Clelia Matania

Clelia Matania (28 March 1918 – 14 October 1981) was a British-born Italian film and voice actress.

Born in London, the daughter of the Capri-born naturalized Briton painter Fortunino Matania (best known as Saturnino), Matania attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and also followed courses of ballet, singing and music. When the family returned to Italy, she entered the company of the Arts Theater directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia. In the second half of the thirties and during the war she was one of the most popular and requested young actresses of prose in Italy, then, from 1942, she also starred with some success in several revues. Her stage activity include works with Totò, Eduardo De Filippo and the musical comedy Enrico '61 that she also represented in England, first in Liverpool and then in London, also participating in a Royal Performance in the presence of the Royal Family.

Her film career mainly consists of supporting roles as a character actress; due to her perfect knowledge of English, Matania was also often required for the international productions set in Italy. She was also a very active voice actress.

Matania was married to painter Guido Odierna.

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Clelia Matania (Londra, 28 marzo 1913 – Roma, 13 ottobre 1981) è stata un'attrice italiana.

Nata a Londra ma di origini napoletane, figlia del pittore Fortunino Matania e nipote del pittore ed illustratore Edoardo Matania, ancora giovanissima cominciò a lavorare nel teatro di rivista accanto a Totò (Volumineide, 1941), e a partire dalla metà degli anni quaranta si dedicò con sempre maggiore impegno al cinema, in cui si distinse come amabile caratterista in numerose commedie, spesso al fianco di Totò (viene ricordata soprattutto nel ruolo della cameriera svampita nel celebre Totò e le donne, 1952). Apparve anche in televisione, in un episodio della serie Le inchieste del commissario Maigret del 1966 (L'ombra cinese) e in sceneggiati come Bambole: scene di un delitto perfetto (1980) di Giulio Negrin e La Medea di Porta Medina (1981) di Piero Schivazappa. Famosa anche la sua simpaticissima interpretazione della mamma pugliese di Delia Scala nel varietà televisivo Signore e signora (1970).

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