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Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio, Antonio De Curtis, Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente, Тото, Антоніо Де Куртіс
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Totò was born Antonio Clemente in a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente from Sicily and Marquis Giuseppe De Curtis from Naples. Nicknamed “il principe della risata’ (the prince of laughter), he was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter, and widely considered one of the greatest Italian artists of the 20th century. While he first gained his popularity as a comic actor, his dramatic roles, poetry, and songs are all of cultural import; his style and a number of his recurring jokes and gestures have become universally known memes in Italy. As a comic actor, Totò is classified as an heir of the Commedia dell'Arte tradition, and has been compared to such figures as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. At the age of 15, he was already acting as a comedian in small theatres, under the pseudonym "Clerment". His early repertoire mostly consisted in imitations of Gustavo De Marco's characters. He served in the army during World War I and then went back to acting to develop the trademarks of his style. In 1937, he appeared in his first movie "Fermo con le mani", and later starred in 96 more films, many of which are still frequently broadcast on Italian television. In his vast cinematographic career, Totò had the opportunity to act side by side with virtually all major Italian actors of the time. Totò's unmistakable figure, with his peculiarly irregular face (due to an accident in his teen years), and his unique trademark ability to disarticulate his body like a marionette, soon became very popular and his comic gags became part of the Italian culture. Totò died at the age of 69 in Rome after a series of heart attacks. Due to overwhelming popularity there were three funeral services: the first in Rome, and the second and third in Naples. Totò's birth home has been recently opened to the public as a museum.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1898-02-14
- event Death Date 1967-04-15
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 5.8
- info Birth Place Naples, Campania, Italy
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Totò
8.1
Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958-07-26
7.3
The Hawks and the Sparrows
1966-05-04
7.4
Side Street Story
1950-09-21
7.1
You're on Your Own
1959-09-04
6.7
Fifa e arena
1948-11-23
7
He Who Hesitates Is Lost
1960-12-15
6.4
Toto and Carolina
1955-03-02
7.4
Totó in color
1952-04-08
6.7
Toto the Sheik
1950-11-30
6.2
Totò d'Arabia
1965-02-18
6.6
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
1961-03-30
7.6
Cops and Robbers
1951-11-29
6.4
Toto in Madrid
1959-02-06
7
Letto a tre piazze
1960-09-09
6.2
Toto in Paris
1958-10-23
5.9
I due orfanelli
1947-11-26
5.1
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
1950-11-10
6.8
Gli onorevoli
1963-10-10
6.5
Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
1958-08-22
6.9
Totò Double or Nothing?
1956-05-03
6.8
Totò vs the Four
1963-03-07
5
Yvonne of the Night
1949-11-24
7
Signori si nasce
1960-04-28
6.4
Toto Tours Italy
1948-12-30
5.1
Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957-12-23
6.8
Toto and the Women
1952-12-20
6.4
Il coraggio
1955-12-24
6.6
What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
1964-08-21
6.9
Totò cerca casa
1949-12-09
6.3
Totò cerca pace
1954-12-17
7.1
Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952-10-15
6.3
Totò contro il pirata nero
1964-03-27
6.2
Toto and Marcellino
1958-04-22
7
The Monk of Monza
1963-03-29
6.7
Toto and Cleopatra
1963-09-05
7.1
The Overtaxed
1959-04-10
5.9
Toto at Night
1962-10-25
5.6
Totò nella Luna
1958-11-28
7.1
Il medico dei pazzi
1954-10-19
6.9
The Passionate Thief
1960-10-12
5.1
L'allegro fantasma
1941-03-16
6.8
Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
1961-03-23
6.3
I tre ladri
1954-09-27
6.2
Totò all'inferno
1955-03-16
6.2
Caprice Italian Style
1968-04-13
5.8
The Rape of the Sabine
1945-11-21
6.4
Of Life and Love
1954-02-03
5.9
The Mandrake
1965-11-18
6.7
The Emperor of Capri
1949-12-16
6.5
The Commandant
1963-12-23
6.9
Totò le Mokò
1949-12-20
8.1
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
1956-08-23
6.5
San Giovanni decollato
1940-12-12
7.8
The Band of Honest Men
1956-04-12
6.2
Hands Off Me!
1937-03-06
7.4
The Gold of Naples
1954-12-03
6.1
Toto the Third Man
1951-09-23
5.9
Tototarzan
1950-10-31
6
Le motorizzate
1963-08-15
6.7
Lo smemorato di Collegno
1962-09-07
7.1
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
1960-08-18
5.1
Animal Crackers
1939-04-01
6.5
Noi duri
1960-02-24
6.2
Funniest Show on Earth
1953-11-12
6.5
Where Is Freedom?
1954-03-05
5.5
The Thieves
1959-06-27
5.4
The Firemen of Viggiù
1949-04-16
7.2
The Law Is the Law
1958-09-17
7.1
Totò diabolicus
1962-04-07
7.1
47 Talking Corpses
1950-12-22
6.4
La cambiale
1959-11-19
6.5
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
1962-09-08
7.1
The Two Marshals
1961-12-22
7.7
Totòtruffa '62
1961-08-12
7.4
Neapolitan Turk
1953-09-16
8
Poverty and Nobility
1954-04-17
7.6
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1956-12-21
7.4
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966-11-25
6.5
Totò contro Maciste
1962-02-28
7.5
Two Colonels
1963-01-05
6.9
Destinazione Piovarolo
1955-12-16
5.8
The Shortest Day
1963-02-14
5.9
Figaro qua... Figaro là
1950-10-12
5.8
Totò nella fossa dei leoni
1943-05-31
5.1
Totò Sexy
1963-09-05
6.5
Totò Story
1968-01-01
6.3
Totò cerca moglie
1950-03-15
6
Sette ore di guai
1951-10-17
5
Legs of Gold
1958-08-27
5.9
Risate all'italiana
1964-07-15
4.8
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975-07-14
6.7
Beautiful Families
1964-12-26
4.7
Rita the American Girl
1965-12-02
6.7
Man, Beast and Virtue
1953-05-09
6.1
The Witches
1967-02-22
0
Totò e il Principe De Curtis. L'uomo oltre la maschera
2023-10-05
6.7
Una di quelle
1953-10-08
5.4
Il latitante
1967-05-04
5.7
Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare
1967-06-28
5.3
Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino
1967-01-01
5.5
Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
1967-06-07
4.9
Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
1967-06-12
4
Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
1967-05-31
5.5
Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel
1967-01-01
5.2
Tutto Totò - La scommessa
1967-01-31
5.2
Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
1967-04-10
5.9
Latin Lovers
1965-08-11
6
Variety carousel
1955-02-08
5
Slave Girl
1947-07-17
6.7
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004-09-24
5.7
Naples '44
2016-12-15
6.8
Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
2020-04-12
7
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021-05-16
9.5
We Are Cinema
2021-12-16
7.8
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
1967-02-22
8.6
What Are the Clouds?
1968-04-12
6.6
Are We Men or Corporals?
1955-08-26
6
Roman Tales
1955-12-21
0
Antologia di Totò
1978-01-01
6.4
The Anatomy of Love
1954-03-16
8
Cinépanorama
1956-02-04