Eduardo De Filippo
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.
Acting
Movie
The Gold of Naples
as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
1954
Movie
Everybody Go Home!
as Signor Innocenzi
1960
Movie
Christmas at the Cupiello Household
as Luca
1977
Movie
Ghosts of Rome
as Don Annibale
1961
Movie
Christmas at the Cupiello House
as Luca Cupiello
1962
Movie
Side Street Story
as Gennaro Iovine
1950
Movie
The Shortest Day
as mafioso
1963
Movie
Ferdinand I King of Naples
as Pulcinella
1959
Movie
Three Girls from Rome
as Vittorio
1952
Movie
Napoli milionaria
as Gennaro Jovine
1962
Movie
Non ti pago!
as Don Ferdinando Quagliolo
1942
Movie
The Anatomy of Love
as Amedeo Stigliano
1954
Movie
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Eduardo (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")
1952
Movie
Yvonne of the Night
as L'avvocato Rubini
1949
Movie
Traviata 53
as Commendator Cesati
1953
Movie
Assunta Spina
as Michele Boccadifuoco
1948
Movie
Fortunella
as Il capocomico
1958
Movie
It Happened in the Park
as Donato Ventrella (segment "Il Paraninfo")
1953
Movie
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
as Zi' Nicola
1966
Movie
Campane a martello
as Don Andrea
1949
Movie
Neopolitans in Milan
as Salvatore Aianello
1953
Movie
Filumena Marturano
as Domenico Soriano
1951
Movie
Uomo e galantuomo
as Gennaro
1975
Movie
Questi fantasmi
as Personaggio principale
1962
Crew
Movie
Marriage Italian Style
Theatre Play
1964
Movie
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Screenplay
1963
Movie
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
Theatre Play
2019
Movie
Christmas at the Cupiello Household
Director
1977
Movie
Frisky
Screenplay
1954
Movie
Natale in casa Cupiello
Theatre Play
2020
Movie
Christmas at the Cupiello House
Director
1962
Movie
The Machine That Kills Bad People
Screenstory
1952
Movie
Side Street Story
Director
1950
Movie
The Great Magic
Original Story
2023
Movie
Ghosts, Italian Style
Theatre Play
1967
Movie
The Stuff of Dreams
Theatre Play
2016