Actor
Laura Betti
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, hyste ...

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