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Julie Bovasso
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Julie Bovasso
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-08-01,Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

6.8

Moonstruck
1987-12-16

Saturday Night Fever

6.7

Saturday Night Fever
1977-12-16

Just Me and You

5

Just Me and You
1978-05-22

6.055

Article 99
1992-03-13

7.4

The Verdict
1982-12-08

5.3

Wise Guys
1986-04-17

Betsy's Wedding

5.7

Betsy's Wedding
1990-06-22

4.9

Off Beat
1986-04-10

6.7

Daniel
1983-08-26

0

King Crab
1980-06-15

5.2

Doubletake
1985-11-24

0

Hot Paint
1988-03-20

The Last Tenant

0

The Last Tenant
1978-06-25

5.728

Staying Alive
1983-07-11

The Gentleman Bandit

6

The Gentleman Bandit
1981-05-06

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

5.1

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970-05-11

A Time to Triumph

6

A Time to Triumph
1986-01-07

The Sin of Jesus

4.8

The Sin of Jesus
1961-12-10

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

6

Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
2006-01-31

Willie and Phil

4.4

Willie and Phil
1980-08-15

6.1

My Blue Heaven
1990-08-17

The Iceman Cometh

7

The Iceman Cometh
1960-11-14

7.477

Miami Vice
1984-09-16

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

From These Roots

3.5

From These Roots
1958-06-30

5

Nurse
1981-04-02

The Man in the Family

6

The Man in the Family
1991-06-19