Oscuro, Mara


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Oscuro, Mara

Post by Johan Melle » 02/04/2021, 19:01

Uomo Orgoglio - Mara Oscuro.jpg
Mara Oscuro in L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta (1967)
Mara Oscuro was a generica who was active in Italian cinema from at least the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, often in unglamorous roles as simple working-class women of various kinds.

She was identified by our forum member Ciavazzaro thanks to her credited role in the fotoromanzo Carina N. 47 year 1971.

Filmography

1959
  1. Nella città l'inferno .... Prisoner (credited)

    1960
  2. La dolce vita .... Woman in the entrance to the crime building (uncredited)
  3. Tutti a casa .... Woman coughing on the train (uncredited)

    1961
  4. Akiko .... Spectator at wrestling match (uncredited)
  5. Costantino il grande .... Christian prisoner (uncredited)
  6. La rivolta dei mercenari .... Villager (uncredited)

    1962
  7. Sodoma e Gomorra .... Hebrew woman (uncredited)

    1964
  8. Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa .... Roman citizen (uncredited)
  9. Coriolano eroe senza patria .... Woman in crowd outside the senate (uncredited)
  10. Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan .... Angry villager (uncredited)
  11. Una sporca faccenda .... The caretaker of Isacco's house (uncredited)

    1965
  12. I grandi condottieri .... Woman in the market (uncredited)
  13. Io uccido, tu uccidi - segment "Cavalleria rusticana: oggi" .... Sicilian villager (uncredited)

    1966
  14. After the Fox .... Woman in road (uncredited)
  15. Io, io, io.... e gli altri .... Woman on the tram (uncredited)
  16. Un angelo per Satana .... Villager (uncredited)

    1967
  17. L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta .... Cigar factory worker (uncredited)
  18. Little Rita nel West .... Juror (uncredited)
  19. The Taming of the Shrew .... Woman in the crowd at Katharina's wedding (uncredited)

    1968
  20. Candy .... Audience member at the operation (uncredited)
  21. Corri uomo corri .... Townswoman (uncredited)
  22. Romeo and Juliet .... Guest at the Capulet party / Nun at the funeral (uncredited)
  23. Serafino .... One of the aunts (credited)
  24. Tenderly .... Woman at train station (uncredited)

    1969
  25. Ehi amico... c'è Sabata, hai chiuso! .... Townswoman (uncredited)

    1970
  26. Principe coronato cercasi per ricca ereditiera .... Creditor (uncredited)

    1972
  27. Alfredo, Alfredo .... Tina (uncredited)
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Re: Mara Oscuro

Post by Johan Melle » 02/04/2021, 19:04

Nella città l'inferno (1959) credited, as Prisoner

The first of only two known credited film roles for Mara. She appears in a several scenes throughout the film as one of the prisoners, yet never features very prominently in any of her scenes.
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Post by Johan Melle » 02/04/2021, 19:05

Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan (1964) as Angry villager
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Post by Johan Melle » 02/04/2021, 19:06

L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta (1967) as Cigar factory worker
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Post by Johan Melle » 02/04/2021, 19:07

Little Rita nel West (1967) as Juror
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Post by Johan Melle » 02/04/2021, 19:10

Serafino (1968) credited, as One of the aunts

Mara's second credited role. She appears in numerous scenes throughout the film, but much like in Nella città l'inferno, she doesn't get much to do and is mostly relegated to the background.
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Post by Johan Melle » 02/04/2021, 19:13

Mara has two different roles in Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). First as Guest at the Capulet party...
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...and then at the end of the film as Nun at the funeral
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Post by Ciavazzaro » 02/04/2021, 23:50

The fotoromanzo thanks to which she was identified: Carina N. 47, year 1971.
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Post by Johan Melle » 17/04/2021, 20:30

Coriolano eroe senza patria (1964) as Woman in crowd outside the senate (in numerous scenes)
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Re: Oscuro, Mara

Post by PeplumParadise » 16/12/2021, 14:25

Sodoma e Gomorra (1962) as Hebrew woman
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Identification by Johan

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