Angelica Ippolito Explained

Angelica Ippolito
Birth Place:Naples, Italy
Occupation:Actress
Partner:Andrea Franchetti
Gian Maria Volonté
Children:Cody Franchetti
Parents:Felice Ippolito
Isabella Quarantotti
Relatives:Eduardo De Filippo (step-father)
Luca De Filippo (step-brother)

Angelica Ippolito (born 8 September 1944) is an Italian stage, film and television actress.

Life and career

Born in Naples to geologist Felice Ippolito and writer and playwright Isabella Quarantotti. Her mother married thirdly to actor and playwright Eduardo De Filippo. Ippolito studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and made her acting debut in the late 1960s.[1] [2] She worked extensively in the Eduardo De Filippo's stage company.[1] In 1977 she won a Special David di Donatello Award for her performance in Alberto Lattuada's Oh, Serafina!.[3] [4] Ippolito was the last companion of the actor Gian Maria Volonté, from late 1970s until his death.[5]

Ippolito has a son, Cody Franchetti, from her relationship with Andrea Franchetti, son of an italian baron who married a Milliken heiress.[6] [7] Cody was featured in the documentaries Born Rich and The One Percent.[6] [8]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano – Le Attrici. 28 February 2024 . Gremese Editore, 2003. 978-8884402141.
  2. Book: Maurizio Giammusso. La fabbrica degli attori: l'Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica ; storia di cinquant'anni. Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, 1990.
  3. Book: Lino Miccichè. Storia del cinema italiano: 1977–1985. Bianco & Nero, 2001. 8831785370.
  4. Book: Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. 1998. Gremese Editore, 1998. 8877422211.
  5. News: Giovanna Grassi. Addio a Volonté con "o sole mio". 5 July 2015. Corriere della Sera. 11 December 1994.
  6. Web site: Ratner. Lizzy. Baron Franchetti Gets Ready. 2006-01-30. The New York Observer. 2017-08-02.
  7. Web site: McMenamin. Brigid. Close-Knit. https://web.archive.org/web/20170806031242/https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2000/1225/6616134a.html. dead. 6 August 2017. Forbes. 2017-08-02. 2000-12-25.
  8. Web site: Johnson. Jamie. Jamie Johnson (filmmaker). Summering the Marie Antoinette Way. 2008-06-26. Vanity Fair. 2017-08-02.