Eduardo De Filippo
Birthday: 1900-05-24
Place of Birth: Napoli, Campania, Italy
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.
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I Sing for You Alone
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Side Street Story
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Ghosts of Rome
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The Anatomy of Love
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Il Cilindro
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A che servono questi quattrini?
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Yvonne of the Night
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Everybody Go Home!
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Traviata 53
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Il fidanzato di mia moglie
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The Gold of Naples
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Three Girls from Rome
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Position Wanted
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Ferdinand I King of Naples
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Casanova farebbe così!
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The Shortest Day
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Christmas at the Cupiello House
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Assunta Spina
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Neopolitans in Milan
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Three Cornered Hat
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Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia
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I Do Not Move
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100 Years of Love
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Marito e Moglie
Two episode about the married life. In the first one a paralyzed man is forced by her wife to brood ...
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Non ti pago!
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Filumena Marturano
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Ragazze da marito
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I Was to Blame
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The Lucky Five
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Ti conosco, mascherina!
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In campagna è caduta una stella
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Quei due
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The Seven Deadly Sins
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L'uomo dai calzoni corti
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Tre Calzoni Fortunati
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'Na Santarella
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Christmas at the Cupiello Household
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My Name Is Anna Magnani
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Campane a martello
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Raw Wind in Eden
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Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
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'o Tuono 'e Marzo
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Lu Curaggio De Nu Pumpiero Napulitano
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Gennareniello
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It Happened in the Park
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Eduardo De Filippo, Lezioni Di Teatro All’università Sapienza Di Roma
De Filippo agreed to teach a series of drama classes to the students of the Università di Roma Sapie...
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