Laura Betti
Laura Betti is known for La Dolce Vita (1960), 1900 (1976), Theorem (1968).
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, 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.
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Questions about Laura Betti
How many Laura Betti films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 80 films with Laura Betti, from 1956 to 2021.
What is the best rated Laura Betti film?
The best rated Laura Betti film in the catalogue is La Dolce Vita (1960), rated 8.0.
What was the first Laura Betti film?
The first Laura Betti film in the catalogue is La Dolce Vita, from 1960.
Who has Laura Betti worked with the most?
In the catalogue, Laura Betti shares the most credits with Pier Paolo Pasolini (6 films), Nino Baragli (5 films) and Ennio Morricone (4 films).
People data: TMDb.
- Awards
- Ciak d'oro - best supporting actress (1993) · Silver Shell for Best Actress (1979) · Volpi Cup for Best Actress (1968) · Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Known for
Trivia
- Also works as
- screenwriter · film director · voice actor · singer · writer
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
83 films — 80 in the catalogue
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7.2 Marx Can Wait
2021 · Irina (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Maresco / Pasolini
2021 · Self
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Laura's Passion
2011 · Self (archive footage)
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7.7 The Beaches of Agnès
2008 · Self (archive footage)
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6.0 Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
2006 · Interviewee
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10.0 Fratella e Sorello
2005 · Presidente Del Tribunale
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9.0 Raul - Right to Kill
2005 · Usuraia
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9.0 Renzo e Lucia
2004 · Madre Superiora
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10.0 Household Accounts
2003 · Contessa Celi Sanguineti
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3.9 Happiness Costs Nothing
2003 · Suora guardiana
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9.0 Gli astronomi
2003 · Pavoncella
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8.0
Il diario di Matilde Manzoni
2002 · Teresa Manzoni Borri
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6.2 Fat Girl
2001 · Fernando's Mother
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6.0
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa
2000 · Herself
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5.3 The Protagonists
1999 · Judge
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6.7 