Ania Pieroni

Italian actress (born 1957)

Gennaro Moccia

(m. 2001)

Children5

Ania Pieroni (born 28 February 1957) is a former Italian actress, who is best known for The House by the Cemetery (1981), Tenebrae (1982) and Inferno (1980).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Pieroni was born on 28 February 1957 in Rome to a middle-class family. Her paternal grandfather was the mayor of Pescara, while her maternal grandfather was a German architect. Her father was a Knight of Malta, a pilot who as a hobby traded American cars. She attended primary and secondary Catholic schools, and later graduated high school in Rome. On the advice of her father, who was in favor of a diplomatic career, Pieroni began attending a faculty of political sciences.

Film career

Pieroni started her film career by taking a small part in the 1978 Alberto Lattuada film Stay as You Are.^[5] She also starred as a mysterious music student in the 1980 horror film Inferno by Dario Argento, and worked with him again playing a shoplifter in Tenebrae two years later. Her most famous role however was in the 1981 Lucio Fulci film The House by the Cemetery as the ill-fated babysitter Ann. Her last film was Fracchia contro Dracula, released in 1985. Pieroni was offered to reprise the role of Mater Lachrymarum in Argento's 2007 film Mother of Tears, but turned it down.^{[citation needed]} From 1985 to 1991, she was the director for a local TV station called GBR.

Personal life

In the 1980s, Pieroni lived in Milan, and at that time was engaged to Count Roberto Gancia. However, the Gancia-Pieroni engagement fell apart after she met and got romantically involved with Bettino Craxi, the secretary of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). In 1991, Pieroni ended her affair with Craxi and became involved with Osman Mancini, a journalist from GBR (the private TV channel Pieroni was heading at the time). When Craxi got involved in the Mani pulite scandal he had taken refuge in Tunisia. Pieroni is recognized for being the only person whom was involved not to "hide". On 19 September 2001, Pieroni married Neapolitan industrialist and steel mogul Gennaro Moccia. Pieroni returned to public life when she helped and participated in the election campaign for Silvio Berlusconi's party, Forza Italia.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1978	Stay as You Are	Cecilia
1979	Velvet Hands	Maggie
1980	Inferno	Musical student (Mater Lachrymarum)
1981	The House by the Cemetery	Ann
1981	Miracoloni [it]	Maddalena
1982	Tenebrae	Elsa Manni
1982	Count Tacchia	Duchess Elisa Savelli
1984	Signore e signori	Carlotta
1985	Mai con le donne	Lisa
1985	Fracchia contro Dracula	Countess Oniria

References

^ "Suspiria: The Three Mothers Explained". Den of Geek. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ Père, Olivier. "Ania Pieroni dans Inferno de Dario Argento". Olivier Père (in French). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ Gracey, James (21 October 2010). Dario Argento. Oldcastle Books. ISBN 978-1-84243-397-3.
^ Wamsley, Jon (10 September 2015). "Dario Argento's Inferno Burning 35 Years Later". Cryptic Rock. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ Stay as You Are at IMDb