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