Maiolini, Alba

[Johan Melle]

Alba Maiolini in Return of the Saint (1978)

Alba Maiolini has been one of the most popular extras of Italian cinema. She has acted in more than a hundred films: at times it's difficult to distinguish her between the mass of "extras", other times instead she was entrusted with interesting characterizations. Questioned by Simone Ribeiro if she was an "actress" or an "extra", she explained: «my qualification was a generica actress».

An avid smoker, mother of the actress Claudia Majolini and aunt of the actress Paola Majolini, Alba was born in Rome in July 1916. She was a very kind lady who lived in Pietralata, a district of Rome. "In love" with Tomas Milian and Carlo Verdone, she had many photos that portrayed them together and she loved to talked about them as well. She died at the age of 89 in 2005.

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Filmography

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1955

1. La grande savana .... role?
   
   1959
2. Il generale Della Rovere .... Woman at German headquarters (uncredited)
3. Nella città l'inferno .... Sara (credited as "Alba Majolini")
   
   1960
4. Esther and the King .... Jewish woman (uncredited)
   
   1961
5. Che gioia vivere .... Convict (uncredited)
6. Costantino il grande .... Captive Christian (uncredited)
7. Divorzio all'italiana .... Woman in courtroom (uncredited)
8. Giorno per giorno disperatamente .... Neighbour (uncredited)
9. I fratelli corsi .... Woman in Orlandi's group (uncredited)
10. I masnadieri .... Hysterical woman in the street (uncredited)
11. Il mantenuto .... Old prostitute (uncredited)
12. Le baccanti .... Woman of the people (uncredited)
    
    1962
13. Arrivano i titani .... Medusa (uncredited)
14. Il mio amico Benito ...Woman in road (uncredited)
15. I motorizzati .... Woman on the bus (uncredited)
16. L'eclisse .... Woman at the stock market (uncredited)
17. L'eroe di Babilonia .... Prisoner in the quarry (uncredited)
18. Le quattro giornate di Napoli .... Grieving woman (uncredited)
    
    1963
19. Assassinio made in Italy .... Spectator at crime scene (uncredited)
20. I cuori infranti .... Prostitute (uncredited) (Segment 1)
21. I dieci gladiatori .... Prisoner (uncredited)
22. Il Gattopardo .... Member of the lynch mob (uncredited)
23. Ursus nella terra di fuoco .... Villager killed by an arrow (uncredited)
    
    1964
24. Come inguaiammo l'esercito .... Countrywoman (uncredited)
25. I lunghi capelli della morte .... Wife of a plague victim (uncredited)
26. Jim, il primo .... Cook (uncredited)
    
    1965
27. Adios gringo .... City dweller (uncredited)
28. Il morbidone .... Woman in church (uncredited)
    
    1966
29. After the Fox .... Street spectator (uncredited)
30. Degueyo .... Woman of Danger City (uncredited)
31. È mezzanotte, butta giù il cadavere .... Maria, the maid (uncredited)
32. I cinque della vendetta .... Miguel's wife (uncredited)
33. I criminali della galassia .... One of the failed experiments (uncredited)
34. Il terzo occhio .... Older prostitute (uncredited)
35. La resa dei conti .... Old prostitute (uncredited)
36. Per mille dollari al giorno .... Woman in courtroom (uncredited)
37. Un angelo per Satana .... Mother of dead girl (uncredited)
    
    1967
38. Da uomo a uomo .... Mexican villager (uncredited)
39. Delitto a Posillipo - Londra chiama Napoli .... One of Pupetta's cellmates (uncredited)
40. El desperado .... Woman at the hanging (uncredited)
41. Il fischio al naso .... Slumber party guest (uncredited)
42. Il magnifico texano .... Woman at the fashion show (uncredited)
43. Killer Kid .... Mexican woman arrested (uncredited)
44. L'uomo, l'orgoglio, la vendetta .... Woman at gate (uncredited)
45. Wanted .... Indian woman (uncredited)
    
