Italian Woman is a minor character in the 1996 Miniseries Titanic. She traveled on the Titanic with her husband and son as a Third Class passenger. She was portrayed by Tina Fiorda.
Role in the film[]
"Hurry...Come on!"
Her first appearance was during the loading of Collapsible D when Second Officer Lightoller had difficulty finding women and children to fill the lifeboat. Finally she and her husband and son arrived on the Boat Deck and Lightoller called them, however, her husband was detained by the crew as only women and children were allowed into the lifeboats. She and her son said goodbye to her husband and cried. Wynn Park then asked Lightoller if he could allow the Italian woman's husband to come into the lifeboat with her, but Lightoller still refused.
Italian Woman stares at Bruce Ismay cynically
When Ismay jumped into Collapsible D, some of the women inside were surprised and said he should be embarrassed. The Italian woman and her son only gave Ismay a cynical look.
"Papa! Papa!"
When Titanic reached her final stages and moments later split in two, her son screamed for his father who was still on board. Neither the woman or her son were shown in the series after that.