Julie Bovasso

Personal Info

Birthday

August 1, 1930

Day of Death

1991-09-14

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Julia Anne Bovasso

Julie Bovasso

Biography

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.

Known For

Miami Vice

Moonstruck

From These Roots

Nurse

Saturday Night Fever

The Verdict

Staying Alive

My Blue Heaven

Filmography

2006
Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family
as Self (archival footage)
1992
Article 99
as Amelia Sturdeyvant
1990
My Blue Heaven
as Vinnie's Mother
Betsy's Wedding
as Grandma
1987
Moonstruck
as Rita Cappomaggi
1986
Wise Guys
as Lil Dickstein
Off Beat
as Mrs. Wareham
1985
Doubletake
as Lou DiMona
1983
Daniel
as Frieda Stein
Staying Alive
as Mrs. Manero
1982
The Verdict
as Maureen Rooney
1981
The Gentleman Bandit
as Doris
1980
Willie & Phil
as Mrs. D'Amico
King Crab
as Mrs. Campana
1978
The Last Tenant
as Marie
Just Me and You
as Waitress
1977
Saturday Night Fever
as Flo
1970
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
as Ramona
1960
The Iceman Cometh
as Pearl