Maria Pia Conte

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) — Jane
2. Tony Arzenta (1973) — Carre's Secretary in the Nightclub (uncredited)
3. Spasmo (1974) — Xenia
4. Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) — La femme d'Henri
5. The Arena (1974) — Lucinia
6. War Between the Planets (1966) — -
7. The Hanging Woman (1973) — Nadia Mihaly
8. And Now My Love (1974)
9. Snow Devils (1967) — Countess
10. Riot in a Women's Prison (1974) — Martine's Friend
11. Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) — Moglie del pizzicagnolo
12. Death on the Fourposter (1964) — Nikki
13. Madame Bovary (1969) — Felicitas
14. Hero of Rome (1964) — Valeria
15. Che dottoressa ragazzi! (1976) — Sigrun
16. The Novice (1975) — Franca
17. And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave (1971) — Susan
18. Pirates of Blood Island (1972) — Mary Bell
19. The Sergeant Rompiglioni Becomes... Corporal (1975) — Gisella
20. Day of Violence (1977) — Ostaggia
21. Three Giants of the Roman Empire (1971) — Licia
22. My Father's Nurse (1976) — Fiona, Filippo's wife
23. Gegè Bellavita (1979) — Mercedes
24. Naked Sicilian Wife (1978) — Sandra
25. La svergognata (1974)
26. At the Battle of Crete (1970) — Anna Gordon
27. Juliette de Sade (1969) — Juliette
28. The Labyrinth of Sex (1969)
29. God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth (1972) — Catherine
30. Dynamite Jim (1966) — Lupita
31. Night of Violence (1965)
32. Head Down, Feet Up (1972)
33. Five Dollars for Ringo (1966) — Miriam Gray
34. Twenty Paces to Death (1970) — Hazel
35. Peggio per me... meglio per te (1967)
36. Zorro's Latest Adventure (1970) — Isabel
37. L'appuntamento (1977) — Adelaide Picchioni
38. Blueprint for a Massacre (1967) — Blanche
39. Defeat of the Mafia (1970) — Jenny Ryan
40. Culpability and Punishment (1961)