Tina Pica

Tina Pica

Born: March 31, 1884
Died: July 16, 1968
in Napoli, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : Tina Pica (31 March 1884 in Naples – 16 July 1968 in Naples) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage. Her film debut came in 1935 with Il cappello a tre punte. In the 1950s, she became a celebrity thanks to her role as Caramella in the successful film series Pane, amore e fantasia (1953),Pane, amore e gelosia (1954), Pane, amore e... (1955), Pane, amore e Andalusia (1958) and the last one, Pane, amore e così sia(which was never filmed).

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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Title: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Character: Grandmother Ferrario
Released: December 21, 1963
Type: Movie
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
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Che femmina!! E... che dollari!
Title: Che femmina!! E... che dollari!
Released: December 31, 1960
Type: Movie
An American millionaire has just died. His sole legatee is a youthful indiscretion, a girl who is currently living in Italy. Two private eye detective agencies, in competition with each other, investigate. Combining business with pleasure, they search sunny Italy, but they only have one clue to find their heiress: she has three moles on the buttock. One of the private eyes falls in love with a gypsy who sings in nightclubs.
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La duchessa di Santa Lucia
Title: La duchessa di Santa Lucia
Released: August 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Zì Carmela, the owner of a famous restaurant in Naples, wants her niece to marry an English peer and doesn't like her love story with Carlo the son of a baker. When the English lord comes to Naples with his family she throws a magnificent party during which however class differences come out. Will this convince her and stop her from being castles in the air?
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The Sheriff
Title: The Sheriff
Character: Carmela Esposito, 'la Sceriffa'
Released: August 15, 1959
Type: Movie
A gang of outlaws terrorizes Rio Ciuccio. When they kill the sheriff his wife, an old neapolitan lady, takes his place.
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La Pica sul Pacifico
Title: La Pica sul Pacifico
Character: Adelaide Harold
Released: April 24, 1959
Type: Movie
Adelaide takes possession of an island in the Pacific inherited from her deceased husband. She is opposed by the chieftain and a convict. To get the island's citizenship she tries to marry the convict, but he prefers to turn himself in.
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Non perdiamo la testa
Title: Non perdiamo la testa
Character: signora Cuccar
Released: April 16, 1959
Type: Movie
A mad scientist pursues a man hoping to study his brain.
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Fantasmi e ladri
Title: Fantasmi e ladri
Character: Annunziata
Released: February 12, 1959
Type: Movie
Tina, an old lady and detective stories buff, moves to town in the house of a god-daughter of hers whose husband is a private dick. She thinks she will be able to help him with his inquests. He does not agree with her and tries to discourage her by any possible means.
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La nipote Sabella
Title: La nipote Sabella
Character: Nonna Sabella
Released: November 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Donna Sabella accompanies her nephew Raffaele and Lucia on their honeymoon in Rome when he meets two Americans who want to go to Pollena because there seems to be oil in the soil "The bubbles".
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Mia nonna poliziotto
Title: Mia nonna poliziotto
Character: Tina De Cupis
Released: September 10, 1958
Type: Movie
Tina, an old lady, is in town for the wedding of her grandson when a medallion left to her by her late husband disappears. Dissatisfied with the police effort to find it, she sets on the tracks of the thieves herself.
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Napoli sole mio
Title: Napoli sole mio
Character: Teresa
Released: March 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Lorella must marry Dr. Matteini, but when she goes to Naples to meet him, she meets Michele, who sings in restaurants. The fateful spark is ignited, and although Michele is poor, Lorella decides to marry him against his mother's wishes.
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La zia d'America va a sciare
Title: La zia d'America va a sciare
Character: Tecla Cammarano
Released: February 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Tecla Cammarano, following a financial crisis that has made her situation precarious, leaves America and comes to Italy with her two lovely grandchildren.
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Non sono più guaglione
Title: Non sono più guaglione
Character: Ninì Bijoux
Released: December 23, 1957
Type: Movie
A mechanic falls in love with a girl who aspires to become a diva.
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Lazzarella
Title: Lazzarella
Character: Mrs. Capuano
Released: November 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Luciano, who studies at the university, falls in love with Sandra, a high school student, who returns his love. If her family is very rich, his family is of modest extraction; however, the difference in condition does not seem to be a problem, and Luciano's degree increases the hope of a happy future. However, following a sudden financial collapse, Sandra's family business failed: so, to help her parents, the girl accepted the kindness of a very rich childhood friend, deciding to marry him.
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Il conte Max
Title: Il conte Max
Character: Zia
Released: August 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.
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Oh! Sabella
Title: Oh! Sabella
Character: Nonna Sabella
Released: August 29, 1957
Type: Movie
Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.
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The Virtuous Bigamist
Title: The Virtuous Bigamist
Released: December 20, 1956
Type: Movie
The Provence, somewhere in the 1950's. Paul Verdier, traveling salesman, leaves his home and his quarrelsome wife for his weekly round. On the train he meets a young woman, Marie, who looks a little lost. No wonder. Marie is pregnant but lacks the customary husband. She's returning to her village but is not exactly looking forward to the confrontation with her parents and the villagers, all pretty conservative people. After getting to know Paul a little better (for which there is ample time during the trip by train and bus) Marie decides to ask Paul to act as her husband, just to allay the suspicions of her family. After some hesitating Paul accepts, charmed by the girl and unaware of the complications such is bound to cause to his own life.
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Guaglione
Title: Guaglione
Character: Tina
Released: December 15, 1956
Type: Movie
This is an Italian Romance starring Terence Hill
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We will get married in Capri
Title: We will get married in Capri
Character: Donna Concetta
Released: September 6, 1956
Type: Movie
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A Mink Coat
Title: A Mink Coat
Character: Nonna Matilde
Released: August 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever.
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Scandal in Sorrento
Title: Scandal in Sorrento
Character: Caramella
Released: December 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
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Destinazione Piovarolo
Title: Destinazione Piovarolo
Character: Beppa
Released: December 16, 1955
Type: Movie
Antonio La Quaglia becomes the railroader in Piovarolo during 1922 meanwhile the fascism is raising. Later he marries a jewish woman. He has career ambitions but can not reach them.
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Io piaccio
Title: Io piaccio
Character: Sibilla
Released: December 9, 1955
Type: Movie
Roberto Maldi, a young scientist, is trying to find a serum capable of giving courage but he unwittingly invents a serum which transforms any man in a womanizer. His boss scents a good business and wants to produce the serum on industrial basis, but Roberto does not agree.
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La moglie è uguale per tutti
Title: La moglie è uguale per tutti
Character: Beretta's Wife
Released: October 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Antonio De Papis is a lawyer and his specialization is separation by mutual consent. He is contrary to marriage because he sees so many of them going wrong. So when his nephew calls on him asking for his approval to his marriage, Antonio suggests to him to spend a day in his office to see what marriage really is.
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A Hero of Our Times
Title: A Hero of Our Times
Character: Clotilde
Released: September 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She likes him but Alberto likes Marcella; she is under age and he is awaiting her birthday to declare his love. His greater traits are to be fearful of everything and to be selfish. This nature will get him into trouble..
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Sing with us
Title: Sing with us
Character: zia Tina
Released: August 10, 1955
Type: Movie
The old friends Nicola and Pasquale meet in the city after many years. The two, now married and with their children, try to marry their four children, but it soon becomes more difficult than expected.
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Good night… lawyer!
Title: Good night… lawyer!
Character: Antonia
Released: March 16, 1955
Type: Movie
A lawyer, married but temporarily alone at home, finds himself in the house a beautiful lady who tries to escape from her jealous husband. Fascinated by the beauty of the unexpected guest, the lawyer is determined to conquer her, in vain. But when the woman leaves, she discovers that she has been stolen some money.
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The Sign of Venus
Title: The Sign of Venus
Character: zia Tina
Released: March 12, 1955
Type: Movie
Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
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Toto and Carolina
Title: Toto and Carolina
Character: Signora all'ospedale (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1955
Type: Movie
During a police raid at Villa Borghese, the agent, a widower named Antonio Caccavallo, stays to get better acquainted with the young Carolina.
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Due soldi di felicità
Title: Due soldi di felicità
Character: Zia Rachele
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A country boy moves to the city to attempt a singing career and gets seduced by a soubrette.
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Le signorine dello 04
Title: Le signorine dello 04
Character: Zia Vittoria
Released: February 9, 1955
Type: Movie
The lives and loves of five Italian telephone operators. One is betrayed by her husband, one helps a student who wants to take his life, one changes her boyfriend every other day, one is a single mother and the last one tries to inflame a recent-widower accountant.
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Tragic ballad
Title: Tragic ballad
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A sailor is accused of the murder of his girlfriend's father.
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Napoli è sempre Napoli
Title: Napoli è sempre Napoli
Character: Donna Bettina
Released: December 10, 1954
Type: Movie
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Frisky
Title: Frisky
Character: Caramella
Released: December 6, 1954
Type: Movie
The relationships between a veteran marshal, his bride-to-be, a rookie and his fiancée are severely tested when the young carabiniere is temporarily sent to a distant town.
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The Gold of Naples
Title: The Gold of Naples
Character: Old woman (segment "Il professore")
Released: December 3, 1954
Type: Movie
Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of six Napolitean episodes: a clown exploited by a gangster; an inconstant pizza seller (Sofia) losing her husband's ring; the funeral of a dead child; the gambler Count Prospero B. defeated by a kid; the unexpected and unusual wedding of Teresa, a prostitute; the "professor" Ersilio Micci, a "wisdom seller".
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Graziella
Title: Graziella
Character: Grandmother Assunta
Released: October 28, 1954
Type: Movie
Naples 1821. Alphonse, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, is caught by a storm at sea. Fortunately the boat manage to reach the shores of Procida, where Alphonse is welcomed by the family of Andrea. Here he meets the beautiful Graziella.
