Laura Betti
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Cousin (1974)
as Rosalia Scuderi
La Dolce Vita (1960)
as Laura
Fat Girl (2001)
as Fernando's Mother
1900 (1976)
as Regina
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
as The Wife from Bath
Theorem (1968)
as Emilia, the Servant
A Bay of Blood (1971)
as Anna Fossati
Oedipus Rex (1967)
as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
The Witches (1967)
as Male Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
The Woman with Red Boots (1974)
as Léonore
That Night of Varennes (1982)
as Virginia Capacelli
The Beaches of Agnès (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Gang (1977)
as Felicia
With Closed Eyes (1994)
as Beatrice
Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988)
as Lardy
ABCinema (1975)
as Self
A Man Called Sledge (1970)
as Sister
Private Vices, Public Virtues (1976)
as Teresa
Class Relations (1984)
as Brunelda
Caprice Italian Style (1968)
as Desdemona
Lovers and Liars (1979)
as Laura
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
as Mildred Harrington
Sonny and Jed (1972)
as Betty
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)
as Rita Zigai
Marianna Ucrìa (1997)
as Giuseppa
The Great Pumpkin (1993)
as Aida
Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)
as Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
Widow's Walk (1987)
as Keli
Einzelzimmer (1979)
as Calogera
Sweets from a Stranger (1987)
as Jolanda
Gallant Ladies (1990)
as Catherine de Medicis
Allonsanfan (1974)
as Esther Imbriani
Art of Love (1983)
as Clio
La ribelle (1993)
as Sister Valida
Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978)
as Mme Carrabo
Gli astronomi (2003)
as Pavoncella
In the Name of the Father (1971)
as Franco's Mother
Marx Can Wait (2021)
as Irina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escape by Night (1960)
as Teresa
The Protagonists (1999)
as Judge
Mother Ebe (1985)
as Lidia Corradi
Blame it on Paradise (1985)
as direttrice
Far from Manhattan (1982)
as Madame Hanska
The Earth As Seen from the Moon (1967)
as un turista
The Defective Detective (1984)
as Carlotta Batticelli
Red Lips (1960)
as The Painter
Renzo e Lucia (2004)
as Madre Superiora
Un eroe borghese (1995)
as dott.ssa Trebbi
Suffocating Heat (1991)
as Laura
Mario, Maria and Mario (1993)
as Laura
Woman Buried Alive (1973)
as Giovanna la Pazza
The Murri Affair (1974)
as Tisa Borghi
Happiness Costs Nothing (2003)
as Suora guardiana
Raul - Right to Kill (2005)
as Usuraia
Jenatsch (1987)
as Mademoiselle von Planta
Noi siamo le colonne (1956)
as La cantante annoiata (no acreditado)
We Free Kings (1996)
as Una delle ragazze del coro
I cammelli (1988)
as Milena
Paulina Is Leaving (1969)
as Hortense
La ricotta (1963)
Actor
Maresco / Pasolini (2021)
as Self
What Are the Clouds? (1968)
as Desdemona
The Seagull (1977)
as Irina
My Name Is Anna Magnani (1980)
as Self
Fratella e Sorello (2005)
as Presidente Del Tribunale
At Night All Cats Are Crazy (1977)
as Jacqueline
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981)
as Self
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa (2000)
as Herself
RARA (1969)
Actor
The Carpathian Mushroom (1990)
as Olympia
The Last Day of School Before Christmas (1975)
as Passenger coach
Venise en hiver (1982)
as Mme Poli
Il diario di Matilde Manzoni (2002)
as Teresa Manzoni Borri
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer (2006)
as Interviewee
Laura's Passion (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus (1976)
as Elle-même
Ecco (1963)
as Self
The Little Archimedes (1980)
as La signora Bondi
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off! (1970)
Actor
Le rose blu (1990)
as La donna con la rosa blu
Household Accounts (2003)
as Contessa Celi Sanguineti
The Return (1973)
as Clara
Orgy (1968)
as Donna