José Carlos Marrone (25 October 1915 in
Buenos Aires
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– 27 June 1990 in Buenos Aires) was an
Argentine actor and
humorist
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.
His beginning was in
vaudeville
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theaters and the radio; afterwards he hosted several children-oriented TV shows, such as "El Circo de Marrone" (Marrone's Circus), playing the clown character ''Pepitito''. His recurring
catchphrase
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was ''
Cheee!''
He married twice and had his daughter "Coqui", with his first wife, Rosa. While still married, Marrone fell in love with ''Juanita Martínez'', but they waited to get together until Rosa died.
In 2001, eleven years after Marrone's death, Juanita committed suicide, and her body was found with a picture of Marrone in her hands.
"Pepitito" Marrone was one of the most outstanding comedians in Argentina between the early 1950s and the late 1960s.
Filmography
*''Su última pelea'' (1949)
*''La barra de la esquina'' (1950)
*''Buenos Aires, mi tierra querida'' (1951)
*''Vida nocturna'' (1955)
*''Rebelde con causa'' (1961)
*''Cristóbal Colón en la Facultad de Medicina'' (1962)
*''El mago de las finanzas'' (1962)
*''
La chacota
''La Chacota'' is a 1962 Argentine film directed by Enrique Dawi.
Cast
* Luis Aguilé
* Héctor Calcaño
* Oscar Casco
* Augusto Codecá
* Julio De Grazia
* Evangelina Elizondo
* Cacho Espíndola
* Mariquita Gallegos
Mariquita Gallegos ( ...
'' (1962)
*''El turista'' (1963)
*''
Alias Flequillo'' (1963)
*''
De profesión sospechosos'' (1966)
*''
La cigarra está que arde'' (1967), released in English as ''La Cigarra is on fire''.
*''Patapúfete'' (1967)
*''
Pimienta y Pimentón'' (1970), released in English as ''Pepper and Red Pepper''
*''Balada para un mochilero'' (1971)
*''Todos los pecados del mundo'' (1972)
*''Sujeto volador no identificado'' (1980)
*''
Una viuda descocada'' (1980)
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1915 births
1990 deaths
Argentine clowns
Male actors from Buenos Aires
20th-century Argentine male actors