Franca De Stradis

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Franca De Stradis, born Francesca Destradis on April 23, 1939, in Borgorose, Italy, was an Italian voice actor and dubbing director. She passed away in Rome on March 9, 2021. Her career began in the performing arts, with early work as a theater, television, radio, and film actress, as well as a chorister, though she typically played minor roles in these mediums.

From the mid-1970s, De Stradis focused almost exclusively on dubbing, becoming a prominent figure in the Italian voice acting industry. She is perhaps best remembered for providing the Italian voice of Lindsay Wagner in the popular television series The Bionic Woman and its parent series, The Six Million Dollar Man. Her voice work extended to American television series, soap operas, and telenovelas. Notably, she was the first voice of Katherine Chancellor in the soap opera The Young and the Restless, known in Italy as Febbre d'amore. She also dubbed characters in telenovelas such as the protagonist in Il ritorno di Diana and Stella Fraga Simpson in Agua Viva.

In the realm of anime, De Stradis lent her voice to several memorable characters during the genre's rise in popularity in Italy. Among her most notable roles was the antagonist Countess Du Barry in the beloved series Lady Oscar. As specified, she also voiced the character Mary in the anime The Perrine Story. Her other anime credits include providing voices for multiple characters in classic series such as Eleonor and Tony's mother in Candy Candy, the mother in Belle et Sebastien, General Nesia in Daltanious, and the Queen of Apolon and the mistress of the orphanage in UFO Diapolon - Guerriero spaziale.

Franca De Stradis retired from acting in the early 1990s, with her final participation in a theatrical drama in February 1993. In her later years, she worked occasionally as a dubbing director.
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