Maria Pia Conte
Born: 1944-03-10 in Lavagna, Liguria, Italy
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
1979
- Gegè Bellavita as Mercedes
1978
- Naked Sicilian Wife as Sandra
1977
- L'appuntamento as Adelaide Picchioni
- Day of Violence as Ostaggia
1976
- Che dottoressa ragazzi! as Sigrun
- Vento, vento, portali via con te as Evil woman
- My Father's Nurse as Fiona, Filippo's wife
1975
- The Novice as Franca
- The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal as Gisella
1974
- The Arena as Lucinia
- La svergognata
- And Now My Love
- Riot in a Women's Prison as Martine's Friend
- Spasmo as Xenia
1973
- Tony Arzenta as Carre's Secretary in the Nightclub (uncredited)
- The Hanging Woman as Nadia Mihaly
1972
- God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth as Catherine
- Pirates of Blood Island as Mary Bell
- Head Down, Feet Up
1971
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Moglie del pizzicagnolo
- And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave as Susan
- Three Giants of the Roman Empire as Licia
1970
- Twenty Paces to Death as Hazel
- At the Battle of Crete as Anna Gordon
- Zorro's Latest Adventure as Isabel
- Defeat of the Mafia as Jenny Ryan
1969
- Love Is a Funny Thing as La femme d'Henri
- Madame Bovary as Felicitas
- The Labyrinth of Sex
- Juliette de Sade as Juliette
1968
1967
- Snow Devils as Countess
- Blueprint for a Massacre as Blanche
- Peggio per me... meglio per te
1966
- Five Dollars for Ringo as Miriam Gray
- War Between the Planets as -
- Dynamite Jim as Lupita
- Vacanze sulla neve
1965
1964
- Hero of Rome as Valeria
- Death on the Fourposter as Nikki