Julie Bovasso

Julie Bovasso

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.

  • Title: Julie Bovasso
  • Popularity: 4.826
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1930-08-01
  • Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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  • Also Known As: Julia Anne Bovasso
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Julie Bovasso Movies

  • 1987
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    Moonstruck

    Moonstruck

    6.85 1987 HD

    37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny,...

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  • 1977
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    Saturday Night Fever

    Saturday Night Fever

    6.727 1977 HD

    Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and...

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  • 1978
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    Just Me and You

    Just Me and You

    5 1978 HD

    A salesman travels cross country with a quirky New Yorker.

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  • 1992
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    Article 99

    Article 99

    6.071 1992 HD

    Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to...

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  • 1982
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    The Verdict

    The Verdict

    7.4 1982 HD

    Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a...

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  • 1986
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    Wise Guys

    Wise Guys

    5.3 1986 HD

    Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to...

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  • 1990
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    Betsy's Wedding

    Betsy's Wedding

    5.728 1990 HD

    Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding...

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  • 1986
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    Off Beat

    Off Beat

    4.9 1986 HD

    Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance...

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  • 1983
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    Daniel

    Daniel

    6.688 1983 HD

    The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in...

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  • 1980
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    King Crab

    King Crab

    1 1980 HD

    Two brothers take over the family seafood business, and battle each other for control of the company - and their father's attention.

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  • 1985
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    Doubletake

    Doubletake

    5.2 1985 HD

    Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek is called on to head the team of detectives...

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  • 1988
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    Hot Paint

    Hot Paint

    1 1988 HD

    Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.8 million. John Larroquette plays his usual rude,...

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  • 1978
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    The Last Tenant

    The Last Tenant

    1 1978 HD

    Family members face hard decisions about the care of their elderly father who needs constant care and can no longer safely live alone, which...

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  • 1983
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    Staying Alive

    Staying Alive

    5.723 1983 HD

    It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a...

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  • 1981
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    The Gentleman Bandit

    The Gentleman Bandit

    6 1981 HD

    Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.

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  • 1970
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    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

    Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon

    5.3 1970 HD

    Junie Moon is in the hospital after her face has been disfigured by her deranged boyfriend. There she meets two other patients — Arthur, an...

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  • 1986
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    A Time to Triumph

    A Time to Triumph

    6 1986 HD

    Construction worker, Chuck Hassan, has a heart attack and is no longer able to work and support his family. After losing their home and savings, his...

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  • 1961
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    The Sin of Jesus

    The Sin of Jesus

    4.8 1961 HD

    An egg-sorting woman shrugs off even the appearance of Christ. From Isaak Babel story.

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  • 2006
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    Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

    Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family

    6 2006 HD

    Documentary highlighting the development of the screenplay into a film with the desired cast. It also describes the closeness among Italian families,...

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  • 1980
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    Willie and Phil

    Willie and Phil

    4.4 1980 HD

    Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking...

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  • 1990
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    My Blue Heaven

    My Blue Heaven

    6.064 1990 HD

    FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is...

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  • 1960
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    The Iceman Cometh

    The Iceman Cometh

    7.143 1960 HD

    Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this...

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  • 1987
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    Moonstruck

    Moonstruck

    6.85 1987 HD

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  • 1984
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    Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    7.5 1984 HD

    The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership...

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  • 1982
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    Cagney & Lacey

    Cagney & Lacey

    6.9 1982 HD

    Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to...

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  • 1958
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    From These Roots

    From These Roots

    3.5 1958 HD

    Follow the life of successful writer Elizabeth “Liz” Fraser Allen as she returns to her New England hometown of Strathfield to run her...

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  • 1981
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    Nurse

    Nurse

    5 1981 HD

    Nurse is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from April 2, 1981 to May 1982. Series star Michael Learned won an Emmy in 1982 for her role on...

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  • 1991
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    The Man in the Family

    The Man in the Family

    6 1991 HD

    The Man in the Family is an American sitcom television series that aired from June 19 until July 31, 1991.

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