LAURA BETTI
ACTING
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.
- Fat Girl2001
- 19001976
- Happiness Costs Nothing2003
- Theorem1968
- A Bay of Blood1971
- The Canterbury Tales1972
- Hatchet for the Honeymoon1970
- The Night of Varennes1982
- Private Vices, Public Virtues1976
- At Night All Cats Are Crazy1977
- Allonsanfan1974
- Butterfly on the Shoulder1978
- The Great Pumpkin1993
- Blame it on Paradise1985
- Mario, Maria and Mario1993
- Escape by Night1960
- Lovers and Liars1979
- Marianna Ucrìa1997
- The Woman with Red Boots1974
- The Gang1977
- Fratella e sorello2005
- Widow's Walk1987
- Suffocating Heat1991
- I cammelli1988
- The Seagull1977
- Un eroe borghese1995
- Class Relations1984
- Jane B. for Agnès V.1988
- Gallant Ladies1990
- The Return1973
- The Art of Love1983
- With Closed Eyes1994
- Sweets from a Stranger1987
- In the Name of the Father1971
- The Murri Affair1974
- Slap the Monster on Page One1972
- Ro.Go.Pa.G.1963
- What Are the Clouds?1968
- The Cousin1974
- A Man Called Sledge1970
- La Dolce Vita1960
- Woman Buried Alive1973
- Sonny and Jed1972
- Jenatsch1987
- Raul - Right to Kill2005
- Paulina Is Leaving1969
- The Witches1967
- Oedipus Rex1967
- Caprice Italian Style1968
- Marx Can Wait2021
- We Free Kings1996
- The Word1978
- The Charterhouse of Parma1982