In 1984, Barbara De Rossi appeared as a heroin-addicted countess in the Italian mafia miniseries La Piovra (translated to The Octopus in english). This was the first of three Rai (an Italian television company) miniseries she did between 1984-85 (followed by Quo Vadis? and Mussolini and I, both in 1985).
Here are a couple of images from La Piovra:
