Julie Bovasso

Julia Anne Bovasso (1 Agustus 1930 – 14 September 1991) adalah seorang aktris panggung, layar, dan televisi Amerika. Bovasso lahir di Brooklyn, New York dan dibesarkan di lingkungan Bensonhurst di wilayah ini, putri dari Angela Mary (née Padovani) dan Bernard Michael Bovasso, seorang pekerja tim. Dia orang Albania-Italia-Amerika. Dia bersekolah di Sekolah Menengah Musik & Seni di Manhattan. Bovasso muncul di banyak film, termasuk Saturday Night Fever (1977) sebagai Florence Manero, ibu dari karakter John Travolta, Tony Manero. Dia mengulangi perannya dalam sekuel film Staying Alive tahun 1983. Sebelum Saturday Night Fever, dia muncul di film Otto Preminger tahun 1970, Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon. Selain Staying Alive, ia juga tampil di sejumlah film pada 1980-an, antara lain Willie & Phil (1980), The Verdict (1982), Daniel (1983), Off Beat (1986), Wise Guys (1986), Moonstruck (1987). Pada 1990-an, Bovasso terlihat di Betsy's Wedding (1990) dan My Blue Heaven (1990). Di atas panggung, Bavasso menulis dan tampil dalam produksi avant-garde di luar Broadway seperti The Maids karya Jean Genet. Untuk yang terakhir, ia memenangkan Penghargaan Aktris Terbaik Obie (Off-Broadway) pertama pada tahun 1956, yang diberikan kepadanya oleh Shelley Winters. Sebelum membuat film, Bovasso mendirikan Tempo Playhouse eksperimental di 4 St. Marks Place di Manhattan pada tahun 1950-an. Di sana, ia memperkenalkan karya-karya Teater Absurd, termasuk karya penulis drama Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco dan Michel de Ghelderode, ke teater profesional di Amerika Serikat. Bovasso juga tampil dengan The Living Theatre dan mempunyai hubungan lama dengan La Mama Experimental Theatre Club. Dari tahun 1968 hingga 1975, dia mengarahkan banyak karya aslinya di La MaMa, termasuk Gloria dan Esperanza, Schubert's Last Serenade, The Moondreamers, Standard Safety, dan The Nothing Kid. Selain karyanya sebagai sutradara dan aktor, kredit penulisan dramanya mencakup drama berdurasi empat jam Gloria dan Esperanza, yang mana kritikus teater Village Voice Jerry Tallmer digambarkan sebagai "keajaiban, pertunjukan kembang api mitopoetik." Seorang pelatih akting yang banyak dicari, Bovasso dikenal sebagai instruktur yang teliti dan lokakarya pribadinya di New York secara teratur melibatkan pemain-pemain terkemuka. Sesuai komentar DVD, Bovasso melatih Cher dan Olympia Dukakis tentang aksen Brooklyn mereka di film Moonstruck. Dalam pertunjukan sebelumnya, dia memerankan Rose Corelli Fraser dalam sinetron berumur pendek From These Roots. Dia dipecat dari acara itu karena perselisihan dengan produser.

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.