Ania Pieroni (born 28 February 1957) is an Italian former actress, who is best known for ''

The House by the Cemetery ''The House by the Cemetery'' () is a 1981 Italian supernatural slasher film directed by Lucio Fulci, co-written with Dardano Sacchetti and Giorgio Mariuzzo, and starring Catriona MacColl, Paolo Malco, Ania Pieroni, Giovanni Frezza, Silvia ...

'' (1981), ''

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'' (1982) and ''

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'' (1980).

Early life

Pieroni was born on 28 February 1957 in Rome to a middle-class family. Her paternal grandfather was the mayor of

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, while her maternal grandfather was a German architect. Her father was a

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, a pilot who as a hobby traded American cars. She attended primary and secondary Catholic schools, and later graduated high school in Rome. On the advice of her father, who was in favor of a diplomatic career, Pieroni began attending a faculty of political sciences.

Film career

Pieroni started her film career by taking a small part in the 1978

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film ''

Stay as You Are ''Stay as You Are'' (), also known as ''Stay the Way You Are'', is a 1978 erotic drama film, directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Nastassja Kinski, Marcello Mastroianni, Barbara De Rossi, and Ania Pieroni. An Italian–Spanish co-production, ...

''. She also starred as a mysterious music student in the 1980 horror film ''

'' by

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, and worked with him again playing a shoplifter in ''

'' two years later. Her most famous role however was in the 1981

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film ''

'' as the ill-fated babysitter Ann. Her last film was ''

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'', released in 1985. Pieroni was offered to reprise the role of Mater Lachrymarum in Argento's 2007 film ''

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'', but turned it down. From 1985 to 1991, she was the director for a local TV station called GBR.

Personal life

In the 1980s, Pieroni lived in

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, and at that time was engaged to Count Roberto Gancia. However, the Gancia-Pieroni engagement fell apart after she met and got romantically involved with

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, the secretary of the

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(PSI). In 1991, Pieroni ended her affair with Craxi and became involved with Osman Mancini, a journalist from GBR (the private TV channel Pieroni was heading at the time). When Craxi got involved in the ''

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'' scandal, he took refuge in Tunisia. Pieroni is recognized for being the only one of those who were involved not to "hide". On 19 September 2001, Pieroni married Neapolitan industrialist and steel mogul Gennaro Moccia. Pieroni returned to public life when she helped and participated in the election campaign for

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's party,

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Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pieroni, Ania 20th-century Italian actresses Italian film actresses Living people 1957 births