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
- Day of Violence as Ostaggia
- L'appuntamento as Adelaide Picchioni
1976
- Che dottoressa ragazzi! as Sigrun
- My Father's Nurse as Fiona, Filippo's wife
- Vento, vento, portali via con te as Evil woman
1975
- The Novice as Franca
- The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal as Gisella
1974
- The Arena as Lucinia
- La svergognata
- Riot in a Women's Prison as Martine's Friend
- Spasmo as Xenia
- And Now My Love
1973
- The Hanging Woman as Nadia Mihaly
- Tony Arzenta as Carre's Secretary in the Nightclub (uncredited)
1972
- God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth as Catherine
- Pirates of Blood Island as Mary Bell
- Head Down, Feet Up
1971
- And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave as Susan
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as Moglie del pizzicagnolo
- Three Giants of the Roman Empire as Licia
1970
- At the Battle of Crete as Anna Gordon
- Twenty Paces to Death as Hazel
- 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
- Peggio per me... meglio per te
- Blueprint for a Massacre as Blanche
1966
- War Between the Planets as -
- Dynamite Jim as Lupita
- Vacanze sulla neve
- Five Dollars for Ringo as Miriam Gray
1965
1964
- Death on the Fourposter as Nikki
- Hero of Rome as Valeria