# Marzia Ubaldi

Marzia Ubaldi (2 June 1938 – 21 October 2023) was an Italian actress and voice actress.

## Biography

Born in Milan, Ubaldi graduated from the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro, and made her professional stage debut in 1960, in the Giorgio Prosperi's drama La congiura directed by Luigi Squarzina. In 1961, she starred in the play Eva a Go Go dalla parte di lui alongside Fabrizio De André; in 1966, she eventually was the first to record De André's song "La ballata dell’amore cieco". In 1962, she was directed by Roberto Rossellini in the Beniamino Joppolo's drama I carabinieri, which was represented at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. The same year, she made her film debut in Giorgio Simonelli's Il medico delle donne.
Starting from the 1970s, Ubaldi was mainly devoted to voice dubbing; for her work in this field she received various awards, notably a Nastro d'Argento for her dubbing of Gena Rowlands in Woody Allen's Another Woman, and the 2012 Leggio d'oro [it] Award as best dubber of the year. She also dubbed many actresses such as Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Anne Bancroft, Vanessa Redgrave and Jeanne Moreau.
Ubaldi was also very active on television, appearing in numerous TV-series, notably Nero Wolfe, Incantesimo, Elisa di Rivombrosa, I Cesaroni and Suburra: Blood on Rome. Her last appearance was in 2023, in Call My Agent - Italia, the Italian version of Call My Agent!.

### Personal life and death

Between 1960 and 1967, Ubaldi was married to actor Gastone Moschin, and the two had a daughter, Emanuela, also an actress. The trio founded and served as teachers in the drama school Mumos, established in 2003 and closed in 2013. Beyond her showbusiness activities, she ran a chihuahua breeding farm.
Ubaldi died in Narni on 21 October 2023, at the age of 85.

## Filmography
### Cinema

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | Il medico delle donne | Paolino's lover | |
| 1964 | Countersex | | Segment: "Cocaina di domenica" |
| 1968 | Una moglie giapponese? | | |
| 1974 | E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine | Tamara | |
| 1977 | Nazi Love Camp 27 | Frau Gruber | |
| 1977 | L'assassino speranza delle donne | | |
| 1997 | Farfalle | | |
| 2001 | The House of Chicken | Signorina Dolly | |
| 2017 | Non c'è campo | Virginia's grandmother | |
| 2018 | Euphoria | Ettore and Matteo's mother | |
| 2020 | The Predators | Ines | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | La coscienza di Zeno | Carla Gerco | TV miniseries |
| 1969 | Nero Wolfe | Trella Jarrell | 1 episode (season 1, episode 2) |
| 1970 | Una coccarda per il re | Madame de Polignac | TV film |
| 1970 | Un certo Harry Brent | Vera Stone | TV miniseries |
| 1973 | ESP | Anneke Jansen | TV miniseries |
| 1975 | L'armadietto cinese | Laura | TV film |
| 1975 | Diagnosi | | TV miniseries |
| 1978 | L'uomo difficile | Antoinette Hechingen | TV film |
| 1980 | Ricatto internazionale | Mademoiselle Deladoey | TV miniseries |
| 1980 | Arabella | Beatrice | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | La pulce nell'orecchio | Raimonda | TV film |
| 1985 | Aeroporto internazionale | La madre adottiva | 1 episode (season 1, episode 8) |
| 1990 | Death Has a Bad Reputation | | TV film |
| 1998 | Professione fantasma | Serena Baldini | Recurring role |
| 1998 | Indiscretion of an American Wife | Floriana Corbinelli | TV film |
| 2000 | Valeria medico legale | | 1 episode (season 1, episode 3) |
| 2003 | Incantesimo | Amalia Forti | Recurring role (season 6) |
| 2003–2004 | Elisa di Rivombrosa | Amelia | Recurring role (season 1) |
| 2007–2009 | 7 vite | Sole Fardelli | Main cast |
| 2010 | I Cesaroni | Cinzia Rastelli | 1 episode (season 4, episode 7) |
| 2012–2018 | Questo nostro amore | Alberta | Recurring role |
| 2013 | Casa e bottega | Claudia Longarini | TV film |
| 2015 | Grand Hotel | Principessa | TV miniseries |
| 2016–2020 | L'allieva | Nonna Amalia | Main cast |
| 2018 | I nostri figli | Giulia | TV film |
| 2020 | Suburra: Blood on Rome | Sibilla Mancini | Main cast (season 3) |
| 2022 | I Hate Christmas | Matilde Castoldi | Recurring role (season 1) |
| 2023 | Call My Agent - Italia | Elvira Bo | Main cast (season 1) |

