Though born in Milan Pelligrini grew to adolescence in Eritrea attending Italian schools before returning to Italy with her adoptive father in the 1970s1 She made her film debut in 1973 in Il brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la mamma e la polizia but her career was launched by Pier Paolo Pasolini who chose her for the role of Zumurrud in Arabian Nights 1974 she also appeared in Pasolinis last film Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom 19751 About her Pasolini wrote When I noticed a halfcaste EritreanItalian I almost cried looking at her small somewhat irregular features perfect as those of a metal statue hearing her chirpy interrogatory Italian and seeing those eyes lost in a pleading uncertainty2 Later Pellegrini became a minor starlet in Italian genre films including Eyeball 1975 La madama 1976 Blue Belle 1976 Una bella governante di colore 1978 and War of the Robots 1978 appearing in 16 films between 1974 and 1981 In the mid1980s she left showbusiness and moved to Los Angeles where she opened a downtown antiques shop and promoted volunteering
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