Francesca De Sapio is an Italian actress and acting coach. The daughter of an architect, she was born in Rome. After her father's work took him to the United States, she started studying acting in Texas. A life-member of the Actors Studio, having studied there under Lee Strasberg, De Sapio began teaching there as well In the early 1980s. In 1985 she co-founded with Joseph Perruccio the Duse Studio in New York, an international centre for training in acting, film production and theater. In 1987, Duse moved to Montecatini Terme, Italy, and then to its current base in Rome. 

August 16th, 1945 in Rome (Age 79)