out enjoying himself at the Del Rio night club where young model Rosa Senta (Cyd Charisse)–-who has seen and admired Jessie, who has been a customer at the dress salon where she works-–admonishes Brandon for going out alone. Brandon tries to mollify Rosa but is cut short when Brandon’s former mistress, gold-digging Isabel Lorrison (Ava Gardner), walks in. She has returned from Paris intent on rekindling the romance; but he rebuffs her, professing faithfulness to his wife. An argument ensues in which Isabel's date, wealthy Alec Dawning (Douglas Kennedy), who knows Brandon's reputation, knocks him unconscious. Brandon is rescued by Rosa, who takes him to her home to recover.
That Midnight Kiss, 1h36
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Ethel Barrymore, José Iturbi, Keenan Wynn, J. Carrol Naish, Jules Munshin
Roles Mamma Donnetti
Rating64% 3.2457053.2457053.2457053.2457053.245705
In Philadelphia, Abigail Trent Budell (Ethel Barrymore), a wealthy resident of Philadelphia and patron of the arts, supports her soprano granddaughter Prudence Budell (Kathryn Grayson) just returning from Europe after five years of training. Her grandmother sponsors an opera company run by the famous maestro Jose Iturbi (himself) to give her chance to lead an opera. They hire the also famous tenor Guido Russino Betelli (Thomas Gomez), but Prudence does not feel comfortable with him on the stage. After Prudence accidentally sees an American-Italian truck driver Johnny Donnetti (Mario Lanza) singing opera, she is instrumental in bringing Johnny to public attention by insisting that he replace the opera troupe's defecting star tenor.
Cry of the City, 1h35
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Betty Garde, Debra Paget
Roles Mama Roma
Rating71% 3.5953853.5953853.5953853.5953853.595385
Martin Rome (Richard Conte), a hardened criminal, is recuperating in a hospital from a shootout that leaves a police officer dead. At the hospital, he is briefly visited by his fiancée, Teena Ricante (Debra Paget). A shady lawyer representing another crook, Niles, (Berry Kroeger) claims that he participated in a jewel robbery with her in which a woman was killed. Rome is innocent of the jewel robbery, but the police suspect that he carried out the robbery in conjunction with Teena, and begin a search for her.
Captain from Castile, 2h20
Directed by Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, Antonio Moreno, Thomas Gomez
Roles Doña Hernandez (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3989853.3989853.3989853.3989853.398985
In the spring of 1518, near Jaén, Spain, Pedro de Vargas (Tyrone Power), a Castilian caballero, helps a runaway Aztec slave, Coatl (Jay Silverheels), escape his cruel master, Diego de Silva (John Sutton). De Silva is el supremo of the Santa Hermandad, charged with enforcing the Inquisition, and Pedro's rival for the affections of the beautiful Lady Luisa de Carvajal (Barbara Lawrence). Later, Pedro rescues barmaid Catana Pérez (Jean Peters) from de Silva's men. At the inn where Catana works, Pedro becomes acquainted with Juan García (Lee J. Cobb), an adventurer just returned from the New World to see his mother.