Antonietta Stefanini (3 December 1926 – 18 January 2016), best known as Antonella Steni, was an Italian actress, voice actress, comedian and presenter.
Career Born in Montefiascone, Steni started her career as a child actress in the stage company led by Wanda Osiris. She debuted as a soubrette in 1942, in the revue Orlando Curioso.
In the 1950s Steni started a long collaboration in radio, on stage and later on television with Elio Pandolfi. They were both part of the company Teatro Comico Musicale di Radio Roma, and in the 1960s they got a large success with a series of satirical musical comedies written by Dino Verde, particularly Scanzonatissimo and Urgentissimo.
In the 1980s Steni formed a successful stage company together with Riccardo Garrone. Steni was also active in films and as a dubber.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1937 Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal Una Bambina 1938 Crispino e la comare La bambina 1957 Rascel-Fifì La presentatrice televisiva 1960 Le signore Renato's wife 1962 Nerone '71 1963 Obiettivo ragazze Francesca 1963 Scanzonatissimo 1964 2 mattacchioni al Moulin Rouge Proprietaria locale 1967 Le 7 cinesi d'oro Simon, la spagnola 1967 The Strange Night 1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat Pinella 1967 Nel sole Fine Arts Teacher 1967 Peggio per me... meglio per te Adriana, madre di Marisa 1967 Addio mamma Miss Picchi 1968 Brutti di notte Mazzacurati - the Millionaire 1968 L'oro del mondo Wife of Pugliese 1968 Colpo di sole 1969 Il ragazzo che sorride Tilde - wife of Filippo 1969 Pensando a te 1970 La ragazza del prete De Magistris 1971 Bastard, Go and Kill Asuncion Juanita Maria Magdalena Hermadariz 1973 Hospitals: The White Mafia Enrico's Wife 1986 Grandi magazzini Vedova Martuccelli 1998 Kaputt Mundi Elsa Giovannini 1998 Frigidaire - Il film Baroness von Hesserling
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