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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1959

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

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. Ridendo e scherzando (episode "nozze d'argento") (1978) as Notary's clerk
7. L'ebreo fascista (1980) (credited according to DCI)
8. Barcamenandoci (made in 1981; released in 1984) (credited according to DCI)
9. Vigili e vigilesse (1982)
10. Dicembre (1990)
11. 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