# Maria Perego

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{{Short description|Italian animation artist (1923–2019)}}
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{{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](/source/Venice), [Italy](/source/Italy)
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|11|07|1923|12|08}}
| death_place        = [Milan](/source/Milan), Italy
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = Animation artist
| years_active       = 
| known_for          = Creating [Topo Gigio](/source/Topo_Gigio).
| notable_works      = 
}}

'''Maria Perego''' (8 December 1923 – 7 November 2019) was an [Italian](/source/Italians) animation artist.

== Biography ==
She has been known by fans as the woman who created the puppet mouse character [Topo Gigio](/source/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)

==References==
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Category:1923 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Italian animators
Category:Italian women animators
Category:Artists from Venice

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