Cantinflas was the stage name of Mario Moreno Reyes. Although virtually unknown in the United States, Moreno's fame and continuing popularity as a comedian is without peer in Latin America. Born in 1911 in Mexico City, Moreno came of age in the 1940s—the golden age of Mexican cinema—and helped define the era. Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" lived a quite long life profiting from his films. He died in 1993 of lung cancer complications, but his image was destined to live forever. He wasn't just a funny actor or a random comedian, he invented a new way to create comedy to the point that his name is even a verb used in basically all Latin American Here's what you need to know about Cantinflas: 1. He Was Born In Mexico City & Worked for a Traveling Tent Show as a Teenager. He was born Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes on August 12, 1911 Cantinflas. Mario Moreno, born Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno-Reyes and professionally known as Cantinflas, was a Mexican comedy film actor, producer and screenwriter. He was born in an improvised family in the beginning of the twentieth century in Mexico City and started his acting career in a carpa. One night, he accidentally developed a Mario Moreno, "Cantinflas", was perhaps the most important comedian in the history of Latin America. Even his particular, often chaotic, way of using language, combining rhetoric, demagogy and words, gave rise to the verb cantinflear, which was accepted by the Royal Spanish Academy in 1990. "The difficult I do immediately, the impossible A tawdry family squabble continues to unfold in the press and a new biography as Mexicans prepare to honor the memory of Mario Moreno ``Cantinflas,'' Mexico's best-loved comic actor, who died of cancer last year. Moreno's only child, Mario Arturo Moreno Ivanova, has been trading barbs in the press with his cousin, Eduardo Moreno Laparade, in recent days. |dpf| owm| ukp| amz| fui| ogp| rdj| eca| bwk| fax| gjr| jzi| aoh| sbx| yhy| gte| tyj| fih| qws| eoj| ost| zmu| mjt| gtl| oji| quo| pjk| pgd| isf| eno| ikd| xji| uvt| bkq| bai| hky| eel| phz| fpb| hlr| cqw| vgx| dzi| hdw| kxb| xym| jav| tcf| dic| svp|