Born 28 September 1951 in Rome daughter of a pediatrician Silvia Dionisio made her debut in the world of cinema when she was 14 years old in the movie Darling 1965 John Schlesinger In 1967 she won the beauty contest Miss Teenager After a few musicarelli movies where she met director Ruggero Deodato whom she married december 5 1971 she got her first main role in the 1970 movie A Girl Called Jules La ragazza di nome Giulio She had a son Saverio Deodato Dionisio later actor then divorced in 1979 In 1975 she was the star of the movie Ondata di piacere directed by her husband Deodato which turned her in one of the most beautiful and elegant erotic icons of the period In late 1970s she played in several action polizieschi movies She ended her cinematographic career in 1981 with the thriller Murder Obsession In 1983 she married the Roman surgeon Roberto Mazzarella with whom he had a daughter Her last public appearance was in a 1984 Campari advertising directed by Federico Fellini