Laura Betti
Acting
Born May 1, 1927 · Casalecchio di Reno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
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, Emil…
Known For · 40 titles
Discorama
The Cousin
La Dolce Vita
Fat Girl
Cinecittà Cinecittà
The Canterbury Tales
The Word
A Bay of Blood
1900
Lovers and Liars
Theorem
The Charterhouse of Parma
Oedipus Rex
The Gang
That Night of Varennes
The Witches
With Closed Eyes
The Beaches of Agnès
Private Vices, Public Virtues
ABCinema
A Man Called Sledge
Renzo e Lucia
Marianna Ucrìa
Class Relations
The Great Pumpkin
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Sweets from a Stranger
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Caprice Italian Style
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
The Wings of the Dove
Paulina Is Leaving
The Protagonists
Art of Love
La ribelle
Butterfly on the Shoulder
The Woman with Red Boots
Einzelzimmer
Blame it on Paradise
Sonny and Jed