| Vanna Vanni | |
| Birth Name: | Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Florence, Italy |
| Death Place: | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Othername: | Vanna Pegna |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1930-1943 |
Vanna Vanni (7 January 1915[1] – 6 March 1998) was an Italian film actress. She was in thirty-one films between 1930 and 1943.
Vanni was born in Florence[1] as Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna. She has been described as a graceful and elegant brunette,[1] and the New York Times film critic, Frank Nugent, wrote in a review of I've Lost My Husband! that she was "one of the prettiest girls in the Italian film industry."[2]
Her first cinematic role was in Perché no? (1930), directed by Amleto Palermi, and in her first films she was credited as Vanna Pegna.[1] Vanni was one of the most prolific actresses in Italian cinema between mid-1930s and 1940s; specialized in comedy films, she got some critical acclaim for her dramatic turn in Esodo Pratelli's Se non son matti non li vogliamo.[1] She also worked with directors such as Raffaello Matarazzo, Gennaro Righelli, Giorgio Simonelli, and Eduardo De Filippo.[1]
She retired from film in 1943 and died in Rome in 1998.