Mario Maranzana (14 July 1940 – 11 January 2012) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
Background
Born in
Trieste, Maranzana began his career in the theater with
Vittorio Gassman in ''
Oedipus Rex
''Oedipus Rex'', also known by its Greek title, ''Oedipus Tyrannus'' ( grc, Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, ), or ''Oedipus the King'', is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed around 429 BC. Originally, to the ancient Gr ...
'' by
Sophocles, then worked with, among others,
Giorgio Strehler and
Luchino Visconti.
He also worked as character actor in a number of films and TV-series. He was the voice actor for
Tigger in
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too.
In January 2006 Maranzana was honored with the title of "Cavaliere" (Knight) of the
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, the highest ranking civilian honour of the Italian Republic.
References
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Italian male film actors
1930 births
2012 deaths
Italian male television actors
Italian male stage actors
Actors from Trieste
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