
Eduardo De Filippo
Known for Acting · 91 credits
- Born
- 1900-05-24
- Died
- 1984-10-31
- Place of birth
- Napoli, Campania, Italy
- Also known as
- Eduardo · Edoardo De Filippo · Эдуардо Де Филиппо · Eduardo de Fillipo
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

It Happened in the Park
1953
as Donato Ventrella (segment "Il Paraninfo")

In campagna è caduta una stella
1939
as Pasquale Montuori

Traviata 53
1953
as Commendator Cesati

The Gold of Naples
1954
as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

The Shortest Day
1963
as mafioso

Quei due
1935
as Il professore
TV Shows (2)
Movies (89)

It Happened in the Park
1953
as Donato Ventrella (segment "Il Paraninfo")

In campagna è caduta una stella
1939
as Pasquale Montuori

Traviata 53
1953
as Commendator Cesati

The Gold of Naples
1954
as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

The Shortest Day
1963
as mafioso

Quei due
1935
as Il professore

Ferdinand I King of Naples
1959
as Pulcinella

Napoli milionaria
1962
as Gennaro Jovine

Il cilindro
1978
as Agostino Muscariello

Friendship
1956

Yvonne of the Night
1949
as L'avvocato Rubini

Marito e Moglie
1952
as Don Matteo / Gennarino
Eduardo ultima lezione, ultimo spettacolo: il punto di arrivo il punto di partenza

100 Years of Love
1954
as Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")

Everybody Go Home!
1960
as Signor Innocenzi

Ti conosco, mascherina!
1943
as Carmine

The Anatomy of Love
1954
as Amedeo Stigliano

Li nepute de lu sinneco
1975
as Don Ciccio sciosciammocca

Non ti pago
1964
as Ferdinando Quagliolo

Ghosts of Rome
1961
as Don Annibale

La chiave di casa
1956

Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
1966
as Zi' Nicola

Lu curaggio de nu pumpiero napulitano
1975

'O tuono 'e marzo
1975

I morti non fanno paura
1954
as Enrico

Il marchese di Ruvolito
1939
as marchese di Ruvolito

Il sindaco del rione Sanità
1964
as Don Antonio Barracano

Pericolosamente
1956
as Arturo

Sei atti unici in bianco e nero
1956
as Personaggio principale

Life Begins Anew
1945
as Il professore

La grande magia
1964
as Personaggio principale
Eduardo De Filippo, Lezioni Di Teatro All’università Sapienza Di Roma
2021
as himself

Side Street Story
1950
as Gennaro Iovine

Due atti unici a colori
1978
as Personaggio principale
Il sogno di tutti
1940
as il professore scienziato

Casanova farebbe così!
1942
as Don Ferdinando

'Na santarella
1975

Neopolitans in Milan
1953
as Salvatore Aianello

I Do Not Move
1943
as Carlo Mezzetti

Campane a martello
1949
as Don Andrea

Christmas at the Cupiello Household
1977
as Luca

The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as Eduardo (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")

Christmas at the Cupiello House
1962
as Luca Cupiello

Raw Wind in Eden
1958
as Urbano Varno

Position Wanted
1951
as Raffaele, il professore di matematica

Questi fantasmi
1962
as Personaggio principale

L'uomo dai calzoni corti
1958
as Gennaro Esposito

Courtyard
1955
as Luigi

My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
as Self

Chi è cchiù felice 'e me
1964

De Pretore Vincenzo
1976
as Don Peppino

Fortunella
1958
as Il capocomico

I Sing for You Alone
1933
as Gilberto, l'impressario

The Lucky Five
1952
as Eduardo Moschettone

A che servono questi quattrini?
1942
as marchese Eduardo Parascandolo

Non ti pago!
1942
as Don Ferdinando Quagliolo

Il fidanzato di mia moglie
1943
as Gaspare Bellini

Uomo e galantuomo
1975
as Gennaro

Il dono di Natale
1956

Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
1973
as Self - Interviewee / Self - Pulcinella

Assunta Spina
1948
as Michele Boccadifuoco

Miseria e nobiltà
1955
as Felice

Filumena Marturano
1962
as Domenico Soriano

Uno tra la folla
1946
as Paolo Bianchi

Filumena Marturano
1951
as Domenico Soriano

I Was to Blame
1937
as Giovannino Apicella

L'amor mio non muore!
1938
as Lorenzo, il finanziere

Ragazze da marito
1952
as Oreste Mazzillo

The Mayor of Rione Sanità
1979
as Antonio Barracano

Quei figuri di tanti anni fa
1978
as Peppino Fattibene

Three Cornered Hat
1935
as Don Teofilo, il governatore

Three Girls from Rome
1952
as Vittorio

Il medico dei pazzi
1959

Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia
1959
as Pasquale Grifone

La paura numero uno
1964
as Matteo Generoso

La canzone del destino
1957

Ditegli sempre di sì
1962
as Personaggio principale

L'arte della commedia
1978

Bene mio e core mio
1964
as Personaggio principale

Il contratto
1981

Tre calzoni fortunati
1959

Le voci di dentro
1978
as Alberto Saporito

Gli esami non finiscono mai
1976
as Guglielmo Speranza

Gennareniello
1978
as Gennaro, pensionato

L'abito nuovo
1964

Mia famiglia
1964
as Personaggio principale

La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola
1959

Quei figuri di tanti anni fà
1956

Il berretto a sonagli
1981
About 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 appoi… With 91 credits spanning from 1933 to 2021, Eduardo De Filippo has appeared in 89 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Eduardo De Filippo Movies
- It Happened in the Park (1953) — as Donato Ventrella (segment "Il Paraninfo")
- In campagna è caduta una stella (1939) — as Pasquale Montuori
- Traviata 53 (1953) — as Commendator Cesati
- The Gold of Naples (1954) — as Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
- The Shortest Day (1963) — as mafioso
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