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Totò
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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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Totò, born Antonio Vincenzo Stefano Clemente in Naples on February 15, 1898, was an Italian comedian, playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter. He began his professional work period in 1922 and participated in World War I. His career in acting led to a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor, and he was also nominated for the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor. He spoke Italian and had an unmarried partner named Franca Faldini.
He died in Rome on April 15, 1967, from a myocardial infarction. His child was Liliana de Curtis. In addition to his theatrical and film roles, he is associated with musical recordings tagged as Italian, Neapolitan, and Italian oldies.
Synthesized by Vinony from 42 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1951
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Spiritual purification
- Fukami Tōshū no sho
- Conversations with God
- Sōsaku
- Zhong xiao qi ye de jing ying mi jue
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
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
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1898
- Active to
- 1967
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,763
- Total plays
- 7,495
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Tot%C3%B2">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Totò
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Evolution of order in amorphous-to-crystalline phase transformation of MgF<sub>2</sub>
· 2013 · cited 42x
- Atomistic study of xenon crystal growth via low-temperature atom beam deposition
· 2010 · cited 9x
- Theoretical investigations of nanopatterning on the Au(111) surface
· 2007 · cited 2x
- Fairfax's <I>Godfrey</I> and the building of national literary identity
· 2008 · cited 2x
- Periferie generative: il Terzo settore e le nuove forme di attivazione urbana allo Zen
· 2026
via Crossref · CC0
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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Naples
- Place of death
- Rome
- Child
- Liliana de Curtis
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Field of work
- lyrics
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- AntonioDeCurtisFoto.png
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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
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- name in native language
- Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio
- start of work period
- 1922-00-00
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor
- unmarried partner
- Franca Faldini
- medical condition
- chorioretinitis
- different from
- Tutow
- pseudonym
- Totò
- copyright representative
- SIAE
- writing language
- Neapolitan
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Totò, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Totò” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.