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Totò

Totò

Acting
14 Feb 1898
15 Apr 1967
Naples, Campania, Italy

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...

Also Known As

Antonio De Curtis, Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente, Тото

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