Julia Anne Bovasso (August 1, 1930 â€" 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 that
borough, the daughter of Angela Mary (née Padovani) and Bernard
Michael Bovasso, a teamster. She was of Italian descent.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. She
reprised the role in the film's 1983 sequel, Staying Alive. Prior to
Saturday Night Fever, she appeared in the 1970 Otto Preminger film,
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon.
American actress of stage, screen, and television.Bovasso was born in
Brooklyn, New York and raised in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of that
borough, the daughter of Angela Mary (née Padovani) and Bernard
Michael Bovasso, a teamster. She was of Italian descent.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. She
reprised the role in the film's 1983 sequel, Staying Alive. Prior to
Saturday Night Fever, she appeared in the 1970 Otto Preminger film,
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon.
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