Pia Giancaro
Appearance
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Born | Maria Pia Gianporcaro 12 March 1950 Palermo, Italy |
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Years active | 1970- |
Known for | The Red Queen Kills Seven Times |
Pia Giancaro (born 12 March 1950) is an Italian former actress and television personality.
Life and career
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Born Maria Pia Gianporcaro in Palermo, the daughter of a Sicilian railroad worker and a Slavic mother, Giancaro in 1968 won the Miss Sicily beauty contest and entered the Miss Italy competition.[1][2] One year later she made her television debut alongside Corrado in the RAI quiz show A che gioco giochiamo?.[1] Shorty later Giancaro started appearing in films, mainly in character roles.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]Giancaro married the prince Lillio Sforza Marescotti Ruspoli and retired from show business.[1][2]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971 | Return of Sabata | Diane (as Maria Pia Giancaro) | Drama western film |
Man of the Year | Friend of Coco | Comedy film | |
Roma Bene | L'invitata in nude-look | ||
1972 | Boccaccio | Monna Lisa | |
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times | Rosemary Muller (as Maria Pia Giancaro) | Crime horror mystery film | |
1973 | The Bloody Hands of the Law | Lilly Antonelli | Crime film |
1974 | Il romanzo di un giovane povero | Margherita (as Maria Pia Giancaro) | Drama film |
1975 | Malocchio | Tanya | Crime horror film |
1976 | Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo | Marisa Galbusera | Comedy film |
1977 | L'amantide | Annalisa Santoro | Drama film |
2003 | Tosca and the Women | Marchesa Attavanti (as Maria Pia Ruspoli) | Italian title: Tosca e altre due |
2010 | The Unseen World | Lady Cavendish | Biographical film |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ a b c Laura Laurenzi (25 June 2002). "Ruspoli, mille anni da principi tra Bové, Le Pen e il papa re". La Repubblica. p. 7.
External links
[edit]- Pia Giancaro at IMDb