ADAMS TWP — A township woman ensures that movie stars, professional athletes and other prominent figures are happy and comfortable while they visit Pittsburgh.

Maria Bisceglia of Adams Ridge, owns Harrison Everette Corporate Housing, which provides apartments for actors and crews working on movies in the Pittsburgh area, professional athletes visiting or recently traded to the City of Champions, and others.

Bisceglia has leases on 33 upscale apartments in the Strip District, Lawrenceville and the Southside neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. She then sublets the apartments to individuals who need well-appointed places during their stays.

In addition to providing a roof over the heads of the well-to-do, Bisceglia furnishes and decorates the apartments according to the tastes of the renters.

“If they need an espresso machine, I get it for them,” said Bisceglia, who is available to her tenants 24/7.

Her business provided housing for Jennifer Connelly while she worked on the movie “American Pastoral,” which was largely shot in Harmony and Pittsburgh.

Actor David Morse, who appeared in the 1980s television drama “St. Elsewhere,” stayed in one of Bisceglia’s apartments recently when he was in Pittsburgh filming the television series “Outsiders.”

The entire cast and crew of the Cinemax series “Banshee” stayed in her apartments as well.

Bisceglia said Pittsburgh is an attractive venue for filming because the state offers production companies a large tax credit for filming in Pennsylvania. The current amount allocated statewide is $60 million, and a maximum of $12 million can be awarded to a single project per fiscal year.

Once in town, cast and crew members must eat, live somewhere, and get around town, which all provides revenue to the area, Bisceglia said.

“(The tax credit) brings so much business into Pittsburgh,” she said.

Bisceglia said when Steelers fullback Will Johnson was traded to Pittsburgh, he moved into one of her apartments, where he still lives. When he requested a pool table, Bisceglia had one immediately moved in along with other personalized touches.

Penguins defenseman Adam Clendenning also is booked in one of her apartments until at least the end of the 2015-16 hockey season.

Tyrod Taylor, the quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, will stay at one of her rentals for a month after the end of the football season.

Bisceglia said her customers occasionally prefer different furniture and decorating, which she is happy to accommodate. She owns a warehouse full of furniture, wall hangings, rugs, lamps, linens, and other appointments for her rentals.

“It’s an ongoing thing,” she said of her collection of furnishings and decorations. “Over the last couple years, I’ve accumulated a lot.”

Bisceglia personally shops for all the items in her warehouse, and has no decorator or contract with any furniture purveyor.

“I just shop, and buy what I like,” she said.

The average rent for one of Bisceglia’s rentals is $2,800 per month. She said while she sometimes deals with a star’s personal assistant, most of the time she talks to the renter himself so that personal decorating preferences can be efficiently communicated.

She got into the business while working as a consultant for another corporate housing company that found housing for executives coming to the United States from other countries.

“I saw a need for upscale, short-term housing,” she said.

Examining what was available to that contingent, Bisceglia found apartments furnished with the basic rental furniture and nothing else.

“Sometimes these people are living here from six months to three years,” she said. “I thought, how could we make this a little more homey for them.”

Renters hear about her business through Craigs- list, Airbnb.com, production companies or travel coordinators.

She said her positive relationships with Pittsburgh production offices and travel coordinators helped her enter into her own venture.

“My name just got passed around,” said Bisceglia.

Kim Fouche, an independent assistant production coordinator and travel coordinator in Pittsburgh, arranges travel and housing for casts and crews shooting in and around the city.

“Maria is one of the first people I call when I get hired on a movie,” Fouche said.

She said Bisceglia decorated the young daughter’s bedroom of a female star of “American Pastoral.” She is prohibited from mentioning the actress’ name.

Fouche said the second bedroom had an adult design, and Bisceglia went in and outfitted the room in girlish colors and styles. She even hung a piece of artwork featuring the girl’s initial.

“She’s different from all of the corporate rental companies because she’s personal,” Fouche said.

When Fouche asked Bisceglia if she had an availability in the strip district for an actor filming “The Last Witch Hunter,” Bisceglia did not. But she found an apartment and rented it, and decorated it according to the actor’s preferences.

“She does that all the time,” Fouche said.

On another movie, Bisceglia found Fouche 10 apartments in two buildings to accommodate the film’s crew members.

“She decorated each one with a personal touch,” Fouche said.

Fouche has worked with Bisceglia for about two years and hopes to continue for a long time.

“I hope she stays around because she definitely makes my job easier,” Fouche said. “She’s a great person who has become a good friend.”

Bisceglia, who hails from upstate New York, lives in the township with her husband, Bob, who grew up in the area and graduated from Mars High School, and the couple’s youngest daughter, Libby.