    1968
46. ...e venne il tempo di uccidere .... Governess (uncredited)
47. Black Jack .... Mexican villager (uncredited)
48. Corri uomo corri .... Mexican woman at the tavern (uncredited)
49. El Zorro .... Peasant (uncredited)
50. I due crociati .... Peasant of Ripafratta (uncredited)
51. I tre che sconvolsero il West .... Funeral trumpet player (uncredited)
52. Il circolo Pickwick (TV mini-series) .... Member of the Temperance Association (uncredited)
53. Il medico della mutua .... Patient in the waiting room (uncredited) / Nun (uncredited)
54. Little Rita nel west .... Jury spokesperson (uncredited)
55. Preparati la bara! .... Spectator at Garcia's hanging (uncredited)
56. Romeo and Juliet .... Citizen in the crowd (uncredited)
57. Se te lo raccontassi (TV series) - ep.: "Buona notte mister Boroff" .... role? (credited on Radiocorriere TV)
58. Silvia e l'amore .... Smoking woman (uncredited)
59. Tepepa .... Maid (uncredited)
    
    1969
60. Barbagia .... Mother of a kidnapping victim (uncredited)
61. Beatrice Cenci .... Woman who hands the jar (uncredited)
62. Professione bigamo .... Neighbour (uncredited)
63. Salvare la faccia .... Nun (uncredited)
64. Un esercito di 5 uomini .... Spectator at Esteban's execution (uncredited)
    
    1970
65. F.B.I. - Francesco Bertolazzi Investigatore (TV series) - episode 6: "Getto della spugna" .... Prostitute (uncredited)
66. Lady Barbara .... Party guest (uncredited)
67. Le castagne sono buone .... Woman in church (uncredited)
68. Lo chiamavano Trinità .... Mormon woman (uncredited)
69. Lo irritarono... e Santana fece piazza pulita .... Maid (uncredited)
70. Ninì Tirabusciò, la donna che invento la mossa .... Striker on the march (uncredited)
71. The Adventurers .... Woman at fashion show (uncredited)
    
    1971
72. Armiamoci e partite! .... Train passenger (uncredited)
73. Cose di cosa nostra .... role? (uncredited)[/color]
74. La vendetta è un piatto che si serve freddo .... Town harpy (uncredited)
75. La violenza: quinto potere .... Woman at the ceremony (uncredited)
76. Le belve - segment: "Il salvatore" .... Onlooker (uncredited)
77. Quickly, spari e baci a colazione .... role? (uncredited)
78. Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? .... Spectator at process (uncredited)
79. Trastevere .... Woman of the religious tour (uncredited)
80. Tre donne (TV series) - ep.: "1943 un incontro" .... Woman in the shelter (uncredited)
    
    1972
81. Avanti / Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? .... role? (uncredited)
82. Correva l'anno di grazia 1870 .... Woman at window (uncredited)
83. Cosa avete fatto a Solange? .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
84. Fratello Sole, Sorella Luna .... Villager (uncredited)
85. Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma .... Costumer at lemon-slush kiosk (uncredited)
86. Il coltello di ghiaccio .... Woman watching bullfight (uncredited)
87. Il vero e il falso .... Spectator at trial (uncredited)
88. Il sindacalista .... Protesting woman (uncredited)
89. Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata cercasi .... Zaccherin's aunt (uncredited)
90. L'assassinio di Trotsky .... Maid (uncredited)
91. L'occhio nel labirinto .... Serving maid (uncredited)
92. Nel nome del padre .... Audience member (uncredited)
93. Quando le donne si chiamavano Madonne .... Nun / Villager (uncredited)
94. Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso .... Woman with doll in asylum (uncredited)
95. Un animale chiamato uomo .... Farmer's wife (uncredited)
96. Un doppio a metà .... Assistant of the gynecologist (uncredited)
    
    1973
97. ...e continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno .... Striptease attendee (uncredited)
98. Anastasia mio fratello .... Woman in the confessional (uncredited)
99. Ancora una volta prima di lasciarci .... Miss Cerasi, a feminist (uncredited)
100. Bella, ricca, lieve difetto fisico cerca anima gemella .... Woman outside the station bar (uncredited)
101. Diario segreto da un carcere femminile .... Prisoner (uncredited)
102. Il figlioccio del padrino .... Maid in Don Salvatore Trizzino's home (credited)
103. Il fiore dai petali d’acciaio .... The concierge (credited)
104. Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con furore .... Old woman in the park (uncredited)
105. La torta in cielo .... Woman at the parade (uncredited)
106. Paolo il caldo .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
107. Partirono preti, tornarono... curati .... Governor's wife (uncredited)
108. Primo tango a Roma - Storia d'amore e d'alchimia .... Villager (uncredited)
109. Rappresaglia .... Woman in Rome (uncredited)
110. Sepolta viva .... Sorceress (uncredited)
     
