- Birth nameMaria Therese Ciaccia
- Maria Ciaccia was born in Rochester, New York. She began studying voice as a teenager and ultimately worked as an opera singer both in Europe and the United States until she turned to writing about film and celebrities in 1988.
Besides writing, she has worked as a researcher/interviewer for writers Barry Paris (Louise Brooks, Garbo, Audrey Hepburn biographies, Tony Curtis autobiography, Song of Haiti, assisted with editing of the two Stella Adler books on playwrights), and David Stenn (Jean Harlow).
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- Favorite directors are Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Samuel Mendes, and Almodovar.
- Speaks at the annual Tyrone Power Memorial Service.
- Transcribed about 100 hours of telephone calls between Greta Garbo and art dealer Sam Greene for the Garbo biography by Barry Paris.
- Put together a tribute to Tyrone Power for the 50th anniversary of his death, held by American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre November 15, 16, and 17, 2008. She organized the tribute, chose the films, introduced each film, wrote the program notes, and displayed memorabilia in the lobby. Two panels were conducted, one with costars Piper Laurie, Colleen Gray, Terry Moore, and Jayne Meadows; and one with his children, Romina, Taryn, and Tyrone Power Jr. Also speaking were Loretta Young's daughter Judy Lewis and stand-in Mike Steckler. The event was written up in the LA Times and played to packed houses all three nights.
- Founder of Movie Memories, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a new audience for classic film.
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