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Pier Angeli

1932 - 1971

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pier Angeli has received more than 2,808,761 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Pier Angeli is the 667th most popular actor (down from 582nd in 2019), the 1,186th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,055th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Italian Actor.

Pier Angeli was an Italian-American actress who starred in a number of films, including "Giant" with James Dean and "The Young Lions" with Marlon Brando. She was married to singer Vic Damone.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pier Angeli ranks 667 out of 13,578. Before her are Tom Hardy, Tom Conti, Lita Grey, Tobey Maguire, Glynis Johns, and John Payne. After her are François Cluzet, Raf Vallone, Laura Gemser, Scarlett Johansson, Edwige Fenech, and Tyrone Power.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Pier Angeli ranks 72. Before her are David Scott, Nagisa Oshima, Gunter Sachs, Hiroaki Sato, Benigno Aquino Jr., and Little Richard. After her are Sonny Liston, Vladimir Ivashko, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Marisa Pavan, and Fernando Arrabal. Among people deceased in 1971, Pier Angeli ranks 32. Before her are Lothar Rendulic, Wendell Meredith Stanley, Rudolf Abel, Jacobo Árbenz, Roy O. Disney, and Marcel Dupré. After her are Violet Jessop, Max Steiner, Johannes Frießner, Bernardo Houssay, John Boyd Orr, and Heinz Lammerding.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pier Angeli ranks 1,186 out of 5,161. Before her are Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508), Saint Susanna (280), Blessed Gerard (1047), Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (1391), Francesco Rosi (1922), and Umberto Tozzi (1952). After her are Giovanni Sartori (1924), Francis IV, Duke of Modena (1779), Methodios I of Constantinople (788), Giambattista Marino (1569), Raf Vallone (1916), and Giuseppe Castiglione (1688).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Pier Angeli ranks 31. Before her are Lucia Bosè (1931), Franco Columbu (1941), Claudia Mori (1944), Totò (1898), Eleonora Duse (1858), and Stefania Sandrelli (1946). After her are Raf Vallone (1916), Marisa Pavan (1932), Daniela Bianchi (1942), Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Adolfo Celi (1922), and Rodolfo Gucci (1912).

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Television and Movie Roles

Somebody Up There Likes Me
Norma Graziano
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Jul 4o 19567.2 / 10
Battle of the Bulge
Louise
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.
Dec 16o 19656.9 / 10
Octaman
Susan Lowry
A scientific team in Mexico discover a pool of unusual baby "octopus-like" specimens. Gathering a few for analysis back at the lab, it is soon discovered that the critters belong to a gangly six-foot half man/half octopus-like creature, that's pretty angry and wants her 'babies' returned…
Nov 3o 19713.7 / 10