     1974
111. C'eravamo tanto amati .... Restaurant customer (uncredited)
112. Furto di sera bel colpo si spera .... Woman at the police station (uncredited)
113. Il domestico .... Woman at the drinking fountain (uncredited)
114. Il saprofita .... Woman praying in the cave (uncredited)
115. L'Anticristo .... Woman praying by statue (uncredited)
116. L'arbitro .... Party guest (uncredited)
117. La minorenne .... Nun (uncredited)
118. La poliziotta .... Woman at the movie theater (uncredited)
119. La rivolta delle gladiatrici .... Kitchen maid (uncredited)
120. Milano: il clan dei calabresi .... Prostitute (uncredited) / Woman stoning Paolo (uncredited)
121. Piazza pulita .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
122. Prigione di donne .... Prison matron (uncredited)
123. Salvo d'Acquisto .... Old woman in the village (uncredited)
124. Superuomini, superdonne, superbotte .... Old villager (uncredited)
125. Un fiocco nero per Deborah .... Party guest (uncredited)
     
     1975
126. Che botte ragazzi! (Il ritorno di Shanghai Joe) .... Town woman (uncredited)
127. Due cuori, una cappella .... Neighbor (uncredited)
128. Fango bollente .... Giacomo's mother (uncredited)
129. I baroni .... Mother Superior (credited)
130. Il gatto mammone .... Woman following the procession (uncredited)
131. Lo sgarbo .... Casino player (uncredited)
132. Malía (Vergine, e di nome Maria) .... Peasant (uncredited)
133. Noi non siamo angeli .... Woman admiring automobile (uncredited)
134. Piedone a Hong Kong .... Passerby at street fight at market (uncredited)
135. Roma violenta .... Woman with sunglasses on bus (uncredited)
136. Son tornate a fiorire la rose .... Woman in Isola Tiberina (uncredited)
     
     1976
137. Colpita da improvviso benessere .... Fish market customer (uncredited)
138. Come una rosa al naso .... Don Gerlando's maid (uncredited)
139. Cuore di cane ...Woman on the street (uncredited)
140. Febbre da cavallo .... Woman in horse betting room (uncredited)
141. I prosseneti .... Party guest (uncredited)
142. Il secondo tragico Fantozzi .... "The Mother" in "La corazzata Potëmkin" (uncredited)
143. Italia a mano armata .... Hostage during bank robbery (uncredited)
144. La pretora .... Audience at tribunal (uncredited)
145. Languidi baci... perfide carezze .... Shanty dweller (uncredited)
146. Le cinque stagioni (TV mini-series) .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
147. Nella tua vita (TV mini-series) - ep. 2 .... role? (credited)
148. San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne .... Filomena's mother (uncredited)
149. Squadra antiscippo .... Nun (uncredited)
     
     1977
150. Il cinico, l'infame, il violento .... Passerby after the shooting at Pizza dei Coronari (uncredited)
151. La banda del gobbo .... Woman complaining to the police (uncredited)
152. La polizia è sconfitta .... Woman at funeral (uncredited)
153. Nerone .... Prison cook (uncredited)
154. Squadra antitruffa .... Killer accomplice who hides the rifle (uncredited)
155. Taxi Girl .... "Generica" for the robbery fiction scene / Dancer at dance hall (uncredited)
156. Un borghese piccolo piccolo .... Woman at the cemetery (uncredited)
     
     1978
157. Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini-series) .... The new concierge (uncredited)
158. Le braghe del padrone .... Secretary who brings the vitamin pills (credited)
159. Return of the Saint (TV series) - ep. 5: "The Village That Sold Its Soul" .... Signora Streso (credited)
160. Un poliziotto scomodo .... Augusto's mother (uncredited)
     
