# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antonio-petito
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:18:03.192Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antonio-petito"
name: "Antonio Petito"
slug: "antonio-petito"
description: "Antonio Petito was an Italian stage actor and playwright. He was a notable Pulcinella performer, and an important figure of Neapolitan theater in the 19th century. Petito was the son of another Pulcinella, Petito Salvatore and Donna Peppa. It was his father who initiated him with wearing a mask during a theatrical performance at the Teatro San Carlino in Naples. Petito first performed at the Teatro San Ferdinando in 1831. Petito was not only known for his acting facial expressions, but also for his work as a playwright despite being illiterate. Unable to write well, he used assistants, mostly commonly Giacomo Marulli. After his death, the San Carlino theater remained open for only a short time, having lost its most well known performer."
tagline: "Italian theatre actor and playwright (1822–1876)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viviani_Pulcinella_in_Siamo_tutti_fratelli_da_Petito_1941.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1822-06-22"
deathDate: "1876-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.950145333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "انتونيو پيتيتو"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Petito"
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  - url: "https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Petito"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3620034"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3610205"
    title: "Antonio Petito"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump