Eduardo De Filippo

from Napoli, Campania, Italy

Artwork for Il marchese di RuvolitoImage of Eduardo De Filippo

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.

Timeline

2024Aged 124

  • Poster for Natale in casa Cupiello

    Writer

  • Poster for Questi fantasmi!

    Theatre Play

2023Aged 123

  • Poster for The Great Magic

    Original Story

  • Poster for Napoli milionaria!

    Writer

2022Aged 122

  • Poster for Filumena Marturano

    Theatre Play

2020Aged 120

  • Poster for Natale in casa Cupiello

    Theatre Play

2019Aged 119

  • Poster for The Mayor of Rione Sanità

    Theatre Play

2016Aged 116

  • Poster for The Stuff of Dreams

    Theatre Play

2012Aged 112

  • Poster for Sabato, domenica e lunedì

    Writer

2011Aged 111

  • Poster for Napoli milionaria!

    Writer

  • Poster for Questi fantasmi

    Writer

2010Aged 110

  • Poster for Filumena Marturano

    Writer

2004Aged 104

  • Poster for Saturday, Sunday & Monday

    Author

1998Aged 98

  • Poster for Italian Marriage

    Writer

1997Aged 97

  • Poster for The Mayor

    Theatre Play

1990Aged 90

  • Poster for Saturday, Sunday and Monday

    Screenplay

1987Aged 87

1984Aged 84

1983Aged 83

  • Poster for I Won't Pay!

    Author

1981Aged 81

  • Poster for Il contratto

    Writer

  • Poster for Il berretto a sonagli

    Writer

1980Aged 80

1979Aged 79

  • Poster for The Mayor of Rione Sanità

    Antonio Barracano

1978Aged 78

  • Poster for Due atti unici a colori

    Personaggio principale

  • Poster for Il cilindro

    Agostino Muscariello

  • Poster for Le voci di dentro

    Alberto Saporito

  • Poster for Gennareniello

    Gennaro, pensionato

  • Poster for L'arte della commedia

    Writer

  • Poster for Quei figuri di tanti anni fa

    Peppino Fattibene

  • Poster for Saturday, Sunday, Monday

    Theatre Play

1977Aged 77

  • Poster for Christmas at the Cupiello Household

    Luca

1976Aged 76

  • Poster for De Pretore Vincenzo

    Don Peppino

  • Poster for Gli esami non finiscono mai

    Guglielmo Speranza

1975Aged 75

  • Poster for Li nepute de lu sinneco

    Don Ciccio sciosciammocca

  • Poster for 'O tuono 'e marzo

    Director

  • Poster for 'Na santarella

    Director

  • Poster for Lu curaggio de nu pumpiero napulitano

    Writer

  • Poster for Uomo e galantuomo

    Gennaro

1973Aged 73

  • Poster for Pulcinella - Ieri e oggi

    Self - Interviewee / Self - Pulcinella

1967Aged 67

  • Poster for Ghosts, Italian Style

    Theatre Play

1966Aged 66

  • Poster for Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand

    Zi' Nicola

1965Aged 65

  • Poster for Kiss the Other Sheik

    Writer

1964Aged 64

  • Poster for Chi è cchiù felice 'e me

    Writer

  • Poster for L'abito nuovo

    Writer

  • Poster for La grande magia

    Personaggio principale

  • Poster for La paura numero uno

    Matteo Generoso

  • Poster for Bene mio e core mio

    Personaggio principale

  • Poster for Mia famiglia

    Personaggio principale

  • Poster for Il sindaco del rione Sanità

    Don Antonio Barracano

  • Poster for Non ti pago

    Ferdinando Quagliolo

  • Poster for Marriage Italian Style

    Theatre Play

1963Aged 63

  • Poster for The Shortest Day

    mafioso

  • Poster for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

    Screenplay

1962Aged 62

  • Poster for Napoli milionaria

    Gennaro Jovine

  • Poster for Ditegli sempre di sì

    Personaggio principale

  • Poster for Christmas at the Cupiello House

    Luca Cupiello

  • Poster for Questi fantasmi

    Personaggio principale

  • Poster for Filumena Marturano

    Domenico Soriano

1961Aged 61

  • Poster for Ghosts of Rome

    Don Annibale

1960Aged 60

  • Poster for Everybody Go Home!

