Pablo Calvo Hidalgo (16 March 1948 – 1 February 2000), better known as Pablito Calvo, was a Spanish
child actor
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.
Biography
After the international success of ''
Marcelino, pan y vino'', where he won a
Cannes Film Festival
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Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
award (1955), he became Spain's most famous child actor. He did five more films including ''
Mi tío Jacinto'' (1956), ''
Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn
''The Man Who Wagged His Tail'' (, , also known as ''An Angel Over Brooklyn'' and ''An Angel Passed Over Brooklyn'') is a 1957 Spanish-Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Ladislao Vajda.
Plot
Mr. Bozzi is the owner and lessor of many apart ...
'' (1957), and ''
Toto and Marcellino
''Toto and Marcellino'' (, ) is a 1958 Italian-French comedy film directed by Antonio Musu.
Plot
A little boy, Marcellino, sees his mother die, and follows her to the funeral. A poor street musician, affectionately called by his fellow citizens ...
'' (1958) in
Italy
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, with
Totò
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 (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed ''il principe della risat ...
.
Retired from acting at the age of 16 to become an
industrial engineer
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later, he worked in tourism and promoting buildings in
Torrevieja
Torrevieja (; is a Mediterranean-seaside city and municipality on the Costa Blanca, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, in southeastern Spain. The city is in one of the only Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community.
Tor ...
. Calvo sang in a few films, but his singing voice was always dubbed on screen in Spain by a woman
Matilde F. Vilariño
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People
*Matilde Borromeo (born 1983), Italian equestrian
* Matilde Camus (1919–2012), Spanish poet
*Matilde Casazola (born 1942), Bolivian songwriter
* Matilde Cherner (1833 ...
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Calvo married Juana Olmedo in 1976. They had one son. He died on 1 February 2000 from a
brain aneurysm
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at the age of 51.
Filmography
References
Bibliography
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 264-265.
See also
*
Joselito
Joselito is the name for:
;First name / given name
*Joselito (singer), Spanish 1950s child actor and singer
* Joselito Agustin (1976–2010), also known as Aksyon Lito, Filipino journalist
* Joselito Altarejos, Filipino film and television directo ...
*
Marisol
External links
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1948 births
2000 deaths
Male actors from Madrid
Spanish male film actors
Spanish male child actors
Neurological disease deaths in Spain
Deaths from intracranial aneurysm
20th-century Spanish male actors