{{Short description|Italian actress, singer and soubrette (1905–1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Wanda Osiris | image = Wanda Osiris 1952.jpg | caption = Wanda Osiris in 1952 | birth_name = Anna Maria Menzio | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|6|3}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], [[Kingdom of Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1994|11|11|1905|6|3}} | death_place = [[Milan]], Italy | occupation = Revue actress }}

'''Anna Maria Menzio''' (3 June 1905 – 11 November 1994), known professionally as '''Wanda Osiris''' ({{IPA|it|ˈvanda oˈziːris|pron}}; italianized as '''Vanda Osiri''' during the [[Fascist Italy|Fascist era]]), was an Italian [[revue]] [[soubrette]], actress and singer.

==Life and career== Born in [[Rome]], Italy, the daughter of a [[Groom (profession)|groom]],<ref name="la r">{{cite news|last1=Anna Bandettini|title=Addio Wandissima|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1994/11/13/addio-wandissima.html|accessdate=6 October 2014|newspaper=[[La Repubblica]]|date=13 November 1994}}</ref> she studied violin at a young age.<ref name=coco>{{cite news|last1=Maurizio Porro|title=Wanda, la dea che scendeva dalle scale|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1994/novembre/12/Wanda_dea_che_scendeva_dalle_co_8_9411121303.shtml|accessdate=6 October 2014|newspaper=[[Corriere della Sera]]|date=12 November 1994}}</ref> She debuted on stage in 1923, in the revue ''Osvaldo mio mi fai morire''.<ref name="la r"/><ref name=coco/> She was the major [[diva]] of the Italian revue between 1930s and 1950s, until a new type of [[soubrette]], more saucy and comical, surfaced.<ref name=coco/> She retired in 1975,<ref name=coco/> and died of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] in 1994, at the age of 89.<ref name="la r"/><ref name=coco/>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1940|| ''[[Non me lo dire!]]'' || Priscilla || |- |1943|| ''Arcobaleno'' || || |- |1949|| ''[[The Firemen of Viggiù]]'' || Herself || |- |1950|| ''[[I'm in the Revue]]'' || Dancer || |- |1953|| ''[[Martin Toccaferro]]'' || Signora Baroni || |- |1955|| ''[[Carousel of Variety]]'' || || |- |1962|| ''Nerone '71'' || Concetta Pagliarozzi / Ninì Bluette || |- |1973|| ''[[Polvere di stelle]]'' || Vanda Osiris || |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Further reading== * {{cite book|last1=Roberta Maresci|title=Wanda Osiris. Prima soubrette e donna (con) turbante|publisher=Cavinato, 2015|isbn=8899121834}}

== External links == {{Commons category|Wanda Osiris}} *{{IMDb name|0652009}}

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