ALFREDO'S PAELLA: ANTIPASTO A LA THELMA

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

ANTIPASTO A LA THELMA

In Italy, throughout her career, Thelma Ritter was dubbed by different actresses:
Rina Morelli (e.g. Pickup on South Street (1953)
Tina Lattanzi (e.g.Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Wanda Tettoni (e.g. Pillow Talk (1959)
Lia Orlandini (e.g. How the West Was Won (1962)
Franca Dominici(e.g. Rear Window (1954)
Maria Saccenti lent her voice to Ritter only once, in All About Eve (1950).

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petlodDecember 16, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Somehow I doubt any of those actresses could quite match her delivery. Shame.
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