Marina Pierro

Marina Pierro born 9 October 1956 or 1960 is an Italian actress model writer and film director who is best known for her artistic relationship with Polish filmmaker Walerian Borowczyk 19232006 She has been described as an erotic icon of auteur cinema Pierros film career began with minor roles in several Italian films in 1976 most notably Luchino Viscontis final film Linnocente The Innocent She appeared in Dario Argentos supernatural horror film Suspiria 1977 as an uncredited extra before her first prominent role as the selfstyled stigmatic nun Sister Veronica in Walerian Borowczyks 1978 film Interno di un Convento Behind Convent Walls based upon Stendhals Promenades dans Rome 1829 Pierro and Borowczyks collaboration lasted approximately ten years and comprised five completed films and one foray into episodic television Pierros appearances on screen have been fleeting since the late 1980s but she has directed three short films since In Versi 2008 also starring Himorogi 2012 also writerproducer and Floaters 2016 also writerproducer