Maria Pia Conte (born 10 March 1944) is an Italian former actress.
Life and career
Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...
, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in
Sestri Levante
Sestri Levante ( la, Segesta Tigullorum/Segesta Tigulliorum) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Lying on the Mediterranean Sea, it is approximately south of Genoa and is set on a promontory. While nearby ...
before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet.
After a few experiences as a child actress, she was first noted as a
fotoromanzi
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model, then she decided to pursue an acting career and enrolled the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental Film Centre or Italian National film school) was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film.
The centre is the oldest film school in ...
, graduating in 1962.
Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellocchio (; born 9 November 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Life and career
Born in Bobbio, near Piacenza, Marco Bellocchio had a strict Catholic upbringing – his father was a lawyer, his mother a schooltea ...
'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.
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Filmography
References
External links
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Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian stage actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
1944 births
Actors from Genoa
Living people
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Spaghetti Western actresses