Maria Pia Conte
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Maria Pia Conte (born 10 March 1944) is an Italian former actress.


Life and career

Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in
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, Italy, 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
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, graduating in 1962. Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the
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'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..


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conte, Maria Pia Italian film actresses Italian television actresses Italian stage actresses 20th-century Italian actresses 1944 births Actresses from Genoa Living people Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni Spaghetti Western actresses