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Totò
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Totò
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-02-14,Naples, Campania, Italy
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

Big Deal on Madonna Street

8.099

Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958-07-26

The Hawks and the Sparrows

7.2

The Hawks and the Sparrows
1966-05-04

Side Street Story

7.4

Side Street Story
1950-09-21

You're on Your Own

7.132

You're on Your Own
1959-09-04

6.7

Fifa e arena
1948-11-23

He Who Hesitates Is Lost

6.9

He Who Hesitates Is Lost
1960-12-15

Toto and Carolina

6.5

Toto and Carolina
1955-03-02

7.3

Totó in color
1952-04-08

6.7

Toto the Sheik
1950-11-30

6.2

Totò d'Arabia
1965-02-18

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare

6.7

Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare
1961-03-30

Cops and Robbers

7.5

Cops and Robbers
1951-11-29

6.4

Toto in Madrid
1959-02-06

Letto a tre piazze

7

Letto a tre piazze
1960-09-09

6.2

Toto in Paris
1958-10-23

Two Little Orphans

5.9

Two Little Orphans
1947-11-26

6.82

Gli onorevoli
1963-10-10

Le sei mogli di Barbablù

5.1

Le sei mogli di Barbablù
1950-11-10

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche

6.5

Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche
1958-08-22

Totò Double or Nothing?

6.9

Totò Double or Nothing?
1956-05-03

Totò vs the Four

6.7

Totò vs the Four
1963-03-07

Yvonne of the Night

5.1

Yvonne of the Night
1949-11-24

Signori si nasce

7

Signori si nasce
1960-04-28

Toto Tours Italy

6.4

Toto Tours Italy
1948-12-30

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor

5.2

Totò, Vittorio and the Doctor
1957-12-23

Toto and the Women

6.8

Toto and the Women
1952-12-20

6.4

Il coraggio
1955-12-24

What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?

6.598

What Ever Happened to Baby Toto?
1964-08-21

Totò Looking for a House

6.8

Totò Looking for a House
1949-12-09

Totò Seeks Peace

6.3

Totò Seeks Peace
1954-12-17

Totò versus the Black Pirate

6.3

Totò versus the Black Pirate
1964-03-27

Toto and the Kings of Rome

7

Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952-10-15

Toto and Marcellino

6.3

Toto and Marcellino
1958-04-22

The Monk of Monza

7

The Monk of Monza
1963-03-29

Toto and Cleopatra

6.674

Toto and Cleopatra
1963-09-05

7.1

The Overtaxed
1959-04-10

5.719

Toto at Night
1962-10-25

Totò in the Moon

5.6

Totò in the Moon
1958-11-28

Il medico dei pazzi

7.1

Il medico dei pazzi
1954-10-19

The Passionate Thief

6.9

The Passionate Thief
1960-10-21

L'allegro fantasma

5.2

L'allegro fantasma
1941-03-16

The Three Thieves

6.3

The Three Thieves
1954-09-27

Totò all'inferno

6.2

Totò all'inferno
1955-03-16

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life

6.8

Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
1961-03-23

Caprice Italian Style

6.2

Caprice Italian Style
1968-04-13

The Rape of the Sabine

6

The Rape of the Sabine
1945-11-21

Of Life and Love

6.5

Of Life and Love
1954-02-03

5.9

The Mandrake
1965-11-18

The Emperor of Capri

6.6

The Emperor of Capri
1949-12-16

6.615

The Commandant
1963-12-23

6.9

Totò le Mokò
1949-12-20

Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy

8.022

Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
1956-08-23

San Giovanni decollato

6.6

San Giovanni decollato
1940-12-12

The Band of Honest Men

7.7

The Band of Honest Men
1956-04-12

6.2

Hands Off Me!
1937-03-06

The Gold of Naples

7.3

The Gold of Naples
1954-12-03

Toto the Third Man

6.2

Toto the Third Man
1951-09-23

5.9

Tototarzan
1950-10-31

6

Le motorizzate
1963-08-15

Lo smemorato di Collegno

6.7

Lo smemorato di Collegno
1962-09-07

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today

7.2

Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
1960-08-18

Animal Crackers

5.1

Animal Crackers
1939-04-01

6.5

Noi duri
1960-02-24

Funniest Show on Earth

5.9

Funniest Show on Earth
1953-11-12

Where Is Freedom?

