Stefano Sibaldi (11 June 1905 – 2 July 1996) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography

Born in

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, Sibaldi was considered to be among the most successful of the early actors and dubbers of the 20th century. He began his acting career in 1928 staying within the field of stage and screen and he worked alongside many related people within his ventures such as Carlo Veneziani and

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. Sibaldi's film debut was in the 1934 film '' Full Speed'' and he also made radio and television acting contributions. In 1937, Sibaldi entered a career as a voice dubber. Among the actors he dubbed included

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''. Sibaldi retired from his career in the late 1980s.

Death

Sibaldi died in Rome on July 2, 1996, at the age of 91.

Filmography

Cinema

*'' Full Speed'' (1934) *''

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'' (1936) *'' Adam's Tree'' (1936) *'' Pensaci, Giacomino!'' (1936) *'' The Fornaretto of Venice'' (1939) *'' Frenesia'' (1939) *'' An Impossible Family'' (1940) * ''

Then We'll Get a Divorce ''Then We'll Get a Divorce'' () is a 1940 Italian " white-telephones" comedy film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Vivi Gioi and Lia Orlandini.Gundle p.197 The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippo ...

'' (1940) *''

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...

'' (1940) *''Il carnevale di Venezia'' (1940) *'' Manovre d'amore'' (1941) *'' Barbablù'' (1941) * '' The Actor Who Disappeared'' (1941) *'' La fuggitiva'' (1941) *'' Il vagabondo'' (1941) *'' Il pozzo dei miracoli'' (1941) *'' Wedding Day'' (1942) *'' Colpi di timone'' (1942) * '' Sealed Lips'' (1942) *'' L'amico delle donne'' (1943) *'' Annabella's Adventure'' (1943) *''Il nemico'' (1943) *'' Silenzio, si gira!'' (1943) *'' 4 ragazze sognano'' (1943) *'' La signora in nero'' (1943) *''Lascia cantare il cuore'' (1943) * '' Mist on the Sea'' (1944) * '' The Man with the Grey Glove'' (1948) *''

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'' (1957) *'' Il corazziere'' (1960) *''

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'' (1967)

Voice work

Dubbing

Films (Animation, Italian dub)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibaldi, Stefano 1905 births 1996 deaths Actors from Livorno Male actors from Tuscany Italian male voice actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male film actors Italian male radio actors 20th-century Italian male actors