Eduardo De Filippo
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.
Known For
Cuore
The Shortest Day
Everybody Go Home!
The Gold of Naples
The Seven Deadly Sins
Ferdinand I King of Naples
Fortunella
It Happened in the Park
All Movies (89)
- Eduardo De Filippo, Lezioni Di Teatro All’università Sapienza Di Roma2021 · as himself
- Il berretto a sonagli1981
- Il contratto1981
- My Name Is Anna Magnani1980 · as Self
- The Mayor of Rione Sanità1979 · as Antonio Barracano
- Quei figuri di tanti anni fa1978 · as Peppino Fattibene
- L'arte della commedia1978
- Gennareniello1978 · as Gennaro, pensionato
- Le voci di dentro1978 · as Alberto Saporito
- Il cilindro1978 · as Agostino Muscariello
- Due atti unici a colori1978 · as Personaggio principale
- Christmas at the Cupiello Household1977 · as Luca
- Gli esami non finiscono mai1976 · as Guglielmo Speranza
- De Pretore Vincenzo1976 · as Don Peppino
- Uomo e galantuomo1975 · as Gennaro
- Lu curaggio de nu pumpiero napulitano1975
- 'Na santarella1975
- 'O tuono 'e marzo1975
- Li nepute de lu sinneco1975 · as Don Ciccio sciosciammocca
- Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi1973 · as Self - Interviewee / Self - Pulcinella
- Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand1966 · as Zi' Nicola
- Non ti pago1964 · as Ferdinando Quagliolo
- Il sindaco del rione Sanità1964 · as Don Antonio Barracano
- Bene mio e core mio1964 · as Personaggio principale
- Mia famiglia1964 · as Personaggio principale
- La paura numero uno1964 · as Matteo Generoso
- La grande magia1964 · as Personaggio principale
- L'abito nuovo1964
- Chi è cchiù felice 'e me1964
- The Shortest Day1963 · as mafioso
- Filumena Marturano1962 · as Domenico Soriano
- Questi fantasmi1962 · as Personaggio principale
- Christmas at the Cupiello House1962 · as Luca Cupiello
- Ditegli sempre di sì1962 · as Personaggio principale
- Napoli milionaria1962 · as Gennaro Jovine
- Ghosts of Rome1961 · as Don Annibale
- Everybody Go Home!1960 · as Signor Innocenzi
- Ferdinand I King of Naples1959 · as Pulcinella
- Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia1959 · as Pasquale Grifone
- Il medico dei pazzi1959
- La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola1959
- Tre calzoni fortunati1959
- Raw Wind in Eden1958 · as Urbano Varno
- L'uomo dai calzoni corti1958 · as Gennaro Esposito
- Fortunella1958 · as Il capocomico
- La canzone del destino1957
- Friendship1956
- Pericolosamente1956 · as Arturo
- Sei atti unici in bianco e nero1956 · as Personaggio principale
- Il dono di Natale1956
- Quei figuri di tanti anni fà1956
- La chiave di casa1956
- Courtyard1955 · as Luigi
- Miseria e nobiltà1955 · as Felice
- The Gold of Naples1954 · as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
- The Anatomy of Love1954 · as Amedeo Stigliano
- 100 Years of Love1954 · as Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")
- I morti non fanno paura1954 · as Enrico
- It Happened in the Park1953 · as Donato Ventrella (segment "Il Paraninfo")
- Traviata 531953 · as Commendator Cesati
- Neopolitans in Milan1953 · as Salvatore Aianello
- Ragazze da marito1952 · as Oreste Mazzillo
- The Lucky Five1952 · as Eduardo Moschettone
- The Seven Deadly Sins1952 · as Eduardo (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")
- Marito e Moglie1952 · as Don Matteo / Gennarino
- Three Girls from Rome1952 · as Vittorio
- Filumena Marturano1951 · as Domenico Soriano
- Position Wanted1951 · as Raffaele, il professore di matematica
- Side Street Story1950 · as Gennaro Iovine
- Yvonne of the Night1949 · as L'avvocato Rubini
- Campane a martello1949 · as Don Andrea
- Assunta Spina1948 · as Michele Boccadifuoco
- Uno tra la folla1946 · as Paolo Bianchi
- Life Begins Anew1945 · as Il professore
- Ti conosco, mascherina!1943 · as Carmine
- I Do Not Move1943 · as Carlo Mezzetti
- Il fidanzato di mia moglie1943 · as Gaspare Bellini
- Casanova farebbe così!1942 · as Don Ferdinando
- Non ti pago!1942 · as Don Ferdinando Quagliolo
- A che servono questi quattrini?1942 · as marchese Eduardo Parascandolo
- Il sogno di tutti1940 · as il professore scienziato
- In campagna è caduta una stella1939 · as Pasquale Montuori
- Il marchese di Ruvolito1939 · as marchese di Ruvolito
- L'amor mio non muore!1938 · as Lorenzo, il finanziere
- I Was to Blame1937 · as Giovannino Apicella
- Three Cornered Hat1935 · as Don Teofilo, il governatore
- Quei due1935 · as Il professore
- I Sing for You Alone1933 · as Gilberto, l'impressario
- Eduardo ultima lezione, ultimo spettacolo: il punto di arrivo il punto di partenza—
All TV Shows (2)
- Cuore1984 · as Vincenzo Crosetti
- Peppino Girella1963