Ania Pieroni is a former Italian actress, known for ''

The House by the Cemetery ''The House by the Cemetery'' ( it, Quella villa accanto al cimitero) is a 1981 Italian horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. The film stars Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza, Silvia Collatina and Dagmar Lassander. I ...

'' (1981), ''

Tenebrae Tenebrae (—Latin for "darkness") is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by gradual extinguishing of candles, and by a "strepitus" or "loud noise" taking place in total ...

'' (1982) and ''

Inferno Inferno may refer to: * Hell, an afterlife place of suffering * Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire Film * ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film * Inferno (1953 film), ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker * Inferno (1973 fi ...

'' (1980).

Film career

Pieroni started her film career by taking a small part in the 1978

Alberto Lattuada Alberto Lattuada (; 13 November 1914 – 3 July 2005) was an Italian film director. Career Lattuada was born in Vaprio d'Adda, the son of composer Felice Lattuada. He was initially interested in literature, becoming, while still a student, a mem ...

film ''

Stay as You Are ''Stay as You Are'' ( it, Così come sei), also known as ''Stay the Way You Are'', is a 1978 erotic drama film, directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Nastassja Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara De Rossi, and Ania Pieroni. An Italian–Spani ...

''. She also starred as a mysterious music student in the 1980 horror film ''

'' by

Dario Argento Dario Argento (; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and film critic, critic. His influential work in the horror film, horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as ...

, and worked with him again playing a shoplifter in ''

'' two years later. Her most famous role however was in the 1981

Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including comedies and Spaghetti Westerns, he garn ...

film ''

'' as the ill-fated babysitter Ann. Her last film was ''

Fracchia contro Dracula ''Fracchia contro Dracula'' (also known as ''Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?'' and ''Fracchia vs. Dracula'') is a 1985 Italian horror comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. Plot summary Giandomenico Fracchia, Villaggio's "monstrously shy" character, is ...

'', released in 1985. Pieroni was offered to reprise the role of Mater Lachrymarum in Argento's 2007 film ''

The Mother of Tears ''Mother of Tears'' ( it, La Terza madre, literally ''The Third Mother'') is a 2007 supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento, and starring Asia Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Moran Atias, Udo Kier and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni. Th ...

'', but turned it down. From 1985 to 1991, she was the director for a local TV station called GBR.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pieroni, Ania 20th-century Italian actresses Italian film actresses Living people 1957 births