Tina Pica

Italian actress

Tina Pica
Pica in the movie Oh! Sabella (1957)
Born	(1884-03-31)31 March 1884 Naples, Kingdom of Italy
Died	15 August 1968(1968-08-15) (aged 84) Naples, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1916–1963

Tina Pica (31 March 1884 – 15 August 1968) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage. Her film debut came in 1935 with The Three-Cornered Hat.^[1]

In the 1950s, she became a celebrity thanks to her role as Caramella in the successful film series Bread, Love and Dreams (1953), Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954), Scandal in Sorrento (1955), Bread, Love and Andalusia (1958) and the last one, Pane, amore e così sia (which was never filmed).

In 1955, she won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress.^[2]

Partial filmography

Carmela, la sartina di Montesanto (1916)
Ciccio, il pizzaiuolo del Carmine (1916)
The Three-Cornered Hat (1935) as Assunta, a commoner (uncredited)
Hands Off Me! (1937) as Giulia, the housemaid
A Lady Did It (1938) as Teresa, the doorkeeper
The Marquis of Ruvolito (1939) as Miss Mangialardo
No Man's Land (1939) as Maruzza
Lost in the Dark (1947)
Hey Boy (1948) as Maddalena, the cook
The Vow (1950) as La maligna
Filumena Marturano (1951) as Rosalia Solimena
Fiamme sulla laguna (1951)
Porca miseria (1951) as Donna Rosa
Destiny (1951) as Nunziata
Ha da venì... don Calogero (1952)
Ergastolo (1952) as Mrs. De Giorgi
The City Stands Trial (1952) as the restaurant owner
Deceit (1952) as an ill old lady
Rimorso (1952)
Husband and Wife (1952) as Rosalia / zia Fedora
Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) as Caramella
Naples Sings (1953)
Siamo ricchi e poveri (1953)
Melody of Love (1954) as Concetta
Neapolitan Carousel (1954) as Capera
Cuore di mamma (1954) as Semmentella
Bread, Love and Jealousy (1954) as Caramella
Naples Is Always Naples (1954) as Donna Bettina
The Gold of Naples (1954) as an old lady (segment "Il professore")
Due soldi di felicità (1954) as aunt Rachele
Le signorine dello 04 (1955) as aunt Vittoria
Graziella (1955) as grandma Assunta
Toto and Carolina (1955) as the lady at the hospital (uncredited)
The Sign of Venus (1955) as aunt Tina
Buonanotte... avvocato! (1955) as Antonia
A Hero of Our Times (1955) as Clotilde
La moglie è uguale per tutti (1955) as Beretta's wife
Io piaccio (1955) as Sibilla
Destination Piovarolo (1955) as Beppa
Scandal in Sorrento (1955) as Caramella
Un po' di cielo (1955) as Antonietta
Da qui all'eredità (1955) as aunt Tina
Tragic Ballad (1955) as the boatswain's wife
Ci sposeremo a Capri (1956) as Donna Concetta Spestacano
The Virtuous Bigamist (1956) as aunt Camilla
Guaglione (1956) as Tina
Amaramente (1956)
Arriva la zia d'America (1956) as Tecla Camarano
La nonna Sabella (1957) as grandma Sabella
Count Max (1957) as the aunt
Una pelliccia di visone (1957) as grandma Matilde
Lazzarella (1957) as Mrs. Capuano
La zia d'America va a sciare (1957) as Tecla Cammarano
Napoli, sole mio! (1958) as Teresa
Io, mammeta e tu (1958) as the grandmother
Il bacio del sole (Don Vesuvio) (1958)
Non sono più Guaglione (1958) as Nini Bijou
Mia nonna poliziotto (1958) as Tina De Cupis
Fantasmi e ladri (1959) as Annunziata
Non perdiamo la testa (1959) as Mrs. Cuccar
La duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959) as aunt Carmela, duchess of Santa Lucia
La nipote Sabella (1959) as Donna Sabella
La Pica sul Pacifico (1959) as Adelaide Harold
La sceriffa (1960) as Carmela Esposito
Che femmina!! E... che dollari! (1961)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963) as grandma Ferrario (segment "Mara") (final film role)

References

^ "IL CAPPELLO A TRE PUNTE - Film (1934)". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
^ "1955: Nastro d'argento a Tina Pica, regina del cinema -". Rai Teche (in Italian). 30 March 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2022.