## Voice work
### Dubbing
#### Films (Animation, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) |
| 1989 | Happily Ever After | Mother Nature |
| 1994 | Pom Poko | Oroku |
| 1996 | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | Grandma Longneck |
| 1997 | The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island | Grandma Longneck |
| 1997 | Princess Mononoke | Moro |
| 1998 | The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Grandma Longneck |
| 2005 | Pooh's Heffalump Movie | Mama Heffalump |
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Mama Gunda |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Dilber |
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | The Supervisor |
| 2012 | ParaNorman | Margot Henscher |
| 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | Kameyo |

#### Films (Live action, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Original actor |
| 1969 | Marlowe | Dolores Gonzáles | Rita Moreno |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Denise Kreisler | Faye Dunaway |
| 1978 | A Wedding | Ingrid Hellstrom | Viveca Lindfors |
| 1987 | September | Diane | Elaine Stritch |
| 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | Ma Beckoff | Anne Bancroft |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Marion Post | Gena Rowlands |
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | India Bridge | Joanne Woodward |
| 1992 | Love Potion No. 9 | Madame Ruth | Anne Bancroft |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Pigeon Lady | Brenda Fricker |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Glady Joe Cleary | Anne Bancroft |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | Adele Larson | Anne Bancroft |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Gunilla Garson Goldberg | Maggie Smith |
| 1997 | Mrs Brown | Queen Victoria | Judi Dench |
| 1997 | G.I. Jane | Senator Lillian DeHaven | Anne Bancroft |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Queen Elizabeth I | Judi Dench |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | Dolly Talbot | Elaine Stritch |
| 2000 | Chocolat | Armande Voizin | Judi Dench |
| 2001 | Gosford Park | Constance Trentham | Maggie Smith |
| 2001 | Iris | Iris Murdoch | Judi Dench |
| 2001 | Pauline and Paulette | Paulette | Ann Petersen |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | Judi Dench |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Caro Bennett | Maggie Smith |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Cora | Linda Bassett |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Ursula Widdington | Judi Dench |
| 2005 | Match Point | Betty Eastby | Margaret Tyzack |
| 2005 | Mrs Henderson Presents | Laura Henderson | Judi Dench |
| 2005 | Monster-in-Law | Gertrude Fields | Elaine Stritch |
| 2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera | Tránsito Ariza | Fernanda Montenegro |
| 2008 | Welcome to the Sticks | Antoine's mother | Line Renaud |
| 2008 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | Nathalie | Sheila Hancock |
| 2009 | Nine | Liliane La Fleur | Judi Dench |
| 2011 | J. Edgar | Annie Hoover | Judi Dench |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Sybil Thorndike | Judi Dench |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Oskar's grandmother | Zoe Caldwell |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | Judi Dench |
| 2012 | Quartet | Jean Horton | Maggie Smith |
| 2013 | Philomena | Philomena Lee | Judi Dench |
| 2014 | Hungry Hearts | Anne | Roberta Maxwell |
| 2014 | My Old Lady | Mathilde Girard | Maggie Smith |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | Judi Dench |
| 2015 | The Lady in the Van | Margaret Fairchild | Maggie Smith |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria | Judi Dench |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever | Abbess of St. Ursula | Judi Dench |
| 2018 | Red Joan | Joan Elizabeth Stanley | Judi Dench |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Maggie Smith | Maggie Smith |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Julius Root | Judi Dench |
| 2021 | Belfast | Granny | Judi Dench |

#### Television (Live action, Italian dub)

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes | Original actor |
| 1992 | Crazy in Love | Honora Swift | TV film | Gena Rowlands |
| 1997 | Friends | Gloria Tribbiani | 1 episode (season 1, episode 13) | Brenda Vaccaro |
| 2002–2003 | Esperança | Luiza | Main cast | Fernanda Montenegro |