Pier Angeli

Pier Angeli
Pier Angeli
	Featured in the American fan magazine Modern Screen, 1957
Born	Anna Maria Pierangeli; 19 June 1932; Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
Died	10 September 1971 (aged 39); Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Cause of death	barbiturate overdose
Resting place	Cimitière des Bulvis in Rueil Malmaison, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–1971
Spouse(s)	Vic Damone (m. 1954; div. 1958); Armando Trovajoli (m. 1962; div. 1969)
Children	2
Relatives	Marisa Pavan (sister)

Pier Angeli (19 June 1932 – 10 September 1971),[1] also credited under her birth name, Anna Maria Pierangeli, was an Italian-born television and film actress. Her American motion picture debut was in the starring role of the film Teresa (1951), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Young Star of the Year - Actress.

Early life and career

Born Anna Maria Pierangeli in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.[1] Her twin sister is the actress Marisa Pavan.

Angeli made her film debut with Vittorio De Sica in Domani è troppo tardi (1950) after being spotted by director Léonide Moguy and De Sica.[1] MGM launched her in Teresa (1951), her first American film, which also saw the film debuts of Rod Steiger and John Ericson. Reviews for this performance compared her to Greta Garbo, and she won the New Star of the Year–Actress Golden Globe. Under contract to MGM throughout the 1950s, she appeared in a series of films, including The Light Touch with Stewart Granger. Plans for a film of Romeo and Juliet with her and Marlon Brando fell through when a British-Italian production was announced.

While filming The Story of Three Loves (1953), Angeli began a relationship with costar Kirk Douglas. She next appeared in Sombrero, in which she replaced an indisposed Ava Gardner, then Flame and the Flesh (1954). After discovering Leslie Caron, another European ingénue, MGM lent Angeli to other studios. She went to Warner Bros. for both The Silver Chalice (1954), which marked the debut of Paul Newman, and Oh No, Mam'zelle (Mam'zelle Nitouche]], also 1954). For Paramount, she was in contention for the role of Anna Magnani's daughter in The Rose Tattoo (1955), but the role went to Marisa Pavan, her twin sister. MGM lent her to Columbia for Port Afrique (1956). She returned to MGM for Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) as Paul Newman's long-suffering wife (Angeli's former lover, James Dean, was to play the starring role, which went to Newman after Dean's death). She then appeared in The Vintage (1957) and finished her MGM contract in Merry Andrew (1958).

During the 1960s and until 1970, Angeli lived and worked in Britain and Europe, and was often screen-credited under her birth name, Anna Maria Pierangeli. Her performance in The Angry Silence (1960) was nominated for a Best Foreign Actress BAFTA, and she was reunited with Stewart Granger for Sodom and Gomorrah (1963), in which she played Lot's wife. She had a brief role in the war epic Battle of the Bulge (1965). Angeli worked in Israel, and was top-billed, for Every Bastard a King (1968), about events during the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War the previous year.

Personal life and death

Armando Trovajoli and Pier Angeli on their wedding day, London, 14 February 1962

According to Kirk Douglas' autobiography, he and Angeli were engaged in the 1950s after meeting on the set of the film The Story of Three Loves (1953).[2] Angeli also had a passionate romantic relationship with James Dean. Much against her will, she was forced to break it off because her mother was not happy with their relationship as Dean was not Catholic.

Angeli was married to singer and actor Vic Damone from 1954 to 1958.[3] During their marriage, they appeared as guests on the June 17, 1956 episode of What's My Line?.[4] She had one son with Vic Damone; their divorce was followed by highly publicized court battles for the custody of their only child, son Perry (1955–2014).

Angeli next married Italian composer Armando Trovajoli in 1962. She had another son, Howard, in 1963. She and Trovajoli separated in 1969.[5]

In 1971, at the age of 39, Angeli was found dead of a barbiturate overdose at her home in Beverly Hills.[6][7] She is interred in the Cimetière des Bulvis in Rueil-Malmaison, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Portrayals in popular culture

