Portrait of Mimi Aguglia

Mimi Aguglia

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia 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.

Born: December 20, 1884

Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy

Filmography

1955
The Rose Tattoo

as Assunta

1952
1950
Deported

as Teresa Sparducci

1950
Right Cross

as Mom Monterez

1950
Black Hand

as Mrs. Sabballera

1949
East Side, West Side

as Grandma Senta (uncredited)

1949
That Midnight Kiss

as Mamma Donnetti

1948
Cry of the City

as Mama Roma

1947
Captain from Castile

as Doña Hernandez (uncredited)

1947
1945
Anchors Aweigh

as Old Lady (uncredited)

1945
A Bell for Adano

as Rosa Tomasino

1943
The Outlaw

as Guadalupe