- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 1, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Casalecchio di Reno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Died
- July 31, 2004
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 profes…
Filmography
movieMarx Can Wait
2021 · Irina (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieMaresco / Pasolini
2021 · Self
movieLaura's Passion
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beaches of Agnès
2008 · Self (archive footage)
moviePasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
2006 · Interviewee
movieFratella e Sorello
2005 · Presidente Del Tribunale
movieRaul - Right to Kill
2005 · Usuraia
movieRenzo e Lucia
2004 · Madre Superiora
tvRenzo e Lucia
2004 · Madre Superiora
movieHousehold Accounts
2003 · Contessa Celi Sanguineti
movieHappiness Costs Nothing
2003 · Suora guardiana
movieGli astronomi
2003 · Pavoncella
Il diario di Matilde Manzoni
movieIl diario di Matilde Manzoni
2002 · Teresa Manzoni Borri
moviePier Paolo Pasolini and the Reason of a Dream
2002 · Director
movieFat Girl
2001 · Fernando's Mother
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa
moviePasolini, el poeta en la playa
2000 · Herself
movieFilm
2000 · Writer
movieThe Protagonists
1999 · Judge
movieMarianna Ucrìa
1997 · Giuseppa
movieWe Free Kings
1996 · Una delle ragazze del coro
movieUn eroe borghese
1995 · dott.ssa Trebbi
movieWith Closed Eyes
1994 · Beatrice
movieMario, Maria and Mario
1993 · Laura
movieLa ribelle
1993 · Sister Valida
movieThe Great Pumpkin
1993 · Aida
movieSuffocating Heat
1991 · Laura
movieGallant Ladies
1990 · Catherine de Medicis
movieThe Carpathian Mushroom
1990 · Olympia
movieLe rose blu
1990 · La donna con la rosa blu
movieI cammelli
1988 · Milena
movieJane B. by Agnès V.
1988 · Lardy
movieWidow's Walk
1987 · Keli
movieJenatsch
1987 · Mademoiselle von Planta
movieSweets from a Stranger
1987 · Jolanda
movieBlame it on Paradise
1985 · direttrice
movieMother Ebe
1985 · Lidia Corradi
tvCinecittà Cinecittà
1985 · Caterina Elisabetta Magrevich
movieClass Relations
1984 · Brunelda
movieThe Defective Detective
1984 · Carlotta Batticelli
movieArt of Love
1983 · Clio
movieVenise en hiver
1982 · Mme Poli
tvThe Charterhouse of Parma
1982 · The Vivandière
movieThat Night of Varennes
1982 · Virginia Capacelli
movieFar from Manhattan
1982 · Madame Hanska
tvThe Wings of the Dove
1981 · Zia Maud
movieWhoever Says the Truth Shall Die
1981 · Self
movieMy Name Is Anna Magnani
1980 · Self
movieThe Little Archimedes
1980 · La signora Bondi
Einzelzimmer
movieEinzelzimmer
1979 · Calogera
movieLovers and Liars
1979 · Laura
tvThe Word
1978 · Maria
movieButterfly on the Shoulder
1978 · Mme Carrabo
movieAt Night All Cats Are Crazy
1977 · Jacqueline
movieThe Seagull
1977 · Irina
movieThe Gang
1977 · Felicia
movie1900
1976 · Regina
moviePrivate Vices, Public Virtues
1976 · Teresa
moviePier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
1976 · Elle-même
Il silenzio è complicità
movieIl silenzio è complicità
1976 · Director
movieAbicinema
1975 · Self
movieThe Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975 · Passenger coach
movieThe Woman with Red Boots
1974 · Léonore
movieThe Murri Affair
1974 · Tisa Borghi
movieAllonsanfan
1974 · Esther Imbriani
movieThe Cousin
1974 · Rosalia Scuderi
movieThe Return
1973 · Clara
movieWoman Buried Alive
1973 · Giovanna la Pazza
movieSlap the Monster on Page One
1972 · Rita Zigai
movieThe Canterbury Tales
1972 · The Wife from Bath
movieSonny and Jed
1972 · Betty
movieIn the Name of the Father
1971 · Franco's Mother
movieA Bay of Blood
1971 · Anna Fossati, Additional Writing
movieA Man Called Sledge
1970 · Sister
movieStop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970 · , Writer
movieHatchet for the Honeymoon
1970 · Mildred Harrington, Screenplay
moviePaulina Is Leaving
1969 · Hortense
movieRARA
1969
movieOrgy
1968 · Donna
movieTheorem
1968 · Emilia, the Servant
movieCaprice Italian Style
1968 · Desdemona
movieWhat Are the Clouds?
1968 · Desdemona
movieOedipus Rex
1967 · Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
movieThe Witches
1967 · Male Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
movieThe Earth As Seen from the Moon
1967 · un turista
movieEcco
1963 · Self
movieLa ricotta
1963
movieRo.Go.Pa.G.
1963 · Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
movieEscape by Night
1960 · Teresa
movieRed Lips
1960 · The Painter
movieLa Dolce Vita
1960 · Laura
tvDiscorama
1959 · Self
movieNoi siamo le colonne
1956 · La cantante annoiata (no acreditado)