What is Maria Perego?
[[File:Maria Perego 61.jpg|right|200px]] '''Maria Perego''' (8 December 1923 – 7 November 2019) was an [[Italians|Italian]] animation artist. She was known as the creator of the character [[Topo Gigio]] in 1959 with her husband Federico Caldura.<ref>{{cite web|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|title=È morta Maria Perego, creò Topo Gigio|date=7 November 2019|work=la Repubblica|language=Italian}}</ref> She was born in [[Venice]]. Perego died on 7 November 2019 in [[Milan]] at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/arts/television/maria-perego-dead.html|title=Maria Perego, Topo Gigio's Creator, Dies at 95|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 11, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Perego, Maria}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Italian artists]] [[Category:Animators]] [[Category:People from Venice]] {{bio-stub}}