Biography
Countess Maria Gioacchina Stajano Starace Briganti di Panico, known simply as Giò Stajano (1931 – 2011), was an Italian socialite, writer, journalist, actress, and painter. In the 1960s, before her transition and gender reassignment surgery (1983), she was known as one of the first publicly out gay men in Italy. It is said that her night swim in the Barcaccia Fountain inspired Federico Fellini's scene featuring Anita Ekberg in the Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita (1960).
Filmography
all 7
Movies 7
Director 1
Sporio
Nerone (1977)
Movie
Photography studio director (uncredited)
A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)
Movie
Floriano Roncherini (uncredited)
In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
Movie
(as Gio Staiano)
The Girl of a Thousand Months (1961)
Movie
Pierone (uncredited)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1931-12-11
Deathday2011-07-26 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceSannicola, Lecce, Italy
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsJo Stajano
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