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Liana Burgess

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  • Born
    September 25, 1929 · Porto Civitanova, Macerata, Italy
  • Died
    December 3, 2007 · Monaco (cancer)
  • Birth name
    Liliana Macellari

Biography

    • Liana Burgess was born on September 25, 1929 in Porto Civitanova, Macerata, Italy. She was married to Anthony Burgess and Benjamin Johnson. She died on December 3, 2007 in Monaco.

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  • Spouses
      Anthony Burgess(September 1968 - November 22, 1993) (his death, 1 child)
      Benjamin Johnson(1953 - 1967) (divorced)

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  • Mother of Paolo Andrea Burgess.
  • Her mother was the Contessa Maria Lucrezia Pasi della Pergola, an amateur poet and painter who claimed to be descended from Attila the Hun.
  • Father was Gilberto Macellari, a photographer and painter who died during World War II.
  • Had a sister, Grazia, who died in a mountaineering accident.
  • Anthony Burgess based the character of the seductive Italian photographer Paola Lucrezia Belli in his autobiographical novel "Beard's Roman Women" on her.

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