Anne De Salvo

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Anne De Salvo
BornApril 3, 1949 (1949-04-03) (age 74) [1]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States [1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • screenwriter
  • director

Anne De Salvo (sometimes spelled Anne DeSalvo; born April 3, 1949) is an American actress and filmmaker. She has been described as "one of the top character actresses of her generation". [1]

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Life and career

Grown up in Overbrook, Philadelphia, De Salvo studied art at Temple University and became involved with theatre in Boston, where she was working as an art teacher. [2] She had her breakout with the role of Lucille Pompi in the Albert Innaurato's drama play Gemini , which got her an Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress in 1977. [3] [4] At the time, Variety described her performance as "near perfection", as she "nearly steals every scene she's in". [5]

Often playing "wise-cracking New York characters", [2] among De Salvo's best known roles are Woody Allen's sister in Stardust Memories , and Vicky DeStefano, Tony Danza's fiancée in Taxi . [6] In 1991, she co-starred alongside Ray Sharkey in the ABC sitcom The Man in the Family . [7] In 1997, she got a CableACE Award nomination for her guest starring role in Lifetime Women's Festival: Women Without Implants. [8] In 2001, De Salvo made her screenwriting and directorial debut with The Amati Girls . [1]

Selected filmography

Films

Television

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