Alba Maiolini

[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.

FILMOGRAPHY

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1955

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

FILMOGRAPHY TO CHECK

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1. La donna perduta (1940)
2. Made in Italy - segment "Il Lavoro" (1965) .... The Luigino Neighbour
3. La Traviata (1967) (from Archivio del cinema italiano)
4. E continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno (1973) .... Striptease spectator
5. La bella e la bestia (episode "la schiava") (1977) as A servant
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) 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)

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