Pia Giancaro

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Pia Giancaro
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Born
Maria Pia Gianporcaro

(1950-03-12) 12 March 1950 (age 75)
Palermo, Italy
Occupations
Years active1970-
Known for The Red Queen Kills Seven Times

Pia Giancaro (born 12 March 1950) is an Italian former actress and television personality.

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Life and career

Giancaro The Red Queen Kills Seven Times 1972 La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972) - Pia Giancaro (cropped).jpg
Giancaro The Red Queen Kills Seven Times 1972

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

Giancaro married the prince Lillio Sforza Marescotti Ruspoli and retired from show business. [1] [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
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
1974Il romanzo di un giovane poveroMargherita (as Maria Pia Giancaro) Drama film
1975MalocchioTanya Crime horror film
1976Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente OsvaldoMarisa Galbusera Comedy film
1977L'amantideAnnalisa Santoro Drama film
2003Tosca and the WomenMarchesa Attavanti (as Maria Pia Ruspoli)Italian title: Tosca e altre due
2010The Unseen WorldLady Cavendish Biographical film

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano - Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN   888440214X.
  2. 1 2 3 Laura Laurenzi (25 June 2002). "Ruspoli, mille anni da principi tra Bové, Le Pen e il papa re". La Repubblica . p. 7.