
Totò
Known for ActingBorn 1898-02-14Died 1967-04-15Naples, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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We Are Cinema
2021 · Movie
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Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977 · Movie
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Cinépanorama
1956 · Series
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What Are the Clouds?
1968 · Movie
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The Earth As Seen from the Moon
1967 · Movie
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SuperTotò
1980 · Movie
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Forza Italia!
1977 · Movie
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Big Deal on Madonna Street
1958 · Movie
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Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
1956 · Movie
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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021 · Movie
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Poverty and Nobility
1954 · Movie
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The Band of Honest Men
1956 · Movie
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Totòtruffa '62
1961 · Movie
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Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge
1956 · Movie
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Two Colonels
1963 · Movie
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The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966 · Movie
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Cops and Robbers
1951 · Movie
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Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
2020 · Movie
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Slave Girl
1947 · Movie
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Side Street Story
1950 · Movie
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The Hawks and the Sparrows
1966 · Movie
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The Gold of Naples
1954 · Movie
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Neapolitan Turk
1953 · Movie
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The Two Marshals
1961 · Movie
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Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today
1960 · Movie
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How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004 · Movie
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Totó in color
1952 · Movie
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You're on Your Own
1959 · Movie
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The Law Is the Law
1958 · Movie
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Totò diabolicus
1962 · Movie
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The Overtaxed
1959 · Movie
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Signori si nasce
1960 · Movie
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The Monk of Monza
1963 · Movie
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Il medico dei pazzi
1954 · Movie
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Una di quelle
1953 · Movie
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Letto a tre piazze
1960 · Movie
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47 Talking Corpses
1950 · Movie
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Totò Double or Nothing?
1956 · Movie
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Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952 · Movie
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He Who Hesitates Is Lost
1960 · Movie
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The Commandant
1963 · Movie
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The Passionate Thief
1960 · Movie
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Destinazione Piovarolo
1955 · Movie
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Gli onorevoli
1963 · Movie
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Totò, Peppino and... the Sweet Life
1961 · Movie
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Totò le Mokò
1949 · Movie
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Toto and Cleopatra
1963 · Movie
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Lo smemorato di Collegno
1962 · Movie