Broadway star who worked with John Travolta and Woody Allen

A Broadway star who also worked with Hollywood legends John Travolta and Woody Allen made a rare outing in Tinseltown last week.

This star trained under famed acting coach Lee Strasberg before taking both the Great White Way and Hollywood by storm.

On stage, she originated multiple roles, received awards, and starred opposite Harvey Fierstein in Safe Sєx. 

In front of the camera, she continued excelling with roles in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories and another part opposite Travolta in Perfect. 

Now 77, she is a faculty member at the USC Film School and at The Lee Strasberg Insтιтute, where she was seen on July 19. 

Can you guess who this star is?

A Broadway star who also worked with Hollywood legends John Travolta and Woody Allen made a rare outing in Tinseltown last week

If you guessed Anne DeSalvo, you are correct!

On July 19, she was spotted out and about in Los Angeles – including a stop at The Lee Strasberg Insтιтute. 

DeSalvo was pictured enjoying a walk, maintaining her youthful complexion with a facial, and heading to The Lee Strasberg Insтιтute in West Hollywood.

The accomplished star braved the heat with a wide-brim straw hat, grey sweatshirt, and leggings before heading to the insтιтute, wheeling her belongings about.

The Daily Mail has contacted representatives for DeSalvo for comment. 

DeSalvo has an exemplary acting career and now shares her wisdom with the next generation of actors at USC and the Lee Strasberg Insтιтute. 

Hailing from Philadelphia, she made her Broadway debut at age 27 in a play set in South Philadelphia, Gemini. 

‘Lucille Pompi, the character I play, contains a little of my Aunt Rosie, a little of old Mrs. C. up the street, a little of a lot of things from my own Italian upbringing,” she told the New York Times. ‘Most of the jewelry I wear in the show is my mother’s, and the gold shoes I have on in one scene were given to me by a woman from my neighborhood. 

If you guessed Anne DeSalvo, you are correct!

DeSalvo has had an incredible career both on and off camera; pictured with John Travolta in Perfect

DeSalvo, pictured 1983, is now sharing her wisdom with aspiring actors at USC at The Lee Strasberg Insтιтute 

DeSalvo with Woody Allen on the set of Stardust Memories

‘I’m never going to throw those lucky shoes away.’

She spent much of her career on Broadway but eventually moved to Los Angeles in 1988 to further her acting career.

‘I was ready to do television,’ she told the LA Times in 1990. ‘Five years ago, if you became a TV star, that’s all you became. Now it does enhance your career.’ 

Indeed, she made waves on TV, appearing on iconic shows such as Sєx & The City, X-Files, Two Broke Girls, and more.  

DeSalvo was pictured enjoying a walk, maintaining her youthful complexion with a facial, and heading to The Lee Strasberg Insтιтute in West Hollywood

She stepped out in brown leggings, a sweatshirt, and wide-brim hat

She spent much of her career on Broadway but eventually moved to Los Angeles in 1988 to further her acting career

Before moving to Hollywood, she worked with Allen in his 1980 comedy film, Stardust Memories. 

The duo forged a friendship that continued years later. 

‘That guy is, like, the best,’ she told the LA Times. ‘When I met him we laughed for 20 minutes. I wrote him recently about ‘New York Stories.’ I didn’t expect to hear from him and he writes me back within five days. That says a lot about somebody.’ 

She is now an Adjunct Professor at USC’s Film School and is a faculty member at Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Insтιтute.