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Totò

1898 - 1967

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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 (Italian: [toˈtɔ]), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Totò is the 683rd most popular actor (down from 531st in 2019), the 1,167th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,011th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Italian Actor.

Totò is most famous for his comedic roles in the films "Totò, Peppino e la malafemmina" and "Totò, Peppino e i fuorilegge".

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Totò ranks 683 out of 13,578. Before him are Hiroyuki Sanada, Sam Elliott, Lee Byung-hun, Robert Englund, Margot Robbie, and Cantinflas. After him are Lucia Bosè, Mae West, Jim Broadbent, Jeremy Renner, Nebahat Çehre, and Pat Carroll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Totò ranks 52. Before him are Fritz Zwicky, Howard Florey, Jeanne Hébuterne, Josef Terboven, Julius Schreck, and Therese Neumann. After him are Joris Ivens, Hanns Eisler, Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, Carl Clauberg, and Peggy Guggenheim. Among people deceased in 1967, Totò ranks 48. Before him are Héctor Scarone, Jayne Mansfield, Ossip Zadkine, Harald Quandt, Joseph Pilates, and Brian Epstein. After him are Shukri al-Quwatli, Robert van Gulik, Violeta Parra, G. W. Pabst, Vladimir Bartol, and Luigi Tenco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Totò ranks 1,167 out of 5,161. Before him are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Peter of Verona (1206), Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882), Andrea Pirlo (1979), Carlo Maria Martini (1927), and Salonia Matidia (68). After him are Andrea Gritti (1455), Lucia Bosè (1931), Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), and Lucio Dalla (1943).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Totò ranks 29. Before him are Claudia Mori (1944), Michele Placido (1946), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), Eleonora Duse (1858), Elsa Martinelli (1935), and Alberto Sordi (1920). After him are Lucia Bosè (1931), Raf Vallone (1916), Rodolfo Gucci (1912), Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Franco Columbu (1941), and Adolfo Celi (1922).

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