Celebrity Biographies
Philip Bosco
It was a myth for regulars at the New York theater, winner of the Tony. In cinema it was seen in titles such as “Armas de mujer” or “La boda de mi mejor amigo”. Philip Bosco passed away at the age of 88 on December 3, 2018; he had long suffered from senile dementia.
Born on September 26, 1930, in Jersey City, he studied Dramatic Art at the prestigious Catholic University of America, in Washington. His university years were key, first because he already triumphed at that time with a student representation of “Ricardo III”, and later because in the classrooms he met the love of his life, Nancy Ann Dunkle, whom he married in 1957. The marriage He had seven children and fifteen grandchildren.
He made his Broadway debut on the right foot, for his leading role in 1960’s “The Rape of the Belt” received the first of his six Tony nominations. He would win it in 1989 playing the director of the Cleveland Opera, in Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me A Tenor”. On stage, he led the cast of numerous ‘revivals’ of classic texts, from “A man for eternity” to “The heiress”.
For Philip Bosco , cinema was always secondary, but he was frequently requested, to the point that he leaves dozens of titles, always as secondary. He was a doctor in Entre pillos anda el juego , that foreman in This house is a ruin who, whenever he was asked how much was left to finish the work, would answer “two weeks”, a doctor in Children of a Lesser God , and a detective in Three Men and a baby . But he is best remembered as the owner of the company Melanie Griffith works for, in Arms of a Woman . Woody Allen once recruited him, for Taking Harry Down and Shadows and Fog. He retired in 2010, after serving as a narrator on the documentary series American Experience .