Titina De Filippo, born Annunziata De Filippo (27 March 1898 - 26 December 1963) was an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 actress and playwright

She was born in via Dell'Ascensione a Chiaia, Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, the oldest of three children born from the extramarital relationship between Luisa De Filippo and Eduardo Scarpetta

Eduardo Scarpetta

Eduardo Scarpetta was an Italian actor and playwright from Naples. Although not from a theatrical family, he was on the stage by the age of four and is today best remembered as the creator of a character that became his stage alter-ego: Felice Sciosciammocca, a typical, good-natured Neapolitan...

, a well-respected playwright in Naples. The children became known as "Children of the buttons" since their mother was a seamstress to his company: apart Titina, they include actor Peppino

Peppino De Filippo

Peppino De Filippo was an Italian actor.De Filippo was born in Naples, brother of actor and playwright Eduardo De Filippo and of Titina. He made his stage debut at the age of six. He played in several movies such as Rome-Paris-Rome, Variety Lights, A Day in Court, Ferdinand I, King of Naples and...

 and playwright and director Eduardo De Filippo

Eduardo De Filippo

Eduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria.-Biography:...

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Titina De Filippo studied music and learned French as a child. She made her stage debut at the age of seven.

Filmography

• Sono stato io (1937)
• Ma l'amor mio non muore (1938)
• Frenesia (1939)
• Assenza ingiustificata (1939)
• San Giovanni decollato (1940)
• Villa da vendere (1941)
• Una volta alla settimana (1941)
• Non ti pago!
  Non ti pago!
  Non ti pago! is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Eduardo De Filippo - Don Ferdinando Quagliolo...
  
  (1942)
• Ti conosco, mascherina! (1943)
• Uno tra la folla (1946)
• Assunta Spina
  Assunta Spina (1948 film)
  Assunta Spina is a 1948 drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Anna Magnani.-Cast:* Anna Magnani - Assunta Spina* Antonio Centa - Federico Funelli* Maria Donini - Ernestina* Aldo Bufi Landi - Marcello Flaiano...
  
   (1948)
• Napoli milionaria
  Side Street Story
  Side Street Story is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Eduardo De Filippo. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Eduardo De Filippo - Gennaro Iovine* Leda Gloria - Amalia, la moglie di Gennaro...
  
  (1950)
• Cameriera bella presenza offresi (1951)
• Filumena Marturano (1951)
• Cinque poveri in automobile (1952)
• Cani e gatti (1952)
• Marito e moglie (1952)
• I morti non pagano le tasse (1952)
• Non è vero,ma ci credo (1952)
• Ragazze da marito (1952)
• Il tallone d'Achille (1952)
• Cento anni d'amore (1953)
• Il fuoco nelle vene (1953)
• Martin toccaferro (1953)
• La fortuna di essere donna
  Lucky to Be a Woman
  Lucky to Be a Woman is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Alessandro Blasetti starring Sophia Loren and Charles Boyer.-Cast:* Sophia Loren - Antonietta Fallari* Charles Boyer - Count Gregorio Sennetti* Marcello Mastroianni - Corrado Betti...
  
  (1955)
• I pappagalli (1955)
• Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge (1956)
• Non cantare, baciami (1956)
• I vagabondi delle stelle (1956)
• La canzone del destino (1957)
• Totò, Vittorio e la dottoressa (1957)
• Ferdinando I, re di Napoli
  Ferdinando I, re di Napoli
  Ferdinando I, re di Napoli is a 1959 Italian comedy film directed by Gianni Franciolini.-Cast:* Peppino De Filippo - Ferdinand I.* Eduardo De Filippo - Pulcinella* Titina De Filippo - Titina* Vittorio De Sica - Seccano* Aldo Fabrizi - A peasant...
  
  (1959)