Occupation Television host Name Cino Tortorella | Spouse Maria Cristina Misciano | |
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Children Chiara Tortorella, Davide Tortorella, Guido Tortorella, Lucia Tortorella Similar People Chiara Tortorella, Mariele Ventre, Febo Conti, Sabrina Simoni, Ettore Andenna | ||
Cino tortorella racconta la sua esperienza extracorporea un immersione nella chiarit
Felice "Cino" Tortorella (27 June 1927 – 23 March 2017), was an Italian television presenter, best known for creating and conducting the Zecchino d'Oro festival of children's songs.
Contents
- Cino tortorella racconta la sua esperienza extracorporea un immersione nella chiarit
- Cino tortorella a casa degli atellani confagricoltura
- Zecchino dOro and Topo Gigio
- Legacy
- References
Cino tortorella a casa degli atellani confagricoltura
Zecchino d'Oro and Topo Gigio
Cino (hypocorism of Felice) Tortorella was born in Ventimiglia, Italy. Tortorella began his career in 1956 with a comedy entitled Zurlì, Mago Lipperlì ("Zurlì, the Magician at that moment").
Three years later, he inaugurated the Zecchino d'Oro (The Golden Coin) festival, in which he played the role of Mago Zurlì until 1972. He also created several other shows on RAI TV and private Italian networks such as Antenna 3 Lombardia, where in the late '70s and first '80s he was the most important TV director.
During his shows, Tortorella often conversed with the puppet Topo Gigio, an anthropomorfic mouse created by Maria Perego and dubbed by Peppino Mazzullo. While a popular attraction in Italy, exposure via The Ed Sullivan Show made them famous around the world.
Legacy
In 2002, Tortorella's name was written into the Guinness book as of the person having been conducting the same program (Zecchino d'Oro) for the longest ever time in the world.