Vittoria Febbi
Description
Vittoria Febbi is an Italian actress and voice actress born in Asmara, Eritrea, on 13 February 1939. She began her career in entertainment as a child actress in 1949, starring in the film Alarm Bells. Her involvement in dubbing started in 1951 when she provided the Italian voice for the title character in the Disney film Alice in Wonderland. She eventually left on-screen acting in 1960 to focus exclusively on voice acting and dubbing.
Febbi is highly regarded as one of the most notable and talented voice actresses of her generation in Italy. She is widely known as the official Italian voice for several acclaimed actresses, including Kathy Bates, Gena Rowlands, Liv Ullmann, and Jessica Lange. Her extensive dubbing work also includes providing the Italian voices for Talia Shire in the later Rocky films, Diane Keaton in The Godfather films, and Susan Flannery in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Her other notable dubbing subjects include Charlotte Rampling, Carmen Maura, and Edwige Fenech.
In the realm of anime and animated features, Febbi's voice work includes several roles. As mentioned, she voiced the adult version of the character Kikyo in the 1994 Lupin III animated special Lupin III: Dragon of Doom, known in Italian as Lupin III: Il mistero del dragone. Her other anime and animation credits include Karen Kovalsky in the 1993 Lupin III special Lupin III: Voyage to Danger, the Fairy with Turquoise Hair in the 1972 film Un burattino di nome Pinocchio, and Clementina and the Pink Cow in the 1965 Italian animated film West and Soda. She also voiced the narrator for The Pebble and the Penguin and provided voices for films such as Robots, All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Grinch, and Barnyard.
Beyond voice acting, Febbi has also worked as a dubbing director. In recognition of her extensive and significant career, she was awarded the Leggio d'Oro career award in 2015.
Febbi is highly regarded as one of the most notable and talented voice actresses of her generation in Italy. She is widely known as the official Italian voice for several acclaimed actresses, including Kathy Bates, Gena Rowlands, Liv Ullmann, and Jessica Lange. Her extensive dubbing work also includes providing the Italian voices for Talia Shire in the later Rocky films, Diane Keaton in The Godfather films, and Susan Flannery in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Her other notable dubbing subjects include Charlotte Rampling, Carmen Maura, and Edwige Fenech.
In the realm of anime and animated features, Febbi's voice work includes several roles. As mentioned, she voiced the adult version of the character Kikyo in the 1994 Lupin III animated special Lupin III: Dragon of Doom, known in Italian as Lupin III: Il mistero del dragone. Her other anime and animation credits include Karen Kovalsky in the 1993 Lupin III special Lupin III: Voyage to Danger, the Fairy with Turquoise Hair in the 1972 film Un burattino di nome Pinocchio, and Clementina and the Pink Cow in the 1965 Italian animated film West and Soda. She also voiced the narrator for The Pebble and the Penguin and provided voices for films such as Robots, All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Grinch, and Barnyard.
Beyond voice acting, Febbi has also worked as a dubbing director. In recognition of her extensive and significant career, she was awarded the Leggio d'Oro career award in 2015.
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- ItalianAnime overview: Lupin III: Dragon of Doom