    Signor Innocenzi

1959Aged 59

  • Poster for Tre calzoni fortunati

    Director

  • Poster for La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola

    Director

  • Poster for Il medico dei pazzi

    Director

  • Poster for Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia

    Pasquale Grifone

  • Poster for Ferdinand I King of Naples

    Pulcinella

1958Aged 58

  • Poster for Fortunella

    Il capocomico

  • Poster for L'uomo dai calzoni corti

    Gennaro Esposito

  • Poster for Raw Wind in Eden

    Urbano Varno

1957Aged 57

  • Poster for La canzone del destino

    (Unknown)

1956Aged 56

  • Poster for Sei atti unici in bianco e nero

    Personaggio principale

  • Poster for Il dono di Natale

    Writer

  • Poster for Quei figuri di tanti anni fà

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for La chiave di casa

    Writer

  • Poster for Pericolosamente

    Arturo

  • Poster for Friendship

    (Unknown)

1955Aged 55

  • Poster for Miseria e nobiltà

    Felice

  • Poster for Courtyard

    Luigi

1954Aged 54

  • Poster for I morti non fanno paura

    Enrico

  • Poster for 100 Years of Love

    Soldier Vincenzo Pagliaro (segment "Purificazione")

  • Poster for The Anatomy of Love

    Amedeo Stigliano

  • Poster for The Gold of Naples

    Don Ersilio Miccio (segment "Il professore")

  • Poster for These Phantoms

    Producer

  • Poster for Frisky

    Screenplay

1953Aged 53

  • Poster for Neopolitans in Milan

    Salvatore Aianello

  • Poster for Traviata 53

    Commendator Cesati

  • Poster for It Happened in the Park

    Donato Ventrella (segment "Il Paraninfo")

1952Aged 52

  • Poster for Three Girls from Rome

    Vittorio

  • Poster for Marito e Moglie

    Don Matteo / Gennarino

  • Poster for The Seven Deadly Sins

    Eduardo (segment "L'Avarice et La Colère")

  • Poster for The Lucky Five

    Eduardo Moschettone

  • Poster for Ragazze da marito

    Oreste Mazzillo

  • Poster for Un ladro in paradiso

    Theatre Play

  • Poster for The Machine That Kills Bad People

    Screenstory

1951Aged 51

  • Poster for Position Wanted

    Raffaele, il professore di matematica

  • Poster for Filumena Marturano

    Domenico Soriano

  • Poster for Porca miseria!

    Story

1950Aged 50

1949Aged 49

  • Poster for Campane a martello

    Don Andrea

  • Poster for Yvonne of the Night

    Rubini

1948Aged 48

  • Poster for Assunta Spina

    Michele Boccadifuoco

1946Aged 46

  • Poster for Uno tra la folla

    Paolo Bianchi

1945Aged 45

  • Poster for Life Begins Anew

    Il professore

1943Aged 43

  • Poster for Il fidanzato di mia moglie

    Gaspare Bellini

  • Poster for I Do Not Move

    Carlo Mezzetti

  • Poster for Ti conosco, mascherina!

    Carmine

1942Aged 42

  • Poster for A che servono questi quattrini?

    marchese Eduardo Parascandolo

  • Poster for Non ti pago!

    Don Ferdinando Quagliolo

  • Poster for Casanova farebbe così!

    Don Ferdinando

1940Aged 40

1939Aged 39

  • Poster for Il marchese di Ruvolito

    marchese di Ruvolito

  • Poster for In campagna è caduta una stella

    Pasquale Montuori

1938Aged 38

  • Poster for L'amor mio non muore!

    Lorenzo, il finanziere

1937Aged 37

  • Poster for I Was to Blame

    Giovannino Apicella

1935Aged 35

  • Poster for Quei due

    Il professore

  • Poster for Three Cornered Hat

    Don Teofilo, il governatore

1933Aged 33

  • Poster for I Sing for You Alone

    Gilberto, l'impressario