ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Totò has received more than 615,932 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Totò is the 531st most popular actor (up from 609th in 2019), the 1,011th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,090th in 2019) and the 28th 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".

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Totò ranks 531 out of 13,578. Before him are Desmond Llewelyn, Sean Bean, Mickey Rooney, Michèle Morgan, Richard E. Grant, and George Gaynes. After him are John Cassavetes, Bette Midler, Leslie Howard, Mildred Harris, Tom Waits, and Richard Dreyfuss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Totò ranks 47. Before him are Georges Dumézil, Therese Neumann, Latife Uşşaki, Konrad Henlein, Vicente Aleixandre, and Héctor Scarone. After him are Fritz Zwicky, Peggy Guggenheim, Julius Schreck, Joseph Murphy, Felix Kersten, and Hanns Eisler. Among people deceased in 1967, Totò ranks 36. Before him are Hermann Joseph Muller, Brian Epstein, Robert van Gulik, Héctor Scarone, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Ossip Zadkine. After him are John Cockcroft, Harald Quandt, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Vladimir Bartol, Violeta Parra, and Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Totò ranks 1,011 out of 5,161. Before him are Alfonso IV of Aragon (1299), Elsa Schiaparelli (1890), Enrico De Nicola (1877), Bernardino Luini (1475), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), and Lodovico Ferrari (1522). After him are Lucio Dalla (1943), Aloysius Lilius (1510), Luigi Russolo (1885), Publius Cornelius Scipio (-260), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), and Eleonora Duse (1858).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Totò ranks 28. Before him are Gian Maria Volonté (1933), Michele Placido (1946), Alberto Sordi (1920), Lucia Bosè (1931), Franco Columbu (1941), and Claudia Mori (1944). After him are Eleonora Duse (1858), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Pier Angeli (1932), Raf Vallone (1916), Marisa Pavan (1932), and Daniela Bianchi (1942).

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Television and Movie Roles

Toto, Peppino, and the Hussy
Antonio Caponi
Antonio, Peppino and Lucia are three brothers who live in the country near Naples. Lucia's son, Gianni, goes to Naples to study medicine, but there he knows a ballet dancer. They fall in love and, when she goes to Milan, Gianni follows her. Informed of this and afraid that their nephew will stop studying, the three Caponi brothers leave for Milan to persuade Gianni to come back and continue studying and abandon the "Malafemmina" (bad girl).
Aug 23o 19568.023 / 10
The Hawks and the Sparrows
Totò Innocenti / Frate Cicillo
A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
May 4o 19667.3 / 10
Poverty and Nobility
Don Felice Sciosciammocca
Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.
Apr 17o 19548 / 10