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Julie Bovasso‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1930-08-01

Popularity

star4.5

Julie Bovasso

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Julie Bovasso

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1930-08-01

Popularity

star4.5

Biography

Julia Anne Bovasso (August 1, 1930 – September 14, 1991) was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. Bovasso was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of this borough, the daughter of Angela Mary (née Padovani) and Bernard Michael Bovasso, a teamster. She was Albanian-Italian-American. She attended The High School of Music & Art in Manhattan. Bovasso appeared in numerous films, including Saturday Night Fever (1977) as Florence Manero, the mother of John Travolta's character, Tony Manero. She reprised the role in the film's 1983 sequel Staying Alive. Before Saturday Night Fever, she appeared in the 1970 Otto Preminger film Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. In addition to Staying Alive, she was in a number of films in the 1980s, including Willie & Phil (1980), The Verdict (1982), Daniel (1983), Off Beat (1986), Wise Guys (1986), Moonstruck (1987). In the 1990s, Bovasso was seen in Betsy's Wedding (1990) and My Blue Heaven (1990). On-stage, Bavasso wrote and appeared in avant-garde productions off-Broadway such as Jean Genet's The Maids. For the latter, she won the first Best Actress Obie (Off-Broadway) Award in 1956, presented to her by Shelley Winters. Before her film work, Bovasso established the experimental Tempo Playhouse at 4 St. Marks Place in Manhattan during the 1950s. There, she introduced works of the Theater of the Absurd, including works by the playwrights Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco and Michel de Ghelderode, to the professional theater in the United States. Bovasso also performed with The Living Theater and had a longstanding relationship with La Mama Experimental Theatre Club. From 1968 to 1975, she directed many of her own original works at La MaMa, including Gloria and Esperanza, Schubert's Last Serenade, The Moondreamers, Standard Safety, and The Nothing Kid. In addition to her work as a director and actor, her playwriting credits include the four-hour play Gloria and Esperanza, which Village Voice theatre critic Jerry Tallmer described as "a miracle, a mythopoetic fireworks display." A sought-after acting coach, Bovasso was known as an exacting instructor and her private New York workshops regularly included prominent performers. As per the DVD commentary, Bovasso coached both Cher and Olympia Dukakis on their Brooklyn accents in the film Moonstruck. In earlier performances, she played Rose Corelli Fraser in the short-lived soap opera From These Roots. She was fired from that show due to a disagreement with producers.

Movie Credits

Moonstruck

Moonstruck‌
star6.9
calendar 1987

Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Night Fever‌
star6.7
calendar 1977

Just Me and You

Just Me and You‌
star5.0
calendar 1978

Article 99

Article 99‌
star6.1
calendar 1992

The Verdict

The Verdict‌
star7.5
calendar 1982

Wise Guys

Wise Guys‌
star5.3
calendar 1986

Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding‌
star5.7
calendar 1990

Off Beat

Off Beat‌
star4.9
calendar 1986

Daniel

Daniel‌
star6.7
calendar 1983

King Crab

King Crab‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Doubletake

Doubletake‌
star5.2
calendar 1985

Hot Paint

Hot Paint‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

The Last Tenant

The Last Tenant‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Staying Alive

Staying Alive‌
star5.7
calendar 1983

The Gentleman Bandit

The Gentleman Bandit‌
star6.0
calendar 1981

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon‌
star5.4
calendar 1970

A Time to Triumph

A Time to Triumph‌
star6.0
calendar 1986

The Sin of Jesus

The Sin of Jesus‌
star4.8
calendar 1961

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family‌
star6.0
calendar 2006

Willie and Phil

Willie and Phil‌
star4.4
calendar 1980

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven‌
star6.1
calendar 1990

The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh‌
star7.1
calendar 1960

Tv Credits

Miami Vice

Miami Vice‌
star7.4
calendar 1984

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

From These Roots

From These Roots‌
star3.5
calendar 1958

Nurse

Nurse‌
star5.0
calendar 1981

The Man in the Family

The Man in the Family‌
star6.0
calendar 1991