Francesca De Sapio (16 August 1945) is an

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and

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coach, best-known as the young

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in ''

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'' (1974). The daughter of an

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, she was born in

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. After her father's work took him to the

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, she started studying acting in

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. A life-member of the

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, having studied there under

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, De Sapio began teaching there as well In the early 1980s. In 1985, she co-founded with Giuseppe Perruccio the Duse Studio in

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, an international centre for training in acting, film production and theater. In 1987, the Duse Studio moved to

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, Italy, and then to its current base in Rome.

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External links

Duse International
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