SV Miss Angeli stepping from car with escort on wedding day (2 shots)

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SV Miss Angeli & first husband Vic Damone out of church and kissing on steps
Background: Pier Angeli, the Italian film actress who came to Hollywood in 1950 with her actress sister Marisa Pavan, was found dead yesterday (10 Sept.) in her luxurious Beverly Hills apartment, she was 39.

Local police said Miss Angeli had consulted her doctor the previous day complaining of sharp stomach pains, and it was probable she died of natural causes. An autopsy was being conducted today (Saturday).

This Visnews library film shows scenes in black and white of her two marriages. In 1954 she married American singer Vic Damone in Hollywood. The couple had a son and divorced in 1958. In 1962, on St. Valentines day, she married Italian jazz and leader and composer Armando Trovajoli, in London. She had one son by each marriage.

Miss Angeli had starring roles in "The Flame and the Flesh", "somebody up there lies me", "Merry Andrew" and "Sodom and Gomorrah".