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2 unusual facts about Maresca


Maresca

Pupetta Maresca (born 1935), aka Pupetta (Little Doll), a former beauty queen and a well-known figure in the Camorra

Ernie Maresca (born 1939), American singer-songwriter and record company executive


Pasquale Simonetti

The life of Pasquale Simonetti and Pupetta Maresca inspired the film La sfida (The Challenge) (1958), by Francesco Rosi with José Suárez as Simonetti and Rosanna Schiaffino as Maresca.

Umberto Ammaturo

In 1982, Ammaturo and Maresca were arrested and charged with killing the forensic psychiatrist Aldo Semerari who had helped Ammaturo in previous years to escape prison feigning insanity.

W. M. Hunt

During his time as director of photography at Ricco/Maresca gallery and as former curator at Hasted Hunt, W.M. Hunt debuted and represented artists including Wilson Bentley, Elinor Carucci, Luc Delahaye, Jean-Paul Goude, Lisette Model, Erwin Olaf, Eugene Richards, Martin Schoeller, Alex Webb, Joel-Peter Witkin and others.


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