Maria Pia Conte

Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, the daughter of a carpenter, the Count 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 photostories model, then she decided to pursue an acting career and enrolled in the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1962. The count made her acting debut in 1961, in the Marco Bellocchio's short film The guilt and punishment, 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 an 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.