Maria Rosaria Omaggio

Acting

Maria Rosaria Omaggio

Born — Died

1954-01-11 — 2024-06-30

Place of birth

Roma, Lazio, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

33 titles

Maria Rosaria Omaggio (Rome, 1954 – 2024) was one of the most versatile figures in Italian entertainment, successfully spanning cinema, television, theatre, and writing. Of Neapolitan descent, she rose to fame at a very young age participating in Canzonissima (1973-74), a springboard that turned her into a household name and a beauty icon (appearing on famous covers such as Playboy and Playmen). She made her big-screen debut in 1976 in the "poliziotteschi" (Italian crime-thriller) films Rome Armed to the Teeth and The Cop in Blue Jeans. Her filmography is rich and varied, featuring international collaborations and roles for directors such as Woody Allen (To Rome with Love). The pinnacle of …

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Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

To Rome with Love poster
5.8

Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.

To Rome with Love

2012

Wałesa: Man of Hope poster
5.7

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

Wałesa: Man of Hope

2013

The Museum Of Wonders poster
3.0

When the beautiful dancer Salome learns that the dwarf circus owner Marcel has just received an inheritance, she marries the lovesick, diminutive performer, all the while planning to steal his fortune and run off with her lover, strong man Sansone. When Marcel and fellow performers discover her evil plan, they band together to carry out a brutal revenge.

The Museum Of Wonders

2010

Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich poster
1.8

A team of researchers investigates a European castle that was used for sadistic tortures during the inquisition, as well as horrifying and abominable Nazi experiments on innocent people. Riddled with history, the demonically possessed castle overtakes the crew turning their nightmares into a terrifying reality.

Bloody Sin: Abonimations of the Third Reich

2011

Ninna nanna poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Ninna nanna

2017

2000s · 3 titles

1980s · 9 titles

The Adventures of Hercules poster
4.8

Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.

The Adventures of Hercules

1985

Nightmare City poster
5.7

A reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from the hordes of bloodthirsty, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity as military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless attacks.

Nightmare City

1980

Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later poster
3.8

Four episodes set on the beaches of Rimini: a womanizer pretends to be homosexual in order to gain the favors of a beautiful woman who ignores him. A mature beachgoer suffers from indigestion. A businessman unknowingly finances his wife's infidelities. Two wives from the south are forced to exchange partners.

Rimini, Rimini: A Year Later

1988

The Crazy Neighbors 2 poster
7.0

Fermin and Julio are two married men whose wives, Justina and Mireya, are political leaders. While Justine is part of a conservative party, Mireya leads one that is feminist. Their husbands have become something completely different to what is generally expected in that is it they who are responsible for caring for their children, cleaning the house, etc...though of course they also get into trouble with women. Fermin and Julio are regulars at a whorehouse who runs Encarna, but it's unusual in that in addition to its main function, it also servers as a nursery.

The Crazy Neighbors 2

1980

Culo e camicia poster
5.1

The movie is basically two unrelated comedic features: the first one features the travails of a man who stutters and tries to woo a woman he wants to date. The second features the wonderful Renato Pozetto as a gay man who lives with a partner, but finds himself falling for a woman, and not knowing how to tell his partner, who is prone to melodrama.

Culo e camicia

1981

Era una notte buia e tempestosa... poster
8.0

Three young people sharing a flat become friends.

Era una notte buia e tempestosa...

1985

Occhio nero, occhio biondo, occhio felino... poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Occhio nero, occhio biondo, occhio felino...

1983

L'Ave Maria poster
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

L'Ave Maria

1982

Giocare d'azzardo poster
NR

While desperately looking for a change, the 40yo Anna - a bored housewife - decides to start gambling. Luck is not on her side though: she loses everything she had, she's almost broke. Caught up by a moment of madness, she steals her daughter’s lifetime savings. She even pawns her own car - , she’s willing to do anything to try to win… Her only wish is for her lotto number to be the winning one… She tries, and tries, and tries… Till the day when that lotto number gets drawn - is it the truth or has the gambling driven her crazy and she can’t distinguish between reality and a dream anymore?

Giocare d'azzardo

1982

1970s · 7 titles

My Father's Private Secretary poster
5.2

Ponziani Armando, the owner of a thriving chemical industry, lives in a beautiful villa on Lake Como with his wife and his son Franco Ersilia.

My Father's Private Secretary

1976

Rome, Armed to the Teeth poster
6.6

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

1976

The Cop in Blue Jeans poster
6.2

A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves.

The Cop in Blue Jeans

1976

La lozana andaluza poster
5.3

In 16th century Rome, Rampín, a friendly and shameless rogue, exploits his arts of deception. He lives with his aunt, Napolitana, a pimp dedicated to the same trades as his nephew. With the arrival of a beautiful Andalusian, Lozana, her fortune enters their house by making her the most beautiful courtesan in Rome. Lozana and Rampín reach an agreement: he will be at her service, taking her lovers home, and she will treat him like a king and give him the best, something that others will never have. But one fine day, Don Sancho, a handsome Spaniard, falls in love with her.

La lozana andaluza

1976

The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond poster
6.4

Returning from Switzerland to Rome, the boss prof. Salviati, called 'The Prince', finds his business compromised by Rudy, a small local bandit full of presumption, audacity and men ready to kill. Commissioner Baldi a young and brave employee, will fight against them with the help of an ex-employee Rampelli.

The Criminals Attack. The Police Respond

1977

El virgo de Visanteta poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

El virgo de Visanteta

1979

Visanteta, estáte quieta poster
5.8

Just when normalcy seemed to have returned to the Valencian town of Favara with Visanteta's marriage, tragedy strucks and she's widowed. To avoid the wrath of Saint Barbara after Visanteta's honor is threatened, they seek her a husband, but none lasts for long.

Visanteta, estáte quieta

1979

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