Totò facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Totò
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| Born |
Antonio Clemente
15 February 1898 Naples, Italy
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| Died | 15 April 1967 (aged 69) Rome, Italy
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| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Other names | il Principe della risata |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, poet, writer, singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1922–67 |
| Spouse(s) |
Diana Bandini Lucchesini Rogliani
(m. 1935; div. 1939) |
| Children | 2, including Liliana De Curtis |
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò, or simply as Antonio De Curtis, and nicknamed il Principe della risata ("the Prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, writer, poet, singer and lyricist.
Some of his best-known movies are Fifa e Arena, Totò al Giro d'Italia, Totò Sceicco, Guardie e ladri, Totò e le donne, Totò Tarzan, Totò terzo uomo, Totò a colori (the first Italian color movie, 1952, in Ferraniacolor), I soliti ignoti, Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina, and La legge è legge.
Images for kids
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Totò as a soldier in 1918
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Totò in the 1930s
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Signed photograph of Totò
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