Eduardo De Filippo

Acting

Born May 24, 1900

From Napoli, Campania, Italy

Died Oct 31, 1984

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.

Eduardo De Filippo

Known For

It Happened in the Park

The Shortest Day

Ferdinand I King of Naples

The Gold of Naples

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand

100 Years of Love

A che servono questi quattrini?

The Anatomy of Love

Position Wanted

My Name Is Anna Magnani

Filmography — Acting

It Happened in the Park

The Shortest Day

Ferdinand I King of Naples

The Gold of Naples

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand

100 Years of Love

A che servono questi quattrini?

The Anatomy of Love

Position Wanted

My Name Is Anna Magnani

L'uomo dai calzoni corti

The Seven Deadly Sins

Christmas at the Cupiello House

Everybody Go Home!

Raw Wind in Eden

Tre calzoni fortunati

Ragazze da marito

Ghosts of Rome

Non ti pago!

The Lucky Five

Quei due

Filumena Marturano

La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola

Filumena Marturano

Fortunella

I Sing for You Alone

Napoli milionaria

Gli esami non finiscono mai

Christmas at the Cupiello Household

Campane a martello

Yvonne of the Night

Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia

Miseria e nobiltà

Neopolitans in Milan

Il medico dei pazzi

Three Girls from Rome

Assunta Spina

La paura numero uno

Casanova farebbe così!

Ti conosco, mascherina!

The Mayor of Rione Sanità

Traviata 53

Lu curaggio de nu pumpiero napulitano

Quei figuri di tanti anni fà

I Was to Blame

Il sindaco del rione Sanità

Gennareniello

Non ti pago

Life Begins Anew

La canzone del destino

Side Street Story

Il fidanzato di mia moglie

Il contratto

Li nepute de lu sinneco

'Na santarella

Marito e Moglie

Questi fantasmi

Three Cornered Hat

In campagna è caduta una stella

Quei figuri di tanti anni fa

Courtyard

Le voci di dentro

I morti non fanno paura

De Pretore Vincenzo

Bene mio e core mio

I Do Not Move

La chiave di casa