Maria Pia Casilio

Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in Umberto D. and An American in Rome.

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, she semi-retired from acting. On the Criterion Collection DVD release of Umberto D., Vittorio De Sica 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 (1953) - Young bride from Abruzzo (uncredited) Il viale della speranza (1953) - Concettine Therese Raquin (1953) - Georgette, la bonne La valigia dei sogni (1953) - Mariannina Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) - Paoletta Angels of Darkness (1954) - The Young Girl Mid-Century Loves (1954) - Carmela (segment "Guerra 1915-18") Neapolitan Carousel (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 (1954) - Elvira Dangerous Turning (1954) - Paquita Simoni Due soldi di felicità (1954) - Carmela An American in Rome (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 (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 (1997) - Cecconi's wife