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Neapolitan Carousel
Title: Neapolitan Carousel
Character: Capera
Released: October 14, 1954
Type: Movie
Music, ballet, folk dances and mime eliciting the spirit of Naples across the ages are loosely tied together by the comedic wanderings and exploits of the Esposito family.
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Mother's Heart
Title: Mother's Heart
Character: Semmentella
Released: September 24, 1954
Type: Movie
An unworthy nephew, with the help of a girl who seduces the young guardian, robs the aunt of the family jewels. He also manages to put the blame for the theft on the caretaker, engaged to a young woman who is actually the woman's natural daughter. The thief also tries to blackmail his aunt by threatening to reveal the truth after so many years, but a commissioner manages to prove the innocence of the suspect and the guilt of his nephew.
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Siamo ricchi e poveri
Title: Siamo ricchi e poveri
Character: donna Dorotea
Released: March 19, 1954
Type: Movie
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Bread, Love and Dreams
Title: Bread, Love and Dreams
Character: Caramella
Released: December 22, 1953
Type: Movie
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
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Melody of Love
Title: Melody of Love
Character: Concetta
Released: October 29, 1952
Type: Movie
A comedy with lots of Neapolitan songs and shots of the Bay of Naples finds Maria Morelli unable to marry her singing sailor/lover, Giacomo because her father, Don Salvatdore Morelli objects. She can't elope because her father has an heart ailment and uses it to hold Maria. Giacomo misunderstands and takes off on a global singing tour.
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The City Stands Trial
Title: The City Stands Trial
Character: La proprietaria del ristorante
Released: September 5, 1952
Type: Movie
Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities. In charge is a young and courageous judge who, using evidence discovered by chance, tries to reconstruct the story of the double murder. The plot that the judge must unravel is very complicated.
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Ergastolo
Title: Ergastolo
Character: signora De Giorgi
Released: May 18, 1952
Type: Movie
Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house of Professor Arlotta. Stefano is in love with Lydia, the granddaughter of the professor. The couple has a gambling addiction: the need to obtain a large sum to meet gambling debts, which pushes him to accept the loving invitation of Jeannette, owner of a dance school, where Stefano goes to play.
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Marito e Moglie
Title: Marito e Moglie
Character: donna Rosalia / zia Fedora
Released: March 8, 1952
Type: Movie
Two episode about the married life. In the first one a paralyzed man is forced by her wife to brood eggs while the mother hen is gone. In the second episode a good-willed man tries to escpape from the grey of the world that surround him
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Ha da venì... don Calogero!
Title: Ha da venì... don Calogero!
Released: March 4, 1952
Type: Movie
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Filumena Marturano
Title: Filumena Marturano
Character: Rosalia Solimena
Released: November 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Filumena, an ex-prostitute and for decades Domenico Soriano's lover, discovers that he intends to get married and so pretends to be on the verge of death in order to get him to marry her instead.
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Porca miseria!
Title: Porca miseria!
Character: donna Rosa
Released: September 12, 1951
Type: Movie
Two friends, Giacomino and Carletto, have no job and no money and are looking for a job, or any device that will help them to meet expenses and especially will give them the opportunity to fill their stomachs.
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Destino
Title: Destino
Character: Nunziata
Released: May 2, 1951
Type: Movie
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Il voto
Title: Il voto
Character: La maligna
Released: October 17, 1950
Type: Movie
During the absence of her husband, who left for a fishing cruise in the seas of China, Carmela falls under the spell of Vito, a young fisherman.
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Guaglio
Title: Guaglio
Character: Maddalena, la cuoca
Released: September 10, 1948
Type: Movie
On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he realizes how miserable the city of Naples is. Then he decides that his mission is there in Naples, He creates his 'The Boys' Town' a shelter for poor kids, aka the 'scugnizzi' (street urchins), with a view to putting them back on the right track. Some of the kids, though, do not play by the rules just using that 'home' as a convenient place for hiding the product of their thefts...
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Sperduti nel buio
Title: Sperduti nel buio
Released: November 9, 1947
Type: Movie
Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries to blackmail the father.
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Terra di nessuno
Title: Terra di nessuno
Character: Maruzza
Released: April 17, 1939
Type: Movie
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Il trovatello
Title: Il trovatello
Character: Teresa
Released: October 1, 1938
Type: Movie
A taxi driver finds a baby in his cab after the mother accidentally leaves him behind.
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Hands Off Me!
Title: Hands Off Me!
Character: Giulia
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
In his first feature, great Italian clown Totò plays a carefree tramp moving from job to job, in order to provide for himself and his young Shirley Temple-like protégée.
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Three Cornered Hat
Title: Three Cornered Hat
Character: Assunta, una popolana
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A comedy about a governor who wants a miller's wife and tries to fix a night with her by putting the miller in jail.
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Fermo con le mani
Title: Fermo con le mani
Character: Giulia
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie