{{Short description|Italian animation artist (1923–2019)}} {{Multiple issues|{{more citations needed|date=December 2019}}{{one source|date=December 2019}}}} {{Infobox person | name = Maria Perego | image = Maria Perego 61.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Perego in 1961. | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 8 December 1923 | birth_place = Venice, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|11|07|1923|12|08}} | death_place = Milan, Italy | 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She died on November 7, 2019, at the age of 95.
==Works== *''Io e Topo Gigio'' (2015)
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