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Maria Pia Conte

Maria Pia Conte

Birthday: 1944-03-10 | Place of Birth: Genoa, Italy

Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet. After a few experiences as a child actress, she was first noted as a fotoromanzi model, then she decided to pursue an acting career and enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1962. Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the Marco Bellocchio's short film La colpa e la pena, then she appeared in a number of films and TV-series, often in secondary roles, being sometimes credited as Mary P. Count. She was also occasionally active as a voice actress and a dubber. She retired in the late 1970s. She was married to actor Giuseppe Rinaldi (1919-2007) and is the mother of actress Francesca Rinaldi.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1977
Day of Violence

as    Ostaggia

1974
The Arena

as    Lucinia (as Mary Count)

1974
The Hanging Woman

as    Nadia Mihaly

1972
God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth

as    Catherine

1971
1970
Defeat of the Mafia

as    Jenny Ryan

1969
Madame Bovary

as    Felicitas

1964
Death on the Fourposter

as    Nikki