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Pier Angeli
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actress (1932-1971)
Key facts
- Born
- Anna Maria Pierangeli , ( 1932-06-19 ) 19 June 1932, Cagliari , Sardinia , Kingdom of Italy , (now Italy)
- Died
- 10 September 1971 (1971-09-10) (aged 39), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Cimetière des Bulvis, Rueil-Malmaison , France
- Other name
- Annamaria Pierangeli
- Occupations
- Actress model singer
- Years active
- 1950–1971
- Spouses
- Vic Damone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1958 ) Armando Trovajoli ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1969 )
- Relatives
- Marisa Pavan (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anna Maria
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Cagliari
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Spouse
- Armando Trovajoli
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Official website
- www.annamariapierangeli.com
- Image
- Pier Angeli by Six, 1955.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Sardinia
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- Commons category
- Anna Maria Pierangeli
- date of birth
- 1932-06-19
- date of death
- 1971-09-10
- cause of death
- drug overdose
- nominated for
- Henrietta Award
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Anna Maria Pierangeli
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- birth name
- Anna Maria Pierangeli
- pseudonym
- Pier Angeli
- end of work period
- 1971-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Anna Maria Pierangeli (19 June 1932 – 10 September 1971), known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut role in the 1950 film Tomorrow Is Too Late, and subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in the American film Teresa (1951).
In the United States, Angeli was typecast in "European ingénue" roles, and notably played romantic leading ladies in The Light Touch (1951), The Devil Makes Three (1952), The Story of Three Loves (1953), The Silver Chalice (1954), and Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). She was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for her role opposite Richard Attenborough in the British film The Angry Silence (1960).
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