Maria Perego | |
Birth Date: | 8 December 1923 |
Birth Place: | Venice, Italy |
Death Place: | Milan, Italy |
Nationality: | Italian |
Occupation: | Animation artist |
Known For: | Creating Topo Gigio. |
Maria Perego (8 December 1923 – 7 November 2019) was an Italian animation artist.
She has been known by fans as the woman who created the character Topo Gigio in 1959 with her husband Federico Caldura.[1] She died on November 7, 2019, at the age of 95. She worked in the private tv station Antenna 3 Lombardia too.