Eduardo De Filippo
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Eduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan
works Filumena Marturano
and Napoli Milionaria
.
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
. 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. 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 four years later in Rome. His artistic legacy has been carried over by his son.
Italian dialects
Dialects of Italian are regional varieties of the Italian language, more commonly and more accurately referred to as Regional Italian. The dialects have features, most notably phonological and lexical, percolating from the underlying substrate languages...
works Filumena Marturano
Filumena Marturano
Filumena Marturano is a play written in 1946 by Italian playwright and philosopher Eduardo De Filippo.-Plot:The curtain opens on Domenico Soriano, 50, a wealthy Neapolitan shop-keeper who is raging against Filumena, 48, a former prostitute...
and Napoli Milionaria
Side Street Story
Side Street Story is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eduardo De Filippo - Gennaro Iovine* Leda Gloria - Amalia, la moglie di Gennaro...
.
Biography
De Filippo was born in NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
to playwright Eduardo Scarpetta
Eduardo Scarpetta
Eduardo Scarpetta was an Italian actor and playwright from Naples. Although not from a theatrical family, he was on the stage by the age of four and is today best remembered as the creator of a character that became his stage alter-ego: Felice Sciosciammocca, a typical, good-natured Neapolitan...
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
Peppino De Filippo
Peppino De Filippo was an Italian actor.De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and playwright Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina. He made his stage debut at the age of six. He played in several movies such as Rome-Paris-Rome, Variety Lights, A Day in Court, Ferdinand I, King of Naples and...
and sister Titina
Titina De Filippo
Titina De Filippo, born Annunziata De Filippo was an Italian actress and playwrightShe was born in via Dell'Ascensione a Chiaia, Naples, the oldest of three children born from the extramarital relationship between Luisa De Filippo and Eduardo Scarpetta, a well-respected playwright in Naples...
. Peppino left the troupe in 1944 and Titina departed by the early 1950s. De Filippo starred in De Sica
Vittorio de Sica
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement....
's L'oro di Napoli with Totò
Totò
Prince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter...
and Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren, OMRI is an Italian actress.In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance...
in 1954. His translation of Shakespeare's The Tempest into Neapolitan was published in 1982.
In 1981, De Filippo was appointed life senator
Senator for life
A senator for life is a member of the senate or equivalent upper chamber of a legislature who has life tenure. , 7 Italian Senators out of 322, 4 out of the 47 Burundian Senators and all members of the British House of Lords have lifetime tenure...
of the Italian Republic. He died four years later in Rome. His artistic legacy has been carried over by his son.
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 MarturanoFilumena MarturanoFilumena Marturano is a play written in 1946 by Italian playwright and philosopher Eduardo De Filippo.-Plot:The curtain opens on Domenico Soriano, 50, a wealthy Neapolitan shop-keeper who is raging against Filumena, 48, a former prostitute...
(1946) - Questi fantasmi (These Ghosts, 1946)
- Le voci di dentro (Inner Voices, 1948)
- 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 rioneRioneRione is the name given to a ward in several Italian cities, the best-known of which is Rome. Unlike a quartiere, a rione is usually an official administrative subdivision...
Sanità (Mayor of "Sanità" alley, 1961) - Il monumento (The Monument 1970)
- Gli esami non finiscono mai (Exams never end, 1973)
Filmography
- In campagna e' caduta una stella (A Star Fell in the Country, 1939)
- Non ti pago!Non ti pago!Non ti pago! is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Eduardo De Filippo - Don Ferdinando Quagliolo...
(1942) - Ti conosco, mascherina! (I know you, little Mask!, 1943–1944)
- Napoli milionaria (The Millions of Naples, 1950)
- Filumena Marturano (1951)
- I sette peccati capitali ( Seven Deadly Sins, 1952)
- Marito e moglie (Man and Wife, 1952)
- Ragazze da marito (Girls to be married, 1952)
- It Happened in the Park (1953)
- Napoletani a Milano (Neapolitans in Milan, 1953)
- The Gold of NaplesThe Gold of NaplesThe Gold of Naples is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Vittorio De Sica. It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:The film is a tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes: a clown exploited by a hoodlum; an...
(1954) - Questi fantasmi (These Ghosts, 1954)
- Fortunella (Happy-go-lucky Girl, 1958)
- Il sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia (A Midsummer's Hangover Dream, 1959)
- Ferdinando I, re di NapoliFerdinando I, re di NapoliFerdinando I, re di Napoli is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini.-Cast:* Peppino De Filippo - Ferdinand I.* Eduardo De Filippo - Pulcinella* Titina De Filippo - Titina* Vittorio De Sica - Seccano* Aldo Fabrizi - A peasant...
(1959) - Everybody Go HomeEverybody Go HomeEverybody Go Home is a 1960 Italian film directed by Luigi Comencini. It features an international cast including the U.S. actors Martin Balsam, Alex Nicol and the Franco-Italian Serge Reggiani...
(1960) - Ghosts of RomeGhosts of Rome-Cast:* Marcello Mastroianni - Reginaldo / Federico di Roviano / Gino* Vittorio Gassman - Caparra, pittore del '600, rivale del Caravaggio* Belinda Lee - Eileen* Sandra Milo - Donna Flora* Eduardo De Filippo - Don Annibale, Principe di Roviano...
(1961) - Oggi, domani, dopodomani (Today, Tomorrow and the Day After, 1965)
- Spara più forte, più forte... non capisco(Shoot louder, I can't hear You, 1966)
- Ghosts - Italian StyleGhosts - Italian StyleGhosts - Italian Style is a 1968 Italian comedy film directed by Renato Castellani.-Cast:* Sophia Loren - Maria Lojacono* Vittorio Gassman - Pasquale Lojacono* Mario Adorf - Alfredo Mariano* Aldo Giuffrè - Raffaele* Margaret Lee - Sayonara...
(1968)