Angeli was portrayed by Valentina Cervi in the 2001 TV movie James Dean, which depicted her relationship with Dean. In 2015, she was portrayed by Alessandra Mastronardi in the James Dean biopic Life.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950	Domani è troppo tardi	Mirella	English title: Tomorrow Is Too Late
1951	Tomorrow Is Another Day	Luisa
1951	Teresa	Teresa Russo
1952	The Light Touch	Anna Vasarri
1952	The Devil Makes Three	Wilhelmina (Willie) Lehrt
1952	The Million Dollar Nickel	Herself	Short subject
1953	The Story of Three Loves	Nina Burkhardt	(segment "Equilibrium")
1953	Sombrero	Eufemia Calderon
1954	Mam'zelle Nitouche	Denise de Flavigny / Nitouche	Alternative titles: Oh No, Mam'zelle Santarellina
1954	Flame and the Flesh	Lisa
1954	The Silver Chalice	Deborra
1956	Meet Me in Las Vegas	Herself	Cameo, Uncredited
1956	Somebody Up There Likes Me	Norma
1956	Port Afrique	Ynez
1957	The Vintage	Lucienne
1958	Merry Andrew	Selena Gallini
1959	SOS Pacific	Teresa	Alternative title: S.O.S. Pacific
1960	The Angry Silence	Anna Curtis
1960	Estoril y sus fiestas	Herself	Short subject
1961	L'ammutinamento	Polly	English title: White Slave Ship Credited as Anna Maria Pierangeli
1962	The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah	Ildith	Credited as Anna Maria Pierangeli
1962	I moschettieri del mare	Consuelo / Gracia	English title: Musketeers of the Sea
1964	Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117	Lila Sinn	English titles: Panic in Bangkok Shadow of Evil
1965	Berlino – Appuntamento per le spie	Paula Krauss	English title: Berlin, Appointment for the Spies
1965	Battle of the Bulge	Louise
1966	Missione mortale Molo 83	Hélène Blanchard	English title: M.M.M. 83
1966	Per mille dollari al giorno	Betty Benson	English title: For One Thousand Dollars Per Day Credited as Annamaria Pierangeli
1966	Caccia ai violenti	Ann Peterson	English title: One Step to Hell
1968	Red Roses for the Fuhrer	Marie	English title: Red Roses for the Führer Credited as Anna Maria Pierangeli
1968	Kol Mamzer Melech	Eileen	English title: Every Bastard a King
1969	Cry Chicago	Bambi	Credited as Anna Maria Pierangeli
1969	Addio, Alexandra	Alexandra	Alternative title: Love Me, Love My Wife Credited as Anna Maria Pierangeli
1970	Nelle pieghe della carne	Falesse / Ester	English title: In the Folds of the Flesh Credited as Anna Maria Pierangeli
1970	Quell'amore particolare	Cecilia	Credited as Anna Maria Pierangeli
1971	Octaman	Susan Lowry	(final film role)

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	Bernadette Soubirous	1 episode

Awards and nominations

Awards
Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
1951	Nastro d'Argento	Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)	Domani è troppo tardi	Won
1952	Golden Globe Award	New Star Of The Year Actress	Teresa	Won
1955	Golden Globe Award	World Film Favorite – Female		Nominated
1961	BAFTA Awards	Best Foreign Actress	The Angry Silence	Nominated

References

Allen, Jane (2002). Pier Angeli: a fragile life. McFarland. pp. 6, 16–17. ISBN 978-0-7864-1392-8. father, Luigi Pierangeli ... Anna Maria ... Vittorio de Sica ... Leonide Moguy
Douglas, Kirk (1989). The Ragman's Son: An Autobiography. G.K. Hall. pp. 35, 174, 187, 202. ISBN 0-8161-4795-7.
Donnelley, Paul (2003). Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries. Omnibus. p. 55. ISBN 0-7119-9512-5.
What's My Line? - Arthur Murray; Pier Angeli & Vic Damone; Paul Winchell (panel) (Jun 17, 1956)
http://avengers-in-time.blogspot.com/2014/04/1971-deaths-actress-pier-angeli-dies-at.html
Crivello, Kirk (1988). Fallen Angels: The Lives and Untimely Deaths of Fourteen Hollywood Beauties. Citadel Press. pp. 277. ISBN 0-8065-1096-X.
Frascella, Lawrence; Weisel, Al (2005). Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause. Simon and Schuster. p. 180. ISBN 0-7432-9118-2.

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[Allen-1] Allen, Jane (2002). Pier Angeli: a fragile life. McFarland. pp. 6, 16–17. ISBN 978-0-7864-1392-8. father, Luigi Pierangeli ... Anna Maria ... Vittorio de Sica ... Leonide Moguy

[2] Douglas, Kirk (1989). The Ragman's Son: An Autobiography. G.K. Hall. pp. 35, 174, 187, 202. ISBN 0-8161-4795-7.

[3] Donnelley, Paul (2003). Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries. Omnibus. p. 55. ISBN 0-7119-9512-5.

[4] What's My Line? - Arthur Murray; Pier Angeli & Vic Damone; Paul Winchell (panel) (Jun 17, 1956)

[5] ttp://avengers-in-time.blogspot.com/2014/04/1971-deaths-actress-pier-angeli-dies-at.html

[6] Crivello, Kirk (1988). Fallen Angels: The Lives and Untimely Deaths of Fourteen Hollywood Beauties. Citadel Press. pp. 277. ISBN 0-8065-1096-X.

[7] Frascella, Lawrence; Weisel, Al (2005). Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause. Simon and Schuster. p. 180. ISBN 0-7432-9118-2.