- Julie Bovasso
Julie Bovasso (
August 1 ,1930 –September 14 ,1991 ), was an Americanactress . She was born inBrooklyn, New York to an Italian-American family.Biography
She appeared in many films, including such famous ones as "
Saturday Night Fever " and "Moonstruck ", in which she played stereotypical Italian-American matrons. However, she had an important supporting role inSidney Lumet 's "The Verdict".However, Off-Broadway she wrote and appeared in very avant-garde material, such as
Jean Genet 's "The Maids ", for which she won the very first Best Actress Obie (Off-Broadway) Award in the mid-1950s, which was presented to her byShelley Winters .She also was known as a writer, with her writing credits including
Gloria and Esperanza .In her earlier acting days, she played Rose Corelli Fraser in the short-lived soap opera, "
From These Roots ". She was subsequently fired from that show, due to a disagreement with producers and was replaced.Death
She died of
cancer inNew York City at the age of 61.External links
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