6.4

Where Is Freedom?
1954-03-05

5.5

The Thieves
1959-06-27

The Law Is the Law

7.2

The Law Is the Law
1958-09-17

The Firemen of Viggiù

5.4

The Firemen of Viggiù
1949-04-16

Totò diabolicus

7.1

Totò diabolicus
1962-04-07

47 Talking Corpses

7.1

47 Talking Corpses
1950-12-22

6.6

La cambiale
1959-11-19

Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino

6.541

Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino
1962-09-08

The Two Marshals

7.188

The Two Marshals
1961-12-22

Neapolitan Turk

7.3

Neapolitan Turk
1953-09-16

7.7

Totòtruffa '62
1961-08-12

Poverty and Nobility

7.957

Poverty and Nobility
1954-04-17

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge

7.6

Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1956-12-21

Totò versus Maciste

6.5

Totò versus Maciste
1962-02-28

The Treasure of San Gennaro

7.422

The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966-11-25

7.5

Two Colonels
1963-01-05

Destinazione Piovarolo

6.818

Destinazione Piovarolo
1955-12-16

The Shortest Day

6.2

The Shortest Day
1963-02-14

Figaro qua... Figaro là

6

Figaro qua... Figaro là
1950-10-12

Totò nella fossa dei leoni

5.8

Totò nella fossa dei leoni
1943-05-31

Totò Looking for Wife

6.3

Totò Looking for Wife
1950-03-15

5.2

Totò Sexy
1963-09-05

6.4

Totò Story
1968-01-01

Seven Hours of Troubles

6.2

Seven Hours of Troubles
1951-10-17

5

Legs of Gold
1958-08-27

Laughs Italian Style

5.9

Laughs Italian Style
1964-07-15

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca

4.8

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975-07-14

Beautiful Families

6.7

Beautiful Families
1964-12-26

Rita the American Girl

4.773

Rita the American Girl
1965-12-02

Man, Beast and Virtue

6.7

Man, Beast and Virtue
1953-05-09

6.007

The Witches
1967-02-22

Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera

0

Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera
2023-10-05

7

Una di quelle
1953-10-08

5.4

Il latitante
1967-05-04

Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare

5.7

Tutto Totò - Il tuttofare
1967-06-28

Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino

5.3

Tutto Totò - Don Giovannino
1967-01-01

Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak

5.5

Tutto Totò - Totò Ciak
1967-06-07

Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye

4

Tutto Totò - Totò Ye Ye
1967-05-31

Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli

4.9

Tutto Totò - Totò a Napoli
1967-06-12

Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel

6.4

Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel
1967-01-01

Tutto Totò - La scommessa

5.2

Tutto Totò - La scommessa
1967-01-31

Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro

5.2

Tutto Totò - Il grande maestro
1967-04-10

5.9

Latin Lovers
1965-08-11

Variety carousel

6

Variety carousel
1955-02-08

5

Slave Girl
1947-07-17

Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?

6.8

Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
2020-04-12

5.7

Naples '44
2016-12-15

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio

6.7

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004-09-24

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

7.3

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021-05-16

9.5

We Are Cinema
2021-12-16

The Earth As Seen from the Moon

8.2

The Earth As Seen from the Moon
1967-02-22

What Are the Clouds?

8.5

What Are the Clouds?
1968-04-12

Are We Men or Corporals?

6.7

Are We Men or Corporals?
1955-08-26

5.9

Roman Tales
1955-12-21

Antologia di Totò

0

Antologia di Totò
1978-01-01

The Anatomy of Love

6.357

The Anatomy of Love
1954-03-16

8

SuperTotò
1980-04-18

8

Cinépanorama
1956-02-04