Eduardo De Filippo
Acting
Biography
Eduardo De Filippo (Naples, 24 May 1900 - Rome, 31 October 1984), was an Italian playwright, actor, director, screenwriter and poet. Considered one of the most important Italian theatrical authors of the twentieth century, he was the author of numerous theatrical works which he himself staged and interpreted and, later, translated and performed by others also abroad. A prolific author, he also worked in the cinema with the same roles covered in the theatrical activity. For his artistic merits and contributions to culture, in 1981, he was appointed senator for life by the President of the Republic Sandro Pertini and was awarded two honorary degrees in literature from the University of Birmingham in 1977 and from the University of Rome La "Sapienza" in 1980. It was also proposed for the Nobel Prize for literature [2]. Eduardo is still today, together with Luigi Pirandello, Dario Fo and Carlo Goldoni, one of the most appreciated and represented Italian theater authors abroad He was born in Naples on May 24, 1900. Natural son of the actor and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta and of the theater dressmaker Luisa De Filippo, Eduardo and his brothers were recognized as children by their mother whose surname they took De Filippo. Eduardo Scarpetta, married on March 16, 1876 to Rosa De Filippo, with whom he had three children (Domenico, Maria and Vincenzo), had an extra-marital relationship with his granddaughter Luisa De Filippo (daughter of Luca, brother of Rosa De Filippo) from which Titina, Eduardo and Peppino were born.
Born: May 24, 1900
Place of Birth: Napoli, Campania, Italy
Known For
Filmography
as Vincenzo Crosetti
as Self
as Antonio Barracano
as Peppino Fattibene
as Gennaro, pensionato
as Alberto Saporito
as Agostino Muscariello
as Personaggio principale
as Guglielmo Speranza
as Don Peppino
as Gennaro
as Don Ciccio sciosciammocca
as Zi' Nicola
as Ferdinando Quagliolo
as Don Antonio Barracano
as Personaggio principale
as Personaggio principale
as Matteo Generoso
as Personaggio principale
as Andrea Girella
as mafioso
as Domenico Soriano
as Personaggio principale
as Personaggio principale
as Gennaro Jovine
as Don Annibale
as Signor Innocenzi
as Pulcinella
as Pasquale Grifone
as Urbano Varno
as Gennaro Esposito
as Il capocomico
as Personaggio principale
as Luigi
as Felice
as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
as Amedeo Stigliano
as Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")
as Enrico
as Donato Ventrella (segment: Il paraninfo)
as Commendator Cesati
as Salvatore Aianello
as Oreste Mazzillo
as Eduardo Moschettone
as Eduardo (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")
as Don Matteo / Gennarino
as Vittorio
as Domenico Soriano
as Raffaele, il professore di matematica
as Gennaro Iovine
as L'avvocato Rubini
as Don Andrea
as Michele Boccadifuoco
as Il professore
as Carmine
as Carlo Mezzetti
as Gaspare Bellini
as Don Ferdinando
as Don Ferdinando Quagliolo
as marchese Eduardo Parascandolo
as Pasquale Montuori
as Giovannino Apicella
as Don Teofilo, il governatore
as Il professore
as Gilberto, l'impressario