Laura Betti

Laura Betti

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
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Casalecchio di Reno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
    Birthday
    5/1/1927
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Orgy
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0
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
6.3
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6
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Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
6.167
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0
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Hatchet for the Honeymoon
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At Night All Cats Are Crazy
5.5
The Return
The Return
0
Laura's Passion
Laura's Passion
0
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0
Ecco
Ecco
5
Abicinema
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0
Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
0
Loin de Manhattan
Loin de Manhattan
7.6
Allonsanfan
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6.887
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6.5
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6.7
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5.5
Gallant Ladies
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4.5
The Art of Love
The Art of Love
4.9
My Name Is Anna Magnani
My Name Is Anna Magnani
8
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
7.8
The Cousin
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6.2
The Little Archimedes
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7
Il diario di Matilde Manzoni
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Paulina Is Leaving
0
Private Vices, Public Virtues
Private Vices, Public Virtues
5.379
Blame it on Paradise
Blame it on Paradise
6.52
Lovers and Liars
Lovers and Liars
4.8
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Fratella e sorello
0
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
0
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Sweets from a Stranger
5.3
What Are the Clouds?
What Are the Clouds?
8.6
Jenatsch
Jenatsch
5.5
We Free Kings
We Free Kings
6
Fat Girl
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6.183
Theorem
Theorem
7.098
Un eroe borghese
Un eroe borghese
6.6
Red Lips
Red Lips
0
The Carpathian Mushroom
The Carpathian Mushroom
5.3
In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father
6.448
Einzelzimmer
0
Happiness Costs Nothing
Happiness Costs Nothing
3.6
A Bay of Blood
A Bay of Blood
6.637
Mother Ebe
Mother Ebe
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The Woman with Red Boots
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6
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Jane B. by Agnès V.
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Household Accounts
0
1900
1900
7.874
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6.3
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
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7.218
The Night of Varennes
The Night of Varennes
6.873
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5.3
I cammelli
I cammelli
5.8
Slap the Monster on Page One
Slap the Monster on Page One
7.504
Escape by Night
Escape by Night
6.9
The Murri Affair
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6.4
Caprice Italian Style
Caprice Italian Style
6.4
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Butterfly on the Shoulder
6.1
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Renzo e Lucia
0
Widow's Walk
Widow's Walk
5.5
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus Rex
6.768
Suffocating Heat
Suffocating Heat
0
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Sonny and Jed
6.6
Woman Buried Alive
Woman Buried Alive
3
Marx Can Wait
Marx Can Wait
7.78
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A Man Called Sledge
6.1
La Dolce Vita
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8.133
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Raul - Right to Kill
0
The Witches
The Witches
6.052
The Great Pumpkin
The Great Pumpkin
6.6
With Closed Eyes
With Closed Eyes
5.9
La Rabbia di Pasolini
La Rabbia di Pasolini
7.364
RARA
RARA
0
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