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 were entrusted with interesting characterizations. Questioned 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. [E.L.]

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FILMOGRAPHY

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

FILMOGRAPHY TO BE VERIFIED

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. Ancora una volta prima di lasciarci (1973) .... Cerasi
5. E continuavano a mettere lo diavolo ne lo inferno (1973) .... Striptease spectator
6. Piedone a hong kong (1974) .... Passerby in great street fight
7. La bella e la bestia (episode "la schiava") (1977) as A servant
8. Ridendo e scherzando (episode "nozze d'argento") (1978) as Notary's clerk
9. L'ebreo fascista (1980) (credited according to DCI)
10. Barcamenandoci (made in 1981; released in 1984) (credited according to DCI)
11. Vigili e vigilesse (1982)
12. Dicembre (1990)
13. 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]

Lo chiamavano Trinità (1970) as Mormon woman - posted by TRS

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 Mother of Filomena - pic by Buono Legnani

[vecchiaguardia]

Café Express (1980) as Woman with umbrella at the station

Malìa vergine, e di nome Maria (1975) as Woman at Maria's funeral

I prosseneti (1976) as Party guest

Sbamm! (1980)

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