Letizia, who played tough street girl Marie in four Rocky movies, sued Stallone, MGM, Columbia/Sony and Revolution Studios in federal court after she was shut out of Rocky Balboa, which was shot here last winter and is due for release Dec. 22.

Letizia had claimed that she saw Stallone at a book signing in spring 2005 and that he told Letizia that she had the part in the sixth installment of the series that started here 30 years ago. Her suit, prepared by Philly lawyer George Bochetto, said she cleared her schedule so she could "devote herself to the [film's] rigorous and accelerated production schedule."

As filming approached, Letizia learned that Geraldine Hughes was cast. In previous outings, Letizia had received the Screen Actors Guild minimum for a small role. In this Rocky, Marie is a lead.

Letizia has moved on. She said Friday that she's in rehearsal for Five in One, a new comedy due to open in late September at Peoples Improv Theatre in New York. She also tours her one-woman show, Over the Edge.