I am – Anna Maria Pierangeli: Dead Celeb of the Week
The dead celeb of the week is none other than Anna Maria Pierangeli. She died in 1971 and no i have never heard of her either. But she was James Deans lover so she must have been hot way back when. If you are curious read her bio after the Jump.
Bio and links after the Jump
Fan site dedicated to her: HERE
Pictorial Tribute HERE
BIO:
Anna Maria Pierangeli created her stage name by splitting her last name in half. Her twin, actress Marisa Pavan simply made up her name. Pier was the wife of 50’s recording artist, Vic Damone, by whom she had one son, Perry Damone who became a DJ for 99.9 FM in Phoenix Arizona.
Her life and antics were as much in the news as her films. Typically she would make 2 or 3 movies and then live hard until she had to make 2 or 3 more. The great love of her life was James Dean, with whom she was very much in love. Because he was not Catholic her mother helped arrange Pier’s marriage to Vic Damone. In one of her last letters, she wrote that the only man she ever really loved was the rebel himself, James Dean. Rather than turn 40 she committed suicide, shortly after her only film with brief nudity was released: In the Folds of the Flesh. Pier was found dead due to a barbiturate drug overdose in her Beverly Hills, California home.
She was an attractive, sensitive and delicate actress who won acclaim having been nominated for 3 international acting awards (British, American and Italian) and winning 2. Pier’s best known works are 1951: Teresa 1953: Sombrero 1955: The Silver Chalice 1956: Somebody up There Likes Me 1958: Merry Andrew 1962: Sodom and Gomorrah. In 2002 her Starmeter ranking is 4,047 and her Bacon number is 2.
