Totò Majorana
actor
- Birth name:
- Salvatore Maria Majorana
- Born:
- 1874-02-02, Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily, Italy
- Died:
- 1944-05-19, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
On 2 February 1874, Militello in Val di Catania echoed with the first cry of Totò Majorana, a Sicilian boy who would grow up to haunt the silent screen. Three decades later, audiences first felt his presence in *The Red Diamond* (1913), followed swiftly by the wartime drama *For Napoleon and France* (1914) and the brooding *L’eredità di Caino* (1921). Off-camera, he shared his life with actress Ada Masenza, their marriage a quiet counter-melody to the flickering glare of early cinema. Rome, the city that had applauded him, closed his curtain on 19 May 1944.
