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Nina Rootes

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  Nina Rootes (1925-2016), also known as Nina Golding, was a British voice dubbing actress, sync assistant, script adapter, literary translator and author who was active on the English dubbing scene in Rome from 1959 to 1961, lending her voice primarily to parts as ingénues or damsels in distress. Despite the fact that Nina’s time in the dubbing business was relatively short-lived and that many of the films she worked on are currently not available anywhere in English, her career is still very much worthy of closer examination, not least because of the many detailed recollections she shares in her autobiographical book Adventures in the Movie Biz (2013), an endlessly fascinating first-hand account of the inner workings of the Roman film and dubbing industry of the early 1960s. Born on November 29, 1925 in Hythe, Kent, England, her birth name was Nellie Jean Golding, but she was known simply as Nina Golding. Little is known about Nina’s early life and she doesn’t elaborate on t...
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Carol Danell

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  Carol Danell (1926-1995) was an American singer and lyricist who enjoyed a highly successful career in Italy in the 1950s and 60s, collaborating with such esteemed composers as Piero Umiliani, Armando Trovajoli, Piero Piccioni and Ennio Morricone, and participating on the soundtracks of a number of well-known Italian films. Like so many other Americans living in Rome during those days, Carol also moonlighted as a dubbing actress, and in the mid to late 1960s in particular, she lent her voice to leading ladies in countless spaghetti westerns, Eurospy adventures and horror movies. Check out the video below to view some clips from some of Carol’s most famous dubbing performances:     Carol was born as Carol Ann Ostrow on November 17, 1926 in Buffalo, Erie, New York. She was the only child of Louis B. Ostrow (1901-1988), a US Army officer who served during both world wars, and his first wife Bertha (1906-2001), though Carol later had a younger half-brother named Gerald ...
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