Tettoni was born in
Siena in Tuscany and she made her big theatre debut in
Milan when she was 16 years old. She even pursued an acting career in the radio industry during the 1940s, but she was more famous as a voice actress. She was the official Italian voice of
Katharine Hepburn and
Agnes Moorehead. Other actresses she dubbed included
Jessica Tandy,
Mary Wickes,
Lucille Ball and
Ginger Rogers. Tettoni's Italian dubbed character roles included Aunt Clara (portrayed by
Marion Lorne) in
Bewitched and the Elder Rose (portrayed by
Gloria Stuart) in the 1997 film
Titanic. This was one of her final dubbing roles before her death in 1998. In her animated roles, Tettoni voiced Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in the Italian version of
The Aristocats. Her other Disney dubbing roles included Queenie in
One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Giddy in
Dumbo and the Snooty Flower in
Alice in Wonderland. She also dubbed Pearl Slaghoople in
The Flintstones. ==Death==