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Mimi Aguglia

Acting Born Dec 20, 1884 Catania, Sicily, Italy 18 credits

Biography

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Mimi Aguglia (21 December 1884 – 31 July 1970) was an

Italian actress, who was born in Catania, Sicily while her own mother, actress

Giuseppina Aguglia, was playing Desdemona in Othello.

She was doing warm up acts for her famous actress mother by

the time she was five. She went on to tour both Italy and Europe and became an

internationally famous theatrical actress in her own right. She was

"discovered" by Hollywood and from the 1930s until her death was a

much requested character actress in movies. Her daughter Argentina Brunetti (1907–2005)

was also an actress.

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Full filmography

  • The Outlaw (1943) as Guadalupe
  • We Were Strangers (1949) as Mama
  • Anchors Aweigh (1945) as Old Lady (uncredited)
  • The Rose Tattoo (1955) as Assunta
  • Black Hand (1950) as Mrs. Sabballera
  • Cry of the City (1948) as Mama Roma
  • Captain from Castile (1947) as Doña Hernandez (uncredited)
  • Right Cross (1950) as Mom Monterez
  • The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) as Mrs. Capa
  • Deported (1950) as Teresa Sparducci
  • East Side, West Side (1949) as Grandma Senta (uncredited)
  • The Brothers Rico (1957)
  • A Bell for Adano (1945) as Rosa Tomasino
  • When in Rome (1952) as Rosa
  • That Midnight Kiss (1949) as Mamma Donnetti
  • Carnival in Costa Rica (1947) as Mama Castro
  • Una viuda romántica (1933) as Encarna
  • Cuban Fireball (1951) as Señora Martinez