Angelica Ippolito
{{Short description|Italian actress (born 1944)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Angelica Ippolito
| image = Angelica Ippolito.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|8 September 1944}}
| birth_place = Naples, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| 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.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi|title=Dizionario del cinema italiano – Le Attrici|date=28 February 2024 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=978-8884402141}}{{cite book|last1=Maurizio Giammusso|title=La fabbrica degli attori: l'Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica ; storia di cinquant'anni|publisher=Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, 1990}} She worked extensively in the Eduardo De Filippo's stage company. In 1977 she won a Special David di Donatello Award for her performance in Alberto Lattuada's Oh, Serafina!.{{cite book|last1=Lino Miccichè|title=Storia del cinema italiano: 1977–1985|date=2001 |publisher=Bianco & Nero, 2001|isbn=8831785370}}{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211}} Ippolito was the last companion of the actor Gian Maria Volonté, from late 1970s until his death.{{cite news|last1=Giovanna Grassi|title=Addio a Volonté con "o sole mio"|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1994/dicembre/11/addio_Volonte_con_sole_mio_co_0_94121115023.shtml|accessdate=5 July 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=11 December 1994}}
Ippolito has a son, Cody Franchetti, from her relationship with Andrea Franchetti, son of an italian baron who married a Milliken heiress.{{cite web|last=Ratner|first=Lizzy|url=http://observer.com/2006/01/baron-franchetti-gets-ready/|title=Baron Franchetti Gets Ready|date=2006-01-30|work=The New York Observer|accessdate=2017-08-02}}{{cite web|last=McMenamin|first=Brigid|title=Close-Knit|url=https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2000/1225/6616134a.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806031242/https://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2000/1225/6616134a.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2017|website=Forbes|accessdate=2017-08-02|date=2000-12-25}} Cody was featured in the documentaries Born Rich and The One Percent.{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Jamie|author-link=Jamie Johnson (filmmaker)|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/06/summering-the-marie-antoinette-way|title=Summering the Marie Antoinette Way|date=2008-06-26|work=Vanity Fair|accessdate=2017-08-02}}
Selected filmography
- His Day of Glory (1969)
- Oh, Serafina! (1976)
- Il mostro (1977)
- I Am Afraid (1977)
- Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)
- Tre colonne in cronaca (1990)
- Guardami (1999)
- Free the Fish (2000)
- Chimera (2001)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0409719}}
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Category:Actresses from Naples
Category:Italian stage actresses
Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian television actresses
Category:20th-century Italian actresses
Category:Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni