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Totò

Italian actor (1898–1967)

PersonDied aged 69humanQ2291

Also known as Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi · Antonio De Curtis · Toto

Born: February 15, 1898
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
4.Stated in Croatian Encyclopedia
5.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: April 15, 1967
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in filmportal.deRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Croatian Encyclopedia
5.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Naples
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-10
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Place of death: Rome
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-30
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Citizenship: Kingdom of Italy(until 1946)
, Italy(since 1946)
Occupation: comedian
, playwright
, lyricist
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Spouse: Diana Bandini Rogliani(1935–1939)
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1.antoniodecurtis.org/di_toto_sapevate_che.htm
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-03-01
2.Stated in CONOR.SI
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Overview

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Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio, best known by his stage name Totò, or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata, was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He is commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. While best known for his funny and sometimes cynical comic characters in theatre and then many successful comedy films made from the 1940s to the 1960s, he also worked with many iconic Italian film directors in dramatic roles.

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Appears in

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Gli onorevoli(1963)
Toto vs the Four(1963)
Le motorizzate(1963)
Toto and Cleopatra(1963)
The Monk of Monza(1963)
The Commandant(1963)
The Two Colonels(1962)
Lo smemorato di Collegno(1962)
Toto's First Night(1962)
Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino(1962)
Totò Diabolicus(1962)
Toto vs. Maciste(1962)
Sua Eccellenza si fermò a mangiare(1961)
Totòtruffa 62(1961)
Totò, Peppino e... la dolce vita(1961)
The Two Marshals(1961)
Letto a tre piazze(1960)
The Passionate Thief(1960)
Tough Guys(1960)
Toto, Fabrizi and the Young People Today(1960)
Chi si ferma è perduto(1960)
Gentlemen Are Born(1960)
You're on Your Own(1959)
The Overtaxed(1959)
Toto in Madrid(1959)
The Thieves(1959)
La cambiale(1959)
Big Deal on Madonna Street(1958)
The Law Is the Law(1958)
Legs of Gold(1958)
Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics(1958)
Totò nella luna(1958)
Toto in Paris(1958)
Toto and Marcellino(1958)
The Lady Doctor(1957)
Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge(1956)
Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy(1956)
The Band of Honest Men(1956)
Totò lascia o raddoppia?(1956)
Roman Tales(1955)
Carousel of Variety(1955)
Il coraggio(1955)
Destination Piovarolo(1955)
Are We Men or Corporals?(1955)
Toto in Hell(1955)
Toto and Carolina(1955)
A Slice of Life(1954)
Poverty and Nobility(1954)
The Gold of Naples(1954)
The Three Thieves(1954)
The Doctor of the Mad(1954)
Totò cerca pace(1954)
Of Life and Love(1954)
Neapolitan Turk(1953)
Funniest Show on Earth(1953)
Man, Beast and Virtue(1953)
One of Those(1953)
Toto in Color(1952)
Toto and the Women(1952)
Where Is Freedom?(1952)
Toto and the King of Rome(1951)
Cops and Robbers(1951)
Seven Hours of Trouble(1951)
Toto the Third Man(1951)
Le Sei mogli di Barbablù(1950)
Totò Tarzan(1950)
The Emperor of Capri(1950)
Toto Looks for a House(1950)
47 morto che parla(1950)
The Firemen of Viggiù(1950)
Yvonne of the Night(1950)
Totò sceicco(1950)
Totò cerca moglie(1950)
Totò Le Mokò(1950)
Figaro Here, Figaro There(1950)
Side Street Story(1950)
Totò al giro d'Italia(1948)
Fifa e arena(1948)
The Two Orphans(1947)
Romulus and the Sabines(1945)
Two Hearts Among the Beasts(1943)
The Happy Ghost(1941)
Saint John, the Beheaded(1940)
Mad Animals(1939)
Fermo con le mani(1937)

Wrote

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Composed

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Author of

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''A Livella1964

Performed

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Named after them

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TTotò monumentstolen memorial in Valmontone, Italy

All data

182 statements · 20% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-06-23
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Place of burial: Cemetery of Santa Maria del Pianto
Participated in conflict: World War I
Commons Creator page: Totò
Birth name: Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente
Name in native language: Antonio Clemente
Totò has characteristic: stage name
Start of work period: 1922
Cause of death: myocardial infarction
Given name: Antonio reason for preferred rank: usual forename
Vincenzo
Stefano
Manner of death: natural causes
Awards: Q3772359 for work: The Hawks and the Sparrows
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor for work: Cops and Robbers, The Hawks and the Sparrows · statement is subject of: Nastri d'Argento 1952, Q16581168
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Grolla d'oro for Lifetime Achievement(1961) has characteristic: unknown
Nominations: Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor for work: The Mandrake · statement is subject of: Q16581165
Unmarried partner: Liliana Castagnola(1929–1930)
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1.antoniodecurtis.org/la_formazione_del_comico.htm
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Franca Faldini(1952–1967)
Child: Liliana De Curtis
Masénzio nti Kértis
Medical condition: chorioretinitis
Different from: Tutow
Toto criterion used: nickname, stage name or pseudonym not unique
Pseudonym: Totò script: Latin script
Copyright representative: SIAE
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1.Stated in ISWC NetworkRetrieved 2020-12-20
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Writing language: Neapolitan language
Family name: Clemente
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 70 years pma
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts subject named as: Toto
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1.Stated in performing-arts.chRetrieved 2022-08-29
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Field of work: singing
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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lyrics
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Depicted by: Totò monument
Relative: Antonello Buffardi kinship to subject: grandson
Diana Buffardi kinship to subject: granddaughter
Elena Anticoli kinship to subject: granddaughter
End of work period: 1967

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