José Marrone

José Carlos Marrone (25 October 1915 in Buenos Aires – 27 June 1990 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor and humorist.

His beginnings were in vaudeville 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 was Cheee!.

He married twice and had a daughter, "Coqui", with his first wife, Rosa. Still married, Marrone fell in love with Juanita Martínez, but they waited to get together until Rosa died. In 2001, a decade after Marrone's death, Juanita committed suicide, and her body was found with a picture of Marrone in her hands.

"Pepitito" Marrone is one of the most important humorist of the Argentine culture of the 1950s and the 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 (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)

External links

José Marrone at IMDb
José Marrone at Cinenacional.com (in Spanish)