Acting

Maria Pia Conte

Born 1944-03-10 · Lavagna, Liguria, Italy

Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, 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 Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1962. Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the Marco Bellocchio'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. She was married to actor Giuseppe Rinaldi (1919-2007) and is the mother of actress Francesca Rinaldi.

Acting credits

The Arena poster
5.3

Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves thrust into the gladiator ring, mount a vicious rebellion to fight their way to freedom.

The Arena

1974

Tony Arzenta poster
6.1

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.

Tony Arzenta

1973

Love Is a Funny Thing poster
6.3

A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.

Love Is a Funny Thing

1969

Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? poster
5.4

During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man reviews a series of famous and anonymous cases of conjugal betrayals ...

Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?

1971

What a Doctor, Guys! poster
4.6

A small Italian village eagerly awaits the long-overdue arrival of a doctor. Everyone expects a male, so when the sexy female doctor Sigrun S. steps out of the bus, it quickly leads to a series of slapstick events.

What a Doctor, Guys!

1976

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death poster
6.0

After a stagecoach is robbed and the passengers murdered, a long and tangled series of surprise attacks and murderous double-crosses, leaves the coach's strongbox in the hands of the killer Lasky. It is up to the legendary hero Sartana to track down the missing money and determine just who is ultimately behind the grisly robberies and killings.

If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death

1968

The Hanging Woman poster
5.5

Upon his uncle's death, Serge Chekov journeys to a spooky Scottish village for the reading of the will. But when he inherits the estate, Serge runs afoul of his uncle's jealous wife, his business partner, his maid, and others. It's not long before zombies join the fray…

The Hanging Woman

1973

La svergognata poster
4.0

In this movie a writer comes to stay at an island resort and gets involved with a teenage lolita who is there with her parents and rather malicious best friend. She teases the older man mercilessly--going to a hotel and dancing with him naked and then suddenly getting dressed and running off to a party with a young American guy. But it's not so much because she is malicious, but because she is really an insecure virgin. Finally, he gives up on her after his beautiful wife (Barbara Bouchet) shows up. But the younger woman becomes jealous and is not going to give up so easily. . .

La svergognata

1974

Gegè Bellavita poster
6.4

Pregnant with their 10th child, Agata discovers that her lazy husband Gennaro betrays her cheerfully.

Gegè Bellavita

1979

Riot in a Women's Prison poster
4.5

This film traces the prison life of a group of women who-rather than being prepared to reenter society-are brought to the limits of depravity. Martine, wrongly imprisoned will bear the scars of a prison system wrongly based on punishment rather than rehabilitation.

Riot in a Women's Prison

1974

The Novice poster
3.3

A young man comes back to his provincial home town to visit his dying uncle who is being attended to by a night nurse and novice nun. Before long, the young man develops a deep longing for the young, beautiful nun.

The Novice

1975

L'appuntamento poster
7.5

Adelmo Bartelesi has a colleague desired by all, this Adelaide Picchioni. And Adelmo unable to get an appointment with her. But get home Adelaide begins to present some difficulties: a transition to an old woman who leads him astray, intense traffic, the fortuitous meeting with his wife and family and then an attack of colitis and the meeting with his head, the car that is taken away by police, the meeting with another colleague ... will Adelmo reaching the desired appointment?

L'appuntamento

1977

Five Dollars for Ringo poster
7.2

Sheriff Lester Sands travels to Lindsborg in the hope of finding a gang of outlaws operating in the region. He suspects that they hide there because recently they raided the bank of a neighboring village. And during the robbery, the director was wounded. His daughter Miriam, accompanied by five bank guards has followed the trail of the assailants there. With this event and the attitude of the village mayor, the sheriff and his suspicions are confirmed and he expects that sooner or later he will face these gunmen.

Five Dollars for Ringo

1966

Madame Bovary poster
5.9

In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.

Madame Bovary

1969

War Between the Planets poster
5.2

Scientists try to prevent a collision between Earth and a planet that is heading for it.

War Between the Planets

1966

Night of Violence poster
6.7

Carla Pratesi, a prostitute, is killed. Her death is followed by a number of attempted murders. Carla's sister undertakes her own investigation. Police enquiries uncover a drugs trade connected to a call-girls organization but the murderer remains at large. Finally, a witness identifies the killer as a well-known actor. However, he has a strong alibi (he was shooting a film). The following night, a girl who manages to escape from the maniac's clutches swears he is a different famous actor but he turns out to have a strong alibi too! Eventually the police set a trap in the park and, with the help of Carla, kill the madman. It emerges he had been disfigured by the atomic blast at Hiroshima and went crazy because his disformed features revolted women and but them off having sex with him. He created masks reproducing the features of handsome actors just to approach prostitutes!

Night of Violence

1965

Dynamite Jim poster
5.0

During the Civil War, a Union officer tries to move a gold shipment out of Mexico despite the threat of raiders.

Dynamite Jim

1966

My Father's Nurse poster
3.7

An old man's spirits are lifted greatly when he finds that his new personal nurse is a spectacularly beautiful, volcanically sexy young woman.

My Father's Nurse

1976

Naked Sicilian Wife poster
4.4

A chaste and naive girl moves from rural Sicily to Milan after a shotgun marriage, losing many of her inhibitions and finding her true self in the process.

Naked Sicilian Wife

1978

Zorro's Latest Adventure poster
5.5

Colonel Cordero implements new taxes among the population in Monterrey without the governor's knowledge. Antonio Sandoval, who has returned from his studies to his hometown, becomes aware of the hustle and bustle of the colonel and makes life difficult as a masked Zorro for the tyrannical alcalde at every opportunity and time of day.

Zorro's Latest Adventure

1970

And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave poster
7.2

Wells Fargo hires bounty hunters to protect its gold transports from the notorious outlaw Glenn Kovacs. Jeff Sullivan, one of the hired gunmen, buys the freedom of Dan Barker, a prisoner who may lead him to Kovacs. When Barker escapes from Sullivan, the other bounty hunters pursue him also, leading to the ultimate showdown between all parties.

And the Crows Will Dig Your Grave

1971

God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth poster
7.3

A bounty hunter named Arizona helps a group of beleaguered farmers in their fight against a large landowner named Austin Styles and his gang of outlaws.

God in Heaven... Arizona on Earth

1972

Death on the Fourposter poster
5.2

A group of friends decide to spend a weekend in a castle belonging to Riccardo, a moody and hyper-sensitive young artist. The only other inhabitants of the castle are a mysterious housekeeper, Caterina, and the demented Aldo. The group are joined by two friends: Serena and a young American medium, Anthony. During a seance Anthony predicts a tragedy, then leaves the castle, shocked by his own visions. An hour later, Serena is found strangled to death in bed. The others become gradually more and more diffident and suspicious, especially when another girl is murdered...

Death on the Fourposter

1964

The Labyrinth of Sex poster
3.5

Take a trip into The Labyrinth of Sex with an insatiable nymphomaniac, a lovely lesbian and fetishists of every stripe.

The Labyrinth of Sex

1969