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Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works '' Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Considered one of the most important Italian artists of the 20th century, De Filippo was the author of many theatrical dramas staged and directed by himself first and later awarded and played outside Italy. For his artistic merits and contributions to Italian culture, he was named ''
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'' by the President of the Italian Republic Sandro Pertini.


Biography

De Filippo was born in
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from the affair between playwright and actor Eduardo Scarpetta and theatre seamstress and
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Luisa De Filippo. He was the second of three children born from the couple, the other two being Annunziata "Titina" and Giuseppe "Peppino". His father was actually married since 1876 to Rosa De Filippo, Luisa's paternal aunt. His father Eduardo had several other illegitimate children from various affairs (including actors Ernesto Murolo, Eduardo Passarelli and Pasquale De Filippo). He began acting at the age of five and in 1932 formed a theater company with his brother Peppino and sister Titina, called ''compagnia del Teatro Umoristico I De Filippo''. Peppino left the troupe in 1944 and Titina departed by the early 1950s. After the war, in 1948 he bought the S. Ferdinando theatre in Naples, inaugurated in 1954. De Filippo starred in
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's '' L'oro di Napoli'' with Totò and
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in 1954. In 1973, Franco Zeffirelli's production of De Filippo's 1959 play ''Sabato, domenica e lunedi'' (translated as ''Saturday, Sunday, Monday''), starring
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/ref> He was married three times. His first wife was Dorothy Pennington. From his second wife, the actress
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, he had two children: Luisa "Luisella" and Luca. The couple divorced in 1959. His daughter Luisella died aged 10 in 1960, shortly before her mother's death in 1961. His third wife was writer and playwright Isabella Quarantotti. The actress Angelica Ippolito is his step-daughter, born to Isabella Quarantotti and her first husband, the scientist Felice Ippolito. De Filippo died of kidney failure on 31 October 1984, in Rome, at the age of 84. His artistic legacy was inherited by his son Luca.


Works


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 Marturano'' (1946) *'' Questi fantasmi'' (''These Ghosts'', 1946) *''Le voci di dentro'' (''Inner Voices'', 1948) *''La grande magia'' (''The Great Magic'', 1948) *''La paura numero uno'' (''The Greatest Fear'', 1950) *''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 rione Sanità'' (''Mayor of "Sanità" alley'', 1961) *''L'arte della commedia' ("The Art of Comedy", 1964) *''Il monumento'' (''The Monument'' 1970) *''Gli esami non finiscono mai'' (''Exams never end'', 1973)


Filmography

*'' Three Lucky Fools'' (1933) – Gilberto, l'impresario *'' The Three-Cornered Hat'' (1935) – Don Teofilo, il governatore *'' Those Two'' (1935) – Il professore *''
It Was I! ''It Was I!'' (Italian: ''Sono stato io!'') is a 1937 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Eduardo De Filippo, Peppino De Filippo and Titina De Filippo.Moliterno p.101 The film was based on a play, ''Sarà stato Giovanni ...
'' (1937) – Giovannino Apicella *''Una Commedia fra i pazzi'' (1937) *''L'amor mio non muore!'' (1938) – Lorenzo, il finanziere * '' The Marquis of Ruvolito'' (1939) – Il marchese di Ruvolito *'' In the Country Fell a Star'' (1939) – Pasquale Montuori *''Il sogno di tutti'' (1940) – Il professore scienziato *''A che servono questi quattrini?'' (1942) – Il marchese Eduardo Parascandolo *'' Non ti pago!'' (1942) – Don Ferdinando Quagliolo *'' After Casanova's Fashion'' (1942) – Don Ferdinando *''Non mi muovo!'' (1943) – Don Carlo Mezzetti *''Il fidanzato di mia moglie'' (1943) – Gaspare Bellini *''Ti conosco, mascherina!'' (''I know you, little Mask!'', 1943) – Carmine *'' Life Begins Anew'' (1945) – Il professore *''Uno tra la folla'' (1946) – Paolo Bianchi *'' Assunta Spina'' (1948) – Michele Boccadifuoco *'' Alarm Bells'' (1949) – Don Andrea *'' Yvonne of the Night'' (1949) – L'avvocato Rubini *'' Napoli milionaria'' (''The Millions of Naples'', 1950) – Gennaro Iovine *'' Cameriera bella presenza offresi...'' (1951) – Raffaele, il professore di matematica *''Filumena Marturano'' (1951) – Domenico Soriano *'' Three Girls from Rome'' (1952) – Vittorio *'' Un Ladro in paradiso'' (1952) *''I sette peccati capitali'' ('' Seven Deadly Sins'', 1952) – Eduardo (segment "Avarice et la colère, L' / Avarice and Anger") *''Altri tempi'' (1952) *''
Five Paupers in an Automobile ''Five Paupers in an Automobile'' ( it, Cinque poveri in automobile) is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Eduardo De Filippo. Cast * Eduardo De Filippo as Eduardo Moschettone * Aldo Fabrizi as Cesare Baroni * ...
'' (1952) – Eduardo Moschettone *''Ragazze da marito'' (''Girls to be married'', 1952) – Oreste Mazzillo * '' Husband and Wife'' (1952) – Matteo Cuomo / Gennaro Imparato *''Napoletani a Milano'' (''Neapolitans in Milan'', 1953) – Salvatore Aianello *''Traviata '53'' (1953) – Commendator Cesati *'' It Happened in the Park'' (1953) – Donato Ventrella (segment: Il paraninfo) *''
100 Years of Love ''100 Years of Love'' ( it, Cento anni d'amore) is a 1954 Italian anthology film directed by . It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is the ...
'' (1954) – Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione") *''Tempi nostri'' (1954) – Il conduttore *''Questi fantasmi'' (''These Ghosts'', 1954) *'' The Gold of Naples'' (1954) – Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore") *''Cortile'' (1955) – Luigi *''La canzone del destino'' (1957) *''Fortunella ''(''Happy-go-lucky Girl'', 1958) – Head of the Theater Company *'' L'amore più bello'' (1958) – Gennaro Esposito *'' Raw Wind in Eden'' (1958) – Urbano Varno *'' Ferdinando I, re di Napoli'' (1959) – Pulcinella *''Il sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia ''(''A Midsummer's Hangover Dream'', 1959) – Pasquale Grifone *'' Everybody Go Home'' (1960) – Signor Innocenzi *'' Ghosts of Rome'' (1961) – Don Annibale, Principe di Roviano *'' The Shortest Day'' (1963) – Mafioso *'' Oggi, domani, dopodomani ''(''Today, Tomorrow and the Day After'', 1965) – Driver (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") *'' Spara più forte, più forte... non capisco'' (''Shoot louder, I can't hear You'', 1966) – Zi Nicola *''
Ghosts – Italian Style ''Ghosts – Italian Style'' ( it, Questi fantasmi) is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Renato Castellani. Plot Pasquale Lojacono and his wife Maria are very poor, and do not have a roof over their head. One day they are invited to live f ...
'' (1966) *'' The Canterbury Tales'' – voice of the old man in the Pardoner's Tale


References


External links


Site dedicated to his life and works (in Italian)
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:De Filippo, Eduardo 1900 births 1984 deaths Male actors from Naples Italian male stage actors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian film directors Italian male poets Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian life senators 20th-century Italian male actors 20th-century Italian poets 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Italian male writers Italian male screenwriters Writers from Naples