Name Mimi Aguglia Grandchildren Mario Brunetti Children Argentina Brunetti | Parents Giuseppina Aguglia Role Actress | |
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Died July 31, 1970, Woodland Hills, California, United States Movies The Outlaw, The Man Who Cheated, Cuban Fireball, The Rose Bowl Story Similar People Argentina Brunetti, Howard Hughes, Howard Hawks, William Beaudine, Felix E Feist | ||
Mimi Aguglia (21 December 1884 – 31 July 1970) was an Italian actress, who was born in Catania, Sicily, while her mother, actress Giuseppina Aguglia, was playing Desdemona in Othello.
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Biography
She was born in the wings of the St. Cecile theater in Palermo, Italy on 21 December 1884.
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.
Aguglia's American stage debut came in 1909. 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.
Aguglia played in The Goldbergs on CBS radio in the early 1940s. She also worked at radio station WOV, broadcasting in Italian.
She died on 31 July 1970.
Family
Aguglia was married and had three children, two of whom worked in radio.