Scilla Sclanizza (1926 â€" 2006) was an Italian screen and stage
actress, who later dedicated her life to educational theatre and
puppeteering.She was named after her birthplace, Scilla in Calabria,
south Italy, though her father Umberto Sclanizza, an actor hailing
from Friuli, brought her up in the north. Her early film roles were
usually in films that her actor father was appearing in, such as 'Sei
bambine ed il Perseo' ('Perseus and the six children') (1940). Scilla
Sclanizza married the prominent Italian puppeteer Otello Sarzi
(1922â€"2001). Their son, Mauro Sarzi (born 1947) is also a prolific
theatre artist, continuing the puppeteering tradition going back five
generations. Her second marriage was to Mario Verdirosi, also an actor
and puppeteer. Scilla Sclanizza died in Turin, Italy in 2006.
actress, who later dedicated her life to educational theatre and
puppeteering.She was named after her birthplace, Scilla in Calabria,
south Italy, though her father Umberto Sclanizza, an actor hailing
from Friuli, brought her up in the north. Her early film roles were
usually in films that her actor father was appearing in, such as 'Sei
bambine ed il Perseo' ('Perseus and the six children') (1940). Scilla
Sclanizza married the prominent Italian puppeteer Otello Sarzi
(1922â€"2001). Their son, Mauro Sarzi (born 1947) is also a prolific
theatre artist, continuing the puppeteering tradition going back five
generations. Her second marriage was to Mario Verdirosi, also an actor
and puppeteer. Scilla Sclanizza died in Turin, Italy in 2006.
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