Maria Perego
{{Short description|Italian animation artist (1923–2019)}}
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| name = Maria Perego
| image = Maria Perego 61.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Perego in 1961.
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 8 December 1923
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|11|07|1923|12|08}}
| death_place = Milan, Italy
| nationality = Italian
| other_names =
| occupation = Animation artist
| years_active =
| known_for = Creating Topo Gigio.
| notable_works =
}}
Maria Perego (8 December 1923 – 7 November 2019) was an Italian animation artist.
Biography
She has been known by fans as the woman who created the puppet mouse character Topo Gigio in 1958 with her husband Federico Caldura.{{cite web|date=7 November 2019|title=È morta Maria Perego, creò Topo Gigio|url=https://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/tv-radio/2019/11/07/news/e_morta_maria_perego_creo_topo_gigio-240523772/?ref=RHPPLF-BH-I0-C4-P14-S1.4-T1|work=la Repubblica|language=Italian}} She died on November 7, 2019, at the age of 95.
Works
- Io e Topo Gigio (2015)
References
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Category:Italian women animators
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