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Laura Betti

Laura Betti

Actress

Laura Betti (née Trombetti; 1 May 1927 – 31 July 2004) was an Italian actress known particularly for her work with directors Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. She had a long friendship with Pasolini and made a documentary about him in 2001. Betti became famous for portraying bizarre, grotesque, eccentric, unstable or maniacal roles, like Regina in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900, Anna the medium in Twitch of the Death Nerve, Giovanna la pazza in Woman Buried Alive, hysterical Rita Zigai in Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina, Therese in Private Vices, Public Virtues, Emilia the servant in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema for which she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and Mildred the protagonist's wife in Mario Bava's Hatchet for the Honeymoon. Born Laura Trombetti in Casalecchio di Reno, near Bologna, she grew up to be interested in singing. She first worked professionally in the arts as a jazz singer and moved to Rome. Betti made her film debut in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). In 1963, she became a close friend of the poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini. Under his direction, she proved a wonderful talent and played in seven of his films, including La ricotta (1963), Teorema (Theorem, 1968), his 1972 version of The Canterbury Tales, in which she played the Wife of Bath; and his controversial Salo (1975) ("120 Days of Sodom"). In 1976, Betti portrayed Regina, a cruel and eroto-maniacal fascist in Bernardo Bertolucci's Novecento (1900). She also played Miss Blandish in his Last Tango in Paris (1972), though her single scene was deleted. In 1973 she dubbed the voice of the Devil for the Italian version of William Friedkin's The Exorcist. From the 1960s, Betti dedicated much of her time to literature and politics. She became the muse for a number of leading political and literary figures in Italy and came to personify the revolutionary and Marxist era of 1970s Italy. In 2001, she made a documentary about Pasolini, Pier Paolo Pasolini e la ragione di un sogno. She also donated her papers related to their long friendship along with more than 1000 volumes and many documents connected to Pasolini to the archives of the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, thus creating the Centro Studi Archivio Pier Paolo Pasolini. This Centro, strongly wanted by Betti, owns also thousands of photograph and all the works of Pasolini: poetry, literature, cinema and journalism. After her death in 2004 her brother Sergio Trombetti has donated all the personal documents of her career to the Centro that has absorbed them under the name Fondo Laura Betti. Source: Article "Laura Betti" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: May 1, 1927 in Casalecchio di Reno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died: July 31, 2004 (Age 77)

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Laura Betti  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.8
ActressRegina1976
Movie
6.4
ActressAnna Fossati1971
Movie
6.5
ActressMildred Harrington1970
Movie
6.8
ActressEsther Imbriani1974
Movie
6.5
Actressdirettrice1985
Movie
4.2
ActressClio1983
Movie
6.2
ActressDesdemona1968
Movie
6.6
ActressBrunelda1984
Movie
5.4
ActressBeatrice1994
Movie
6.9
ActressTeresa1960
Movie
6.3
ActressFernando's Mother2001
Movie
5.4
ActressCatherine de Medicis1990
Movie
5.1
ActressSuora guardiana2003
Movie
6
ActressMilena1988
Movie
6.7
ActressAida1993
Movie
6.5
ActressFranco's Mother1971
Movie
8.1
ActressLaura1960
Movie
5.9
ActressLéonore1974
Movie
7
ActressVirginia Capacelli1982
Movie
5.5
ActressFelicia1977
Movie
7.2
ActressEmilia, the Servant1968
Movie
6.2
ActressThe Wife from Bath1972
Movie
7
ActressSonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")1963
Movie
5.8
ActressMale Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")1967
Movie
7.2
ActressRita Zigai1972
Movie
6.5
ActressMme Carrabo1978
Movie
5.4
ActressTeresa1976
Movie
4.6
ActressLaura1979
Movie
6.8
ActressDottoressa Trebbi1995
Movie
5.9
ActressKeli1987
Movie
7.1
ActressSelf1981
Movie
6.2
ActressTisa Borghi1974
Movie
5.8
ActressGiuseppa1997
Movie
4.9
ActressSister Valida1993
Movie
4.9
ActressJolanda1987
Movie
5.6
ActressLaura1993
Movie
5.2
ActressSelf1963
Movie
7.6
ActressSelf1980
Movie
5.8
ActressLidia Corradi1985
Movie
6.4
ActressSelf (archive footage)2011
Movie
5.3
Actress1970
Movie
5.7
ActressGiovanna la Pazza1973
Movie
6.6
ActressLaura1991
Movie
5.9
ActressThe Painter1960
Movie
5.4
ActressJacqueline1977
Movie
5.9
ActressIrina1977
Movie
4.1
ActressPavoncella2003
Movie
5.2
ActressRosalia Scuderi1974
Movie
6.3
ActressPresidente del Tribunale2005
Movie
6.1
ActressSister1970
Movie
6.8
ActressMadame Hanska1982
Movie
6
ActressOlympia1990
Movie
6.1
Actress2003
Movie
6.1
ActressBetty1972
Movie
6.9
ActressTeresa Manzoni Borri2002
Movie
ActressSelf1975
Movie
6.3
ActressMademoiselle von Planta1987
Movie
7.7
ActressUsuraia2005
Movie
5.7
ActressHortense1969
Movie
7
ActressJocasta's Maid (uncredited)1967
Movie
7.5
ActressIrina (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
Movie
7
ActressSelf (archive footage)2008
Movie
7
ActressLardy1988
Movie
7.1
ActressUna delle ragazze del coro1996
Movie
ActressLa donna con la rosa blu1989
Movie
5.3
ActressJudge1999
Movie
3.2
ActressCarlotta Batticelli1984
Movie
Actressun turista1967
Movie
8.1
ActressSelf (archive footage)2008
Movie
6.2
ActressLa cantante annoiata (no acreditado)1956
Movie
ActressDonna1968
Movie
ActressElle-même1976
Movie
ActressInterviewee2006
Movie
Actress1969
Movie
ActressSelf2021
TV Show
8.1
ActressSelf
1 Episode
1957-1975
Short Film
7.4
ActressDesdemona1968
Movie
ActressHerself2000
Movie
6.6
ActressClara1973
Movie
ActressCalogera1979
Movie
7.1
ActressLa signora Bondi1979
Movie
5.4
ActressMadre Superiora2004
Movie
8.3
ActressMme Poli1982
Limited Series
5.9
ActressMaria
4 Episodes
1978-1978
Limited Series
7.6
ActressThe Vivandière
6 Episodes
1982
Movie
6.4
CrewAdditional Writing1971
Movie
6.5
WritingScreenplay1970
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector2002
Movie
5.3
WritingWriter1970
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector1976
Movie
5.6
WritingWriter2000
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