Maria Pia Di Meo

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Maria Pia Di Meo
Born
Maria Pia Tempestini

(1939-09-23) 23 September 1939 (age 84)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • voice actress
  • dubbing director
Years active1944–present
Parents
  • Giotto Tempestini (father)
  • Anna Di Meo (mother)

Maria Pia Di Meo (born Maria Pia Tempestini, 23 September 1939) is an Italian actress and voice actress, best known for being the official voice dubber of Meryl Streep. [1]

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Biography

Born in Rome, the daughter of actors Giotto Tempestini and Anna Di Meo, [2] she began her voice actress career in 1944, when she was very young, and occasionally acted on stage together with her parents. [3] [4]

Among the several actresses she dubbed, along with Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews, Julie Christie, Shirley MacLaine and Susan Sarandon. Di Meo has also been very active in dubbing many animated characters, including Princess Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Anita in One Hundred and One Dalmatians .

Dubbing roles

Animation

Live action

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References

  1. "Maria Pia Di Meo's dubbing contributions". Antoniogenna.net. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. "Maria Pia Di Meo, La Voce italiana parla con noi". Panorama. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  3. Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian)
  4. Intervista a MARIA PIA DI MEO (2013) | enciclopediadeldoppiaggio.it