Pia Giancaro

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

Life and career

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. One year later she made her television debut alongside Corrado in the RAI quiz show A che gioco giochiamo?. Shorty later Giancaro started appearing in films, mainly in character roles.

Personal life Giancaro married the prince Lillio Sforza Marescotti Ruspoli and retired from show business.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 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 1974 Il romanzo di un giovane povero Margherita (as Maria Pia Giancaro) Drama film 1975 Malocchio Tanya Crime horror film 1976 Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo Marisa Galbusera Comedy film 1977 L'amantide Annalisa Santoro Drama film 2003 Tosca and the Women Marchesa Attavanti (as Maria Pia Ruspoli) Italian title: Tosca e altre due 2010 The Unseen World Lady Cavendish Biographical film