- Mario Moreno Cantinflas was born on August 12, 1911, in Santa Mara la Redonda, Mexico, as Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes.
- On April 20, 1993, he died in Mexico City, Mexico, at the age of 81.
- Pedro Moreno Esquivel was his father’s name, and Mara de la Soledad Reyes Guzar was his mother’s.
- In the Tepito district of Mexico, he grew up with his seven siblings, Pedro, José (“Pepe”), Eduardo, Esperanza, Catalina, Enrique, and Roberto.
- Mario began his career as a performer in a circus tent performance, and he went by the alias Cantinflas to keep his parents from finding out he worked in the entertainment industry.
- Cantinflas earned the nickname “Mexico’s Charlie Chaplin.”
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