     1979
161. Concorde Affaire '79 .... Concorde passenger (uncredited)
162. Dedicato al mare Egeo .... Olga Karlatos' mother (uncredited)
163. Femmine infernali .... Prisoner (uncredited)
164. Giallo a Venezia .... Cleaning lady (uncredited)
165. La patata bollente .... Dancing woman (uncredited)
166. Uno sceriffo extraterrestre poco extra e molto terrestre .... Woman at the firemen's ball (uncredited)
167. Un uomo in ginocchio .... Lamantia's parent (uncredited)
     
     1980
168. Café Express .... Woman with umbrella at the station (uncredited)
169. Ciao marziano .... Woman at the gas station (uncredited)
170. Il casinista .... Nurse (uncredited)
171. L'altro inferno .... Mother Superior (in flashback) (uncredited)
172. La cage aux folles II .... Kitchen maid (uncredited)
173. La città delle donne .... Typist (uncredited)
174. La vera storia della monaca di Monza .... Nun (uncredited)
175. Mia moglie è una strega .... Feminist protester (uncredited)
176. Orinoco: prigioniere del sesso .... Prisoner (uncredited)
177. Sbamm! (1980) .... Protester against Onorevole Tamarro (uncredited)
178. Un sacco bello .... Passerby at the scene of the olive-oil spill (uncredited)
179. Zombi Holocaust .... Zombie woman that wearing the scalp (uncredited)
     
     1981
180. Il Turno .... Party guest (uncredited)
181. L'uomo della sabbia (TV) .... Party guest (uncredited)
182. Lion of the Desert .... Woman at Italian military ball (uncredited)
183. Manolesta .... Woman shouting from Gianicolo (uncredited)
     
     1982
184. Gunan il guerriero .... Midwife (credited as "Alba Lines")
185. Il paramedico .... Tenant (uncredited)
186. La Traviata .... Party guest (uncredited)
187. Monsignor .... Woman at Sunday mass who thanks Flaherty (uncredited)
188. Scusa se è poco .... Bar customer (uncredited)
189. Sogni mostruosamente proibiti .... Ballet choreographer (uncredited)
190. Verdi (TV mini-series) .... Shop customer (uncredited)
191. Vigili e vigilesse .... Nun (uncredited)
     
     1983
192. Fantozzi subisce ancora .... Spectatress at the stadium (uncredited)
193. Guapparia .... Onlooker at the knife duel (uncredited)
194. Il diavolo e l'acquasanta .... Woman praying for the miracle (uncredited)
195. Nana .... Client at the erotic club (uncredited)
196. Occhio malocchio prezzemolo e finocchio - segment "Il mago" .... Member of the audience at TV show (uncredited)
     
     1984
197. La bella Otero (TV mini-series) - episode 2 .... Sleeping woman in the prison cell (uncredited)
     
     1985
198. Fracchia contro Dracula .... Transylvania woman near the well (uncredited)
199. I pompieri .... Spectator at final parade (uncredited)
200. The Assisi Underground .... Woman executed by firing squad (uncredited)
     
     1986
201. Giovanni Senzapensieri .... Spectator at the reading (uncredited)
202. Il camorrista .... Prison visitor (uncredited)
203. La storia (TV) .... Woman of the people (uncredited)
204. Naso di cane (TV mini-series) .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited) / Woman in the angry crowd (uncredited)
205. Superfantozzi .... Noblewoman in the crowd (uncredited)
206. Troppo forte .... Woman at the beach (uncredited)
     
     1987
207. Io e mia sorella .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
208. Teresa .... Woman at the funeral (uncredited)
209. Ternosecco .... Protester (uncredited)
     
     1988
210. Il giovane Toscanini .... Audience member on balcony (uncredited)
211. Scheggia di vento (TV) .... Zaira (credited)
212. The adventures of Baron Munchausen .... Woman in crowd (uncredited)
     
     1989
213. Il ricatto (TV mini series) .... Casino player (uncredited)
     
     1990
214. Atto di dolore .... role? (uncredited)
215. Stasera a casa di Alice .... Nun of miracles (uncredited)
     
     1993
216. Amami .... Porn cinema cashier (uncredited)

