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The biography of actress Anna Maria Pierangeli, from her early life in Italy to her death at 39. Discovered by Vittorio De Sica, she soon after starred in her first film, ""Domani e Troppo Tardi"" (Tomorrow Is Too Late), and began a meteoric rise to fame in Italy before moving to Hollywood in 1950.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: Los Angeles (Tuesday, September 14, 1971) 1
  • 1. Italy: The Beginning
  • 2. Domani è troppo tardi
  • 3. Teresa
  • 4. Hollywood (1951–1952)
  • 5. Kirk
  • 6. James Dean
  • 7. The Wedding
  • 8. Perry
  • 9. The Bubble Bursts
  • 10. The Watershed
  • 11. Return to Rome
  • 12. Breakdown
  • 13. Return to Hollywood
  • Epilogue Requiescat in Pace
  • Appendix
  • Filmography
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Pier Angeli A Fragile Life

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      Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
      Publication Date: 11/11/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786413928, 978-0786413928
      ISBN10: 0786413921

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The biography of actress Anna Maria Pierangeli, from her early life in Italy to her death at 39. Discovered by Vittorio De Sica, she soon after starred in her first film, ""Domani e Troppo Tardi"" (Tomorrow Is Too Late), and began a meteoric rise to fame in Italy before moving to Hollywood in 1950.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Prologue: Los Angeles (Tuesday, September 14, 1971) 1
      • 1. Italy: The Beginning
      • 2. Domani è troppo tardi
      • 3. Teresa
      • 4. Hollywood (1951–1952)
      • 5. Kirk
      • 6. James Dean
      • 7. The Wedding
      • 8. Perry
      • 9. The Bubble Bursts
      • 10. The Watershed
      • 11. Return to Rome
      • 12. Breakdown
      • 13. Return to Hollywood
      • Epilogue Requiescat in Pace
      • Appendix
      • Filmography
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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