Eduardo De Filippo
| Senator for life Eduardo De Filippo | |
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 De Filippo with a model of the Teatro San Carlino (1955) | |
| Born | (1900-05-24)24 May 1900 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 31 October 1984(1984-10-31) (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor, playwright, screenwriter |
| Spouse(s) | Isabella Quarantotti (m. 1977) (d.2005) Thea Prandi (1956-1959) (d.1961) Dorothy Pennington (1928-1956) |
| Children | Luca De Filippo |
| Parent(s) | Luisa De Filippo Eduardo Scarpetta |
| Relatives | Peppino De Filippo (brother) Titina De Filippo (sister) |
Eduardo De Filippo (24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as Eduardo[1] was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria. Considered as one of the most important italian artists of 20th century was author of many theatrical dramas put on play and directed by himself first and later awarded and played outside Italy. For his artistic merits and contribution to the culture was nominee senatore a vita by Italian Presidente della Repubblica Sandro Pertini.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Works
2.1 Theatre
2.2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links
Biography
De Filippo was born in Naples to playwright Eduardo Scarpetta and theatre seamstress and costumier Luisa De Filippo. He began acting at the age of five and in 1932 formed a theater company with his brother Peppino and sister Titina, called compagnia del Teatro Umoristico I De Filippo. Peppino left the troupe in 1944 and Titina departed by the early 1950s. De Filippo starred in De Sica's L'oro di Napoli with Totò and Sophia Loren in 1954. In 1973 a production of his Sabato, domenica e lunedi (1959, Saturday, Sunday and Monday), starring Laurence Olivier in the lead role, won the London drama critics' award.[2][3] His translation of Shakespeare's The Tempest into Neapolitan was published in 1982.
In 1981, De Filippo was appointed life senator of the Italian Republic. He died three years later in Rome. His artistic legacy has been carried over by his son Luca De Filippo.
Works
Theatre
Farmacia di turno (The All-night Chemist, 1920)
Uomo e galantuomo (Man and Gentleman, 1922)
*Requie a l'anema soja/I morti non fanno paura (May his soul rest, 1926)
Ditegli sempre di sì (Always tell him "yes", 1927)
Filosoficamente (Philosophically, 1928)
Sik-sik, l'artefice magico (Sik-sik the magical maker, 1929)
Chi è cchiu' felice 'e me (Who's Happier than Me?, 1929)
Quei figuri di trent'anni fa (Those Dudes of 30 Years Ago, 1929)
Ogni anno punto e da capo (Every Year Back from the Start, 1931)
È arrivato 'o trentuno (The 31st is Here, 1931)
Natale in casa Cupiello (Christmas at the Cupiello's, 1931)
La voce del padrone/Il successo del giorno (Success of the Day, 1932)
Napoli milionaria (The Millions of Naples, 1945)
Filumena Marturano (1946)
Questi fantasmi (These Ghosts, 1946)
Le voci di dentro (Inner Voices, 1948)
La grande magia (The Great Magic, 1948)
La paura numero uno (The Greatest Fear, 1950)
Mia famiglia (Family of Mine, 1955)
Bene mio e core mio (My Heart, my Treasure, 1955)
De Pretore Vincenzo (Vincent De Pretore, 1957)
Sabato, domenica e lunedì (Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 1959)
Il sindaco del rione Sanità (Mayor of "Sanità" alley, 1961)- L'arte della commedia' ("The Art of Comedy", 1964)
Il monumento (The Monument 1970)
Gli esami non finiscono mai (Exams never end, 1973)
Filmography
Totò and Eduardo De Filippo in Napoli Milionaria.
Three Lucky Fools (1933) - Gilberto, l'impresario
The Three-Cornered Hat (1935) - Don Teofilo, il governatore
Those Two (1935) - Il professore
It Was I! (1937) - Giovannino Apicella
Una Commedia fra i pazzi (1937)
L'amor mio non muore! (1938) - Lorenzo, il finanziere
Il marchese di Ruvolito (1939) - Il marchese di Ruvolito
In the Country Fell a Star (1939) - Pasquale Montuori
Il sogno di tutti (1940) - Il professore scienziato
A che servono questi quattrini? (1942) - Il marchese Eduardo Parascandolo
Non ti pago! (1942) - Don Ferdinando Quagliolo
After Casanova's Fashion (1942) - Don Ferdinando
Non mi muovo! (1943) - Don Carlo Mezzetti
Il fidanzato di mia moglie (1943) - Gaspare Bellini
Ti conosco, mascherina! (I know you, little Mask!, 1943) - Carmine
Life Begins Anew (1945) - Il professore
Uno tra la folla (1946) - Paolo Bianchi
Assunta Spina (1948) - Michele Boccadifuoco
Alarm Bells (1949) - Don Andrea
Yvonne of the Night (1949) - L'avvocato Rubini
Napoli milionaria (The Millions of Naples, 1950) - Gennaro Iovine
Cameriera bella presenza offresi... (1951) - Raffaele, il professore di matematica
Filumena Marturano (1951) - Domenico Soriano
Three Girls from Rome (1952) - Vittorio
Un Ladro in paradiso (1952)
I sette peccati capitali ( Seven Deadly Sins, 1952) - Eduardo (segment "Avarice et la colère, L' / Avarice and Anger")
Altri tempi (1952)
Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) - Eduardo Moschettone
Ragazze da marito (Girls to be married, 1952) - Oreste Mazzillo
Marito e moglie (Man and Wife, 1952) - Matteo Cuomo / Gennaro Imparato
Napoletani a Milano (Neapolitans in Milan, 1953) - Salvatore Aianello
Traviata '53 (1953) - Commendator Cesati
It Happened in the Park (1953) - Donato Ventrella (segment: Il paraninfo)
100 Years of Love (1954) - Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")
Tempi nostri (1954) - Il conduttore
Questi fantasmi (These Ghosts, 1954)
The Gold of Naples (1954) - Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
Cortile (1955) - Luigi
La canzone del destino (1957)
Fortunella (Happy-go-lucky Girl, 1958) - Head of the Theater Company
L'amore più bello (1958) - Gennaro Esposito
Raw Wind in Eden (1958) - Urbano Varno
Ferdinando I, re di Napoli (1959) - Pulcinella
Il sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia (A Midsummer's Hangover Dream, 1959) - Pasquale Grifone
Everybody Go Home (1960) - Signor Innocenzi
Ghosts of Rome (1961) - Don Annibale, Principe di Roviano
The Shortest Day (1963) - Mafioso
Oggi, domani, dopodomani (Today, Tomorrow and the Day After, 1965) - Driver (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni")
Spara più forte, più forte... non capisco (Shoot louder, I can't hear You, 1966) - Zi Nicola
Ghosts - Italian Style (1966)
References
^ Name used only as actor; as actor and director he signed himself with both name and surname.
^ Cassell Dictionary of Italian Literature - Page 164
^ McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama: an international ...: Volume 1 - Page 19
External links
- Site dedicated to his life and works (in Italian)
Eduardo De Filippo at Find a Grave
Eduardo De Filippo at the Internet Broadway Database
Eduardo De Filippo on IMDb
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