---
name: "Julie Bovasso"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/julie-bovasso"
fi1m_id: "julie-bovasso"
imdb_id: "nm0100566"
tmdb_id: 20972
wikidata_id: "Q932444"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 August 1930"
died: "14 September 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T18:08:01.738563+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Julie Bovasso

## Identity

Julie Bovasso

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/julie-bovasso
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** julie-bovasso
- **IMDb ID:** nm0100566
- **TMDB ID:** 20972
- **Wikidata ID:** Q932444
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Bovasso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932444, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20972

Actor. Born 1 August 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 14 September 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 August 1930, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 14 September 1991
- **Active:** 1977–1987
- **Also known as:** Julia Anne Bovasso
- **Frequently works with:** [John Travolta](https://film.one/person/john-travolta.md), [Norman Wexler](https://film.one/person/norman-wexler.md), [Robert Stigwood](https://film.one/person/robert-stigwood.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 78 (1), 1980s 72 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $539m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Bovasso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932444, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100566/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20972

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Moonstruck*](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Saturday Night Fever*](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Julie Bovasso (also credited as Julia Anne Bovasso) was an American actress of stage, screen and television. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on 1 August 1930, she was raised in the Bensonhurst neighbourhood and attended the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan. She died in New York City on 14 September 1991.

In the 1950s she founded the experimental Tempo Playhouse in Manhattan, where she produced, directed and performed works of the Theatre of the Absurd, including the New York premiere of Jean Genet's *The Maids*, for which she received the first Best Actress Obie Award in 1956. She later won additional Obies, including a triple award in 1970 for her play *Gloria and Esperanza*.

Her film roles include Flo in *Saturday Night Fever* (1977) and its sequel *Staying Alive* (1983), Maureen Rooney in *The Verdict* (1982), Rita Cappomaggi in *Moonstruck* (1987), and parts in *Wise Guys* (1986), *Betsy's Wedding* (1990) and *My Blue Heaven* (1990). She also worked as a dialogue coach on several films.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Moonstruck* (1987), Fi1m 84, as Rita Cappomaggi — [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Staying Alive* (1983), Fi1m 38, as Mrs. Manero — [page](https://film.one/film/staying-alive.md)
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Verdict* (1982), Fi1m 84, as Maureen Rooney — [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)
- *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), Fi1m 78, as Flo — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Article 99* (1992), as Amelia Sturdeyvant
- *The Man in the Family* (1991), series, Actor
- *My Blue Heaven* (1990), as Vinnie's Mother
- *Betsy's Wedding* (1990), as Grandma
- *Hot Paint* (1988), Actor
- *Moonstruck* (1987), as Rita Cappomaggi · Dialogue Coach — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/moonstruck.md)
- *Wise Guys* (1986), as Lil Dickstein
- *Off Beat* (1986), as Mrs. Wareham
- *A Time to Triumph* (1986), Actor
- *Doubletake* (1985), as Lou DiMona
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Bag Lady — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Daniel* (1983), as Frieda Stein
- *Staying Alive* (1983), as Mrs. Manero — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/staying-alive.md)
- *The Verdict* (1982), as Maureen Rooney — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Gentleman Bandit* (1981), as Doris
- *Nurse* (1981), series, as Mrs. Mazzelli
- *Willie & Phil* (1980), as Mrs. D'Amico
- *King Crab* (1980), as Mrs. Campana
- *The Last Tenant* (1978), as Marie
- *Just Me and You* (1978), as Waitress
- *Saturday Night Fever* (1977), as Flo — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-fever.md)
- *Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon* (1970), as Ramona
- *The Sin of Jesus* (1961), Actor
- *The Iceman Cometh* (1960), series, as Pearl
- *From These Roots* (1958), series, as Rose Corelli Fraser

## Gallery

- ![Julie Bovasso](https://film.one/media/person/117814/gallery-75e35e6fe464.jpg) Julie Bovasso — Village Voice photo by Ben Schiff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Julie_Bavasso_1956.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Julie Bovasso, Shelly Winters and Jason Robards receiving Obie Awards from the Village Voice in 1956.](https://film.one/media/person/117814/gallery-2993cac87932.jpg) Photo of Julie Bovasso, Shelly Winters and Jason Robards receiving Obie Awards from the Village Voice in 1956. — Village Voice photo by Ben Schiff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Julie_Bavasso_Shelly_Winters_Jason_Robards_1956_Obie_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Julie Bovasso](https://film.one/media/person/117814/gallery-73636feb7c17.jpg) Julie Bovasso — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Guggenheim Fellowship 1971: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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