---
name: "Clelia Matania"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clelia-matania"
fi1m_id: "clelia-matania"
imdb_id: "nm0558089"
tmdb_id: 14147
wikidata_id: "Q3680409"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 September 1918"
died: "13 October 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:05:48.972963+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Clelia Matania

## Identity

Clelia Matania

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clelia-matania
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clelia-matania
- **IMDb ID:** nm0558089
- **TMDB ID:** 14147
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3680409
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clelia_Matania, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3680409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14147

Actor. Born 18 September 1918 in London, England, UK. Died 13 October 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 September 1918, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 13 October 1981
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clelia_Matania, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3680409, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558089/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14147

## Biography

Clelia Matania was a British-born Italian actress. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and studied ballet, singing and music. After her family returned to Italy she joined the Arts Theater company directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia and became a prominent stage performer in the late 1930s and during the war, appearing in prose and revues with actors including Totò and Eduardo De Filippo.

Her film work consisted chiefly of supporting roles as a character actress. She appeared in international productions filmed in Italy, aided by her fluent English, and was also active as a voice actress. Notable screen credits include *Don't Look Now* (1973) as Wendy, *Just Before Nightfall* (1971) as Mme Masson, *Quo Vadis* (1951) and *Indiscretion of an American Wife* (1953). She was married to the painter Guido Odierna.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Don't Look Now* (1973), Fi1m 90, as Wendy — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *SuperTotò* (1980), Actor
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Francesca Manelli
- *Italy is Rotten* (1976), as madre di Peppe
- *The Babysitter* (1975), as Old Neighbour
- *A Virgin Named Mary* (1975), as Anna
- *Don't Look Now* (1973), as Wendy — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-now.md)
- *Bequest to the Nation* (1973), as Francesca
- *Just Before Nightfall* (1971), as Mme Masson
- *La carretta dei comici* (1970), series, Actor
- *The Tough and the Mighty* (1969), as Graziano's Mother
- *The Confession* (1967), as Gina Verdoni
- *Turcaret* (1967), as La signora Turcaret
- *Perdono* (1966), as Adelina, la segretaria
- *No One Can Judge Me* (1966), as Adelina, la segretaria
- *Conquered City* (1962), as Climedes
- *Escapade in Florence* (1962), as Aunt Gisella
- *Pecado de amor* (1961), as Sor María
- *Nefertiti, Queen of the Nile* (1961), as Penaba
- *The Policeman on Horseback* (1961), as Mutter
- *The Wastrel* (1961), as Betsy
- *Five Golden Hours* (1961), as Rosalia
- *The Apartment* (1960), as Angelina
- *Rapina al Quartiere Ovest* (1960), Actor
- *Il medico dei pazzi* (1959), Actor
- *La fortuna con l'effe maiuscola* (1959), Actor
- *Fast and Sexy* (1958), as Camillina
- *Napoli sole mio* (1958), Actor
- *Seven Hills of Rome* (1957), as Beatrice
- *The Monte Carlo Story* (1956), as Sophia
- *Roland the Mighty* (1956), as La nutrice, Nutrice Fatima
- *Moglie e buoi...* (1956), Actor
- *Defend My Love* (1956), as Emma
- *I giorni più belli* (1956), as La signora Valentini
- *Cantando sotto le stelle* (1956), as Fernanda moglie di A.Pezzetti 1°
- *The Hussars* (1955), as Mme Luppi
- *Neapolitan Carousel* (1954), as Donna Concetta
- *Guai ai vinti* (1954), Actor
- *The Boarder* (1954), as Mrs. Albertocchi
- *Easy Years* (1953), as Rosina
- *Dappled Mare* (1953), as Erminia
- *Man, Beast and Virtue* (1953), as Grazia
- *Indiscretion of an American Wife* (1953), as Mother of Annoying Children on the Train (uncredited)
- *Toto and the Women* (1952), as La cameriera
- *I morti non pagano tasse* (1952), as signora Vecchietti
- *100 Little Mothers* (1952), as la réalisatrice Samperi
- *Stasera sciopero* (1951), as Marta
- *Quo Vadis* (1951), as Parmenida (uncredited) — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md)
- *Seven Hours of Troubles* (1951), as Angelina - moglie di Totò
- *City of Violence* (1951), as Gabriella
- *La bisarca* (1950), as Dolores Garcia
- *Strano appuntamento* (1950), Actor
- *Campane a martello* (1949), as Bianca
- *Eleven Men and a Ball* (1948), as Clelia Olivari
- *Giudicatemi!* (1948), Actor
- *Farewell, My Beautiful Naples* (1946), as Yvonne de Fleurette
- *The Rape of the Sabine* (1945), as Rosina
- *Sempre più difficile* (1943), as Cristina Turrisi
- *Casanova farebbe così!* (1942), as Maria Grazia
- *A che servono questi quattrini?* (1942), as Rachelina
- *If I Was Honest* (1942), as Paola Englesh
- *Notte di fiamme* (1942), Actor
- *La fuggitiva* (1941), as Lia Coppi
- *Primo amore* (1941), as Silvia Redi
- *La compagnia della teppa* (1941), as Carolina Agudio
- *Il socio invisibile* (1939), Actor
- *Follies of the Century* (1939), as Margot, la cameriera
- *Papà per una notte* (1939), as Luisa
- *Napoli che non muore* (1939), as Rosinella
- *I figli del marchese Lucera* (1939), as Soave
- *Inventiamo l'amore* (1938), as Elsa
- *Night Ride* (1937), as Lucia Spinelli

## Gallery

- ![G.Ralli.N.Taranto,C.Matania in "Anni facili"(Zampa,1953) (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/157/gallery-a7a8b84a40f6.jpg) G.Ralli.N.Taranto,C.Matania in "Anni facili"(Zampa,1953) (2014) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Anni_facili_taranto%2Bralli%2Bmatania.jpg/1280px-Anni_facili_taranto%2Bralli%2Bmatania.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Clelia Matania](https://film.one/media/person/157/gallery-28a435b14ce3.jpg) Clelia Matania — Indeciso42 at the Italian Wikipedia project., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Clelia_Matania.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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