Rona De Ricci: Rona De Ricci. Actress: The Pit and the Pendulum. Rona De Ricci (born in 1965) is an American-Italian film actress. She starred in the leading female role in The Pit and the Pendulum (1991), along with Lance Henriksen, directed by Stuart Gordon. She also starred in The Penitent (1988) along with Raul Julia and Armand Assante. She attended The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York from 1984-1986....