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Filmography to check

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1. La donna perduta (1940)
2. Made in Italy - segment "Il Lavoro" (1965) .... The Luigino Neighbour (uncredited)
3. La Traviata (1967) (from Archivio del cinema italiano)
4. E continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno (1973) .... Striptease spectator (uncredited)
5. La bella e la bestia - episode "la schiava" (1977) as A servant (uncredited)
6. L'ebreo fascista (1980) (credited according to DCI)
7. Barcamenandoci (made in 1981; released in 1984) (credited according to DCI)
8. Vigili e vigilesse (1982)
9. Dicembre (1990)
10. Un orso chiamato Arturo (1992) - she appears when a little bomb explodes on ponte Sant'Angelo

[Johan Melle]

Alba Maiolini actually had a few decently sized roles and was credited in a couple of films but the majority of her roles are small and uncredited parts.
I think one of her most "famous" roles is as the zombie woman wearing the scalp of poor Sherry Buchanan in Zombi Holocaust

An image from this scene was also used in various of fotobustas and lobbycards

...e venne il tempo di uccidere (1968) as Mulligan maid

Nice role in Diario segreto da un carcere femminile (1973) as a Prisoner - present in many scenes

[Emiliano]

With a bizzarre wig in Riuscirà l'avvocato Franco Benenato a sconfiggere il suo acerrimo nemico il pretore Ciccio De Ingras? (1971) as Spectator at process

Squadra antitruffa (1977) as Killer accomplice who hides the rifle

Another famous role as Passerby at the scene of the olive-oil spill in Verdone's cult Un sacco bello (1980)

Il diavolo e l'acquasanta (1983) as Woman praying for the miracle

Taxi Girl (1977) - Double role: as "Generica" for the robbery fiction / Dancer at dance hall

Stasera a casa di Alice (1990) as Nun of miracles, a sort of a sosia of Mother Teresa of Calcutta

[carlos]

Tepepa (1968) as Maria, Consuela's maid - posted by Emiliano

Il vero e il falso (1972) as Audience at the trial - pic by Buono Legnani

Wanted (1967) as Indian woman - posted by Johan Melle

Barbagia (1969) - kidnapping victim's mother - pic by Johan Melle

[Emiliano]

Quando le donne si chiamavano 'Madonne' (1972)

Two roles, first a nun

than a villager

I due crociati (1968)
Images upgraded here

Il figlioccio del padrino (1973) credited as Maid in Don Salvatore Trizzino's home

She plays also the "Mother" in "La corazzata Potëmkin", a feature film that Fantozzi is forced to see together with his colleagues in Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (1976) - a movie in a movie - a very popular scene of the italian cinema.

[Emiliano]

Un uomo in ginocchio (1979)

I pompieri (1985) as Spectator at final parade

La pretora (1976) as Audience at tribunal

In the very good western La resa dei conti (1966) as an Old prostitute

[carlos]

I cinque della vendetta (1966) as Miguel's wife - posted by Johan Melle

Interesting role in Il fiore dai petali d'acciaio (1973) (credited) as the concierge - pic by Buono Legnani

La banda del Gobbo (1978) as Woman complaining to the police- discovered by nemesi, new pic by Johan

Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (1972) as Costumer at lemon-slush kiosk - discovered by Buono Legnani, new pic by Johan

San Pasquale Baylonne protettore delle donne (1976) as Filomena's mother - discovered by Buono Legnani, new pic by Johan

[vecchiaguardia]

I prosseneti (1976) as Party guest

Salvare la faccia (1969) as Nun

[Johan Melle]

The Assisi Underground (1985) - as woman executed by firing squad

And some pictures of Alba's great, credited role in Nella città l'Inferno (1959) where she plays Sara, one of the prisoners who lives in the same cell as Anna Magnani

[carlos]

La patata bollente (1979) as Dancing woman - pic by Buono Legnani

Nerone (1977) as Prison cook - pic by Buono Legnani

Adios gringo (1965) as City dweller - posted by TRS

È mezzanotte, butta giù il cadavere (1966) as Maria, the maid (credited) - pic by Buono Legnani

Degueyo (1966) as Woman of Danger City - posted by Johan Melle

Corri uomo corri (1968) as Mexican woman in the tavern - posted by Johan Melle