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Totò
Totò

Totò

🎂 Feb 14, 1898 — 🕯️ Apr 15, 1967 (69 years) Naples, Campania, Italy
Totò is an actor whose career stretches back to the 1930s. Their credits include Big Deal on Madonna Street as Dante Cruciani. Their work further includes Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy and The Hawks and the Sparrows. Their filmography spans 124 films and 1 TV production across 89 years, working mainly across genres like comedy, crime, romance.
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Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
as Antonio Caponi
 The Hawks and the Sparrows
The Hawks and the Sparrows
as Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
 Poverty and Nobility
Poverty and Nobility
as Don Felice Sciosciammocca
 The Band of Honest Men
The Band of Honest Men
as Antonio Buonocore
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Antologia di Totò
Antologia di Totò
Totò (se stesso)
1978
Film Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
(archive footage)
1975
Film Caprice Italian Style
Caprice Italian Style
Anziano Signore / Iago
1968
Film What Are the Clouds?
What Are the Clouds?
Iago
1968
Film Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
Totò, la guida non autorizzata
1967
Film Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
Totò l'agente segreto
1967
Film Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
musicista capellone
1967
Film Il latitante
Il latitante
Gennaro La Pezza
1967
Film Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
Mardoccheo Stonatelli
1967
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Is Totò still alive?
Totò passed away on April 15, 1967 at age 69.
What are the most famous roles of Totò?
Totò is best known as an actor for Big Deal on Madonna Street, Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy, The Hawks and the Sparrows.
How many movies has Totò been in?
Totò has appeared in 124 movies and 1 TV shows.
What was Totò's first movie?
Totò's first credited film was Hands Off Me! (1937).
What is Totò's most recent movie?
Totò's most recent movie is Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera (2023).
What are Totò's best movies?
Totò's most acclaimed films include: Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy (1956), The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966), Poverty and Nobility (1954), The Band of Honest Men (1956).
What TV shows has Totò appeared in?
Totò is known for TV work including: Cinépanorama.
How long has Totò been working in film?
Totò has been active since 1937 — a career spanning 30 years.
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Totò
Totò
1898-02-14 · Naples, Campania, Italy

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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