Eduardo De Filippo
Acting • Born 1900-05-24 – Died 1984-10-31
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.
Filmography
88 credits
I Sing for You Alone
Movie • 1933
Gilberto, l'impressario
Side Street Story
Movie • 1950
Gennaro Iovine
Ghosts of Rome
Movie • 1961
Don Annibale
The Anatomy of Love
Movie • 1954
Amedeo Stigliano
Quei figuri di tanti anni fa
Movie • 1978
Peppino Fattibene
Il cilindro
Movie • 1978
Agostino Muscariello
A che servono questi quattrini?
Movie • 1942
marchese Eduardo Parascandolo
Yvonne of the Night
Movie • 1949
L'avvocato Rubini
Everybody Go Home!
Movie • 1960
Signor Innocenzi
Traviata 53
Movie • 1953
Commendator Cesati
Il fidanzato di mia moglie
Movie • 1943
Gaspare Bellini
The Gold of Naples
Movie • 1954
Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")
Three Girls from Rome
Movie • 1952
Vittorio
Position Wanted
Movie • 1951
Raffaele, il professore di matematica
Ferdinand I King of Naples
Movie • 1959
Pulcinella
Casanova farebbe così!
Movie • 1942
Don Ferdinando
The Shortest Day
Movie • 1963
mafioso
Il sindaco del rione Sanità
Movie • 1964
Don Antonio Barracano
Christmas at the Cupiello House
Movie • 1962
Luca Cupiello
Bene mio e core mio
Movie • 1964
Personaggio principale
Assunta Spina
Movie • 1948
Michele Boccadifuoco
La canzone del destino
Movie • 1957
Neopolitans in Milan
Movie • 1953
Salvatore Aianello
Three Cornered Hat
Movie • 1935
Don Teofilo, il governatore
Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia
Movie • 1959
Pasquale Grifone
I Do Not Move
Movie • 1943
Carlo Mezzetti
Mia famiglia
Movie • 1964
Personaggio principale
De Pretore Vincenzo
Movie • 1976
Don Peppino
Questi fantasmi
Movie • 1962
Personaggio principale
La paura numero uno
Movie • 1964
Matteo Generoso
Ditegli sempre di sì
Movie • 1962
Personaggio principale
La grande magia
Movie • 1964
Personaggio principale
Due atti unici a colori
Movie • 1978
Personaggio principale
Sei atti unici in bianco e nero
Movie • 1956
Personaggio principale
Le voci di dentro
Movie • 1978
Alberto Saporito
100 Years of Love
Movie • 1954
Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")
Marito e Moglie
Movie • 1952
Don Matteo / Gennarino
Chi è cchiù felice 'e me
Movie • 1964
Courtyard
Movie • 1955
Luigi
Non ti pago!
Movie • 1942
Don Ferdinando Quagliolo
I morti non fanno paura
Movie • 1954
Enrico
Il dono di Natale
Movie • 1956
Friendship
Movie • 1956
Filumena Marturano
Movie • 1951
Domenico Soriano
Quei figuri di tanti anni fà
Movie • 1956
La chiave di casa
Movie • 1956
Ragazze da marito
Movie • 1952
Oreste Mazzillo
I Was to Blame
Movie • 1937
Giovannino Apicella
Eduardo ultima lezione, ultimo spettacolo: il punto di arrivo il punto di partenza
Movie
The Lucky Five
Movie • 1952
Eduardo Moschettone
Uno tra la folla
Movie • 1946
Ti conosco, mascherina!
Movie • 1943
Carmine
Life Begins Anew
Movie • 1945
Il professore
In campagna è caduta una stella
Movie • 1939
Pasquale Montuori
Napoli milionaria
Movie • 1962
Gennaro Jovine
Quei due
Movie • 1935
Il professore
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie • 1952
Eduardo (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
Movie • 1958
Gennaro Esposito
Tre calzoni fortunati
Movie • 1959
'Na santarella
Movie • 1975
Uomo e galantuomo
Movie • 1975
Gennaro
Fortunella
Movie • 1958
Il capocomico
Li nepute de lu sinneco
Movie • 1975
Don Ciccio sciosciammocca
Non ti pago
Movie • 1964
Ferdinando Quagliolo
Miseria e nobiltà
Movie • 1955
Felice
Christmas at the Cupiello Household
Movie • 1977
Luca
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Movie • 1980
Self
Campane a martello
Movie • 1949
Don Andrea
Raw Wind in Eden
Movie • 1958
Urbano Varno
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
Movie • 1966
Zi' Nicola
'O tuono 'e marzo
Movie • 1975
L'arte della commedia
Movie • 1978
L'abito nuovo
Movie • 1964
Il contratto
Movie • 1981
Il medico dei pazzi
Movie • 1959
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
Movie • 1979
Antonio Barracano
Il berretto a sonagli
Movie • 1981
Gli esami non finiscono mai
Movie • 1976
Guglielmo Speranza
La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola
Movie • 1959
Lu curaggio de nu pumpiero napulitano
Movie • 1975
Gennareniello
Movie • 1978
Gennaro, pensionato
It Happened in the Park
Movie • 1953
Donato Ventrella (segment: Il paraninfo)
Filumena Marturano
Movie • 1962
Domenico Soriano
Eduardo De Filippo, Lezioni Di Teatro All’università Sapienza Di Roma
Movie • 2021
himself
Pericolosamente
Movie • 1956
Arturo
Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi
Movie • 1973
Self - Interviewee / Self - Pulcinella
Cuore
TV • 1984
Vincenzo Crosetti
Peppino Girella
TV • 1963