Giovanna Scotto

Giovanna Scotto
Scotto in 1930
Born
Giovanna Margherita Piana-Canova

(1895-08-26)26 August 1895
Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Died23 December 1985(1985-12-23) (aged 90)
Grottaferrata, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • voice actress
Years active1912–1985
Spouse(s)Vincenzo Scotto (deceased)
Diego Calcagno
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(m. 1927; died 1979)​

Giovanna Scotto (born Giovanna Margherita Piana-Canova; 26 August 1895 – 23 December 1985) was an Italian actress and voice actress.[1]

Biography

Scotto was born in Turin to a theatre company administrator and she made her on-stage debut as a teenager, starting off within the company of Ruggero Ruggeri and Emma Gramatica from 1909 until 1910, then within the company of Armando Falconi and later, Lamberto Picasso. On screen, Scotto made her first appearance in a 1912 silent film, then started to appear more prominently during the 1930s, making an appearance in the lost film Ragazzo.[2] She acted in 25 more films after this and also performed in radio dramas until the 1960s.[3]

Scotto was also a prominent voice actress, dubbing foreign films for release in the Italian market, alongside the likes of Lydia Simoneschi, Tina Lattanzi, Rosetta Calavetta and Andreina Pagnani.[4] She was known for dubbing actresses such as Agnes Moorehead, Beulah Bondi, Mary Astor, Jane Darwell, Ingrid Bergman, Ethel Barrymore, Reta Shaw, Emma Baron, Gladys Cooper, Claudette Colbert, Martha Scott and many others. In her animated roles, she provided the Italian voice of the narrator in Cinderella and Princess in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Personal life

At a young age, Scotto married Vincenzo Scotto and took his name. After his death, she married the writer Diego Calcagno. Neither marriage produced any children.[5]

Scotto died in Grottaferrata on 23 December 1985 at the age of 90.

Selected filmography

Voice work

Year Title Role Notes
1950 La Rosa di Bagdad Fatima Animated film

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

Year Title Role(s) Ref
1950 Cinderella Narrator [6]
1961 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Princess [7]

References

  1. ^ "Giovanna Scotto's voice acting and dubbing contributions". Il mondo dei doppiatori, antoniogenna.net (in Italian). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  2. ^ Verdone p.111
  3. ^ "Giovanna Scotto". MYmovies. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  4. ^ Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  5. ^ "Nati il 26 agosto: l'attrice e doppiatrice torinese Giovanna Scotto" (in Italian). piemontetopnews.it. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Cinderella Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. ^ "One Hundred and One Dalmatians Italian voice cast". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

Bibliography

  • Verdone, Luca. I film di Alessandro Blasetti. Gremese Editore, 1989.

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