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

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Born
1951
Works
37

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Acting · Naples, 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…

Known for

  • Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera — Se stesso2023
  • Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita — Self (archive footage)2021
  • We Are Cinema — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi? — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2020
  • Naples '44 — Self (archive footage)2016
  • Hollywood sul Tevere2009
  • How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio — Self (archive footage)2004
  • SuperTotò1980
  • Antologia di Totò — Totò (se stesso)1978
  • Forza Italia! — Self (archive footage)1977

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1898
Active to
1967
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Listeners
1,763
Total plays
7,495

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italianneapolitanitalian oldies

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Key facts

Person.name
Totò
Person.image
AntonioDeCurtisFoto.png
Person.caption
Totò in a 1960s photograph
Person.birth_name
Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente
Person.birth_place
Naples, Italy
Person.death_place
Rome, Italy
Person.years_active
1922–1967
Person.children
2, including Liliana de Curtis
Person.partner
Liliana Castagnola (1929–1930)Franca Faldini (1952–1967)

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Commons category
Totò
date of birth
1898-02-15
date of death
1967-04-15
Commons Creator page
Totò
birth name
Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente
name in native language
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio
start of work period
1922-00-00
pseudonym
Totò
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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Totò, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article

14 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • Writing
  • Personal life
  • Noble titles
  • Filmography
  • Actor
  • Screenwriter
  • TV
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

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, 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.

==Early life== Totò was born Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente on 15 February 1898 in the Rione Sanità, a poor district of Naples, the illegitimate son of Anna Clemente (1881–1947), a Sicilian woman, and the Neapolitan marquis Giuseppe de Curtis (1873–1944). His father did not legally recognize him, and Totò so regretted growing up without a father that in 1933, at age 35, he managed to have the marquis Francesco Maria Gagliardi Focas adopt him in exchange for a life annuity. As a consequence, when Marquis de Curtis finally recognized him in 1937 Totò had become an heir of two noble families, ultimately claiming an impressive slew of titles.

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