Luigi De Filippo (10 August 1930 – 31 March 2018) was an Italian actor, stage director and playwright.
Luigi De Filippo | |
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 De Filippo with Claudia Mori in Cerasella (1959) | |
| Born | 10 August 1930 |
| Died | 31 March 2018 (aged 87) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, playwright, theatre director |
| Parent(s) | Peppino De Filippo Adele Carloni |
| Website | luigidefilippo |
Born in Naples, the son of actors Peppino De Filippo and Adele Carloni, he studied literature at the university, leaving the studies on the threshold of graduation to pursue a career in journalism.[1] Shorty later De Filippo debuted on stage next to his father, and from then he started a very long acting career, notably running for years a Neapolitan dialect company.[1] He celebrated the fortieth anniversary of his stage activities with the reception of a special Premio Personalità Europea prize in Capitol Hill.[1]
De Filippo appeared in many film roles, even if mainly in character roles.[1] He was also active on television, mainly in television adaptations of his stage works.[1] Since 2011 he has been the artistic director of the Parioli Theatre in Rome.[2] De Filippo died in Rome on 31 March 2018[citation needed] at the age of 87.[3]
Partial filmography
edit- Filumena Marturano (1951) - Umberto
- Non è vero... ma ci credo (1952) - Ragionier Pietro Spirito
- The Legend of the Piave (1952) - Giorgio, un soldato
- Peppino e la vecchia signora (1954)
- Cortile (1955) - Garage Attendant
- Da qui all'eredità (1955) - Pretendente di Marisa
- Lazzarella (1957) - Nicola Sant'Elmo
- Anna of Brooklyn (1958) - Zitto-Zitto
- Promesse di marinaio (1958) - Quattrocchi
- Policarpo (1959) - Gerolamo 'Gegè' Pancarano di Rondò
- You're on Your Own (1959) - Commilitone di Nicola
- Roulotte e roulette (1959) - Paolo
- Cerasella (1959) - Alfredo
- Il mio amico Jekyll (1960)
- Who Hesitates Is Lost (1960) - Cavallo
- Gli incensurati (1961)
- The Four Days of Naples (1962) - Cicillo (uncredited)
- Il mio amico Benito (1962) - Fioretti
- Honeymoon, Italian Style (1966) - Camilluccio
- Love Italian Style (1966) - Ricuzzo - Don Salvatore's Secretary
- Soldati e capelloni (1967) - Mosca
- Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970) - Ciccio / Mohamed Ali
- Venga a fare il soldato da noi (1971) - Pasquale Gagliardelli
- Giovanni Senzapensieri (1986) - Achille / Segretario del Duca
- Quelli del casco (1988)
- In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 8884402131.
- ^ "Il Parioli a Luigi De Filippo: a ottanta anni ricomincio". Il Messaggero. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Morto Luigi de Filippol'ultimo erede della storica dinastia di artisti". 31 March 2018.