Andreina Pagnani (born Andreina Gentili; 24 November 1906 – 22 November 1981) was an Italian actress and voice actress.
Biography Born in Rome, Italy, and the daughter of a dresser, at a young age Pagnani studied the harp and the piano, then she devoted herself to theatre and then entering the stage companies Artistica Operaia e Giovanni Emanuel. In a short time Pagnani became a prima donna of Italian theater, working among others with Totò, Gino Cervi, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lauretta Masiero.
She made her film debut in 1924, in the silent film L'osteria di Mozzadita. Her film activity was long but very irregular, and almost entirely consisting of supporting roles. She obtained a large popularity as the Maigret's wife in the TV series Le inchieste del commissario Maigret, broadcast on RAI from 1964 to 1972.
Pagnani was also very active as a voice actress and a dubber.Cronologia fondamentale dell'epoca d'oro del doppiaggio italiano Dagli albori agli anni 1970 (in Italian) She dubbed actresses such as Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, Rhonda Fleming, Gloria Swanson, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers and many more. She was among the earliest of Italy's prominent dub actresses along with Lydia Simoneschi, Rosetta Calavetta, Giovanna Scotto and Tina Lattanzi.
Personal life In 1927, Pagnani was married to the aviator Federico Franco Pagnani until he died in a plane crash in 1933. She also dated actor Alberto Sordi for nine years, who was nearly 14 years her junior.
Filmography Cinema Mese mariano (1929) Patatrac (1931) Acqua cheta (1933) – Anita Il presidente della Ba.Ce.Cre.Mi. (1933) – Signorina Rossi The Little Schoolmistress (1934) – Maria Bini, la maestrina Quella vecchia canaglia (1934) – Susanna Il serpente a sonagli (1935) – Sonia Orizzonte dipinto (1941) Apparition (1943) – Zia Ortensia Caccia all'uomo (1948) – Suor Simplicia La nemica (1952) – Duchessa Anna di Nemi (Voice, Uncredited) Concert of Intrigue (1954) – Elisabetta Tabor || (Voice, Uncredited) Il padrone sono me (1955) – La signora Maria Io, Caterina (1957) Domenica è sempre domenica (1958) – Countess Clotilde Landolfi Ferretti Call Girls of Rome (1960) – Arabella Le pillole di Ercole (1960) – Giovanna The Lovemakers (1961) – Maîtresse (Voice, Uncredited) The Last Judgment (1961) – Guest of Matteoni The Commandant (1963) – Francesca Cavalli I 2 vigili (1967) – Herself (Uncredited)
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