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Early life. Totò was born Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente on 15 February 1898 in the Rione Sanità, a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente (1881–1947), a Sicilian woman, and the Neapolitan marquis Giuseppe de Curtis (1873–1944). [3]
Apr 11, 2024 · Totò (born Nov. 7, 1898, Naples, Italy—died April 15, 1967, Rome) was an Italian comic, most popular for his film characterization of an unsmiling but sympathetic bourgeois figure, likened by international film critics to the American film comic Buster Keaton.
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Totò was a popular Italian actor, writer and musician who starred in many comedy films and TV shows. He was born in Naples in 1898 and died in Rome in 1967, and was known for his ingenious schemes and his Neapolitan dialect.
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Attore simbolo dello spettacolo comico in Italia, soprannominato «il principe della risata»; è considerato, anche in virtù di alcuni ruoli drammatici, uno dei maggiori interpreti nella storia del teatro e del cinema italiani [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7].
Totò was a legendary Italian comedian, actor, writer and singer, known for his comic roles and his trademark style. Explore his life, career, movies and achievements on The Movie Database, the ultimate online source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
The comic actor Antonio De Curtis, universally known as Totò and still winning polls as the most popular Italian comedian of all time a half-century after his death, was born on this day in 1898 in Naples.
Aug 5, 2016 · Learn about the life and career of Totò, the prince of laughter in Italian cinema and theatre. Discover his origins, his women, his movies and his legacy.
