Pier Angeli

PIER ANGELI d1971. Italian-born film and television actress, singer and model who starred in American, British and European films throughout her career. 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. Besides this film, she is best remembered for her roles in ; Domani è Troppo Tardi (1950) / Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and The Angry Silence (1960). On September 10th 1971 (at the age of 39) she was found dead of a barbiturate overdose at her home in Beverly Hills. On the day of her death, she had been given an injection of Compazine by her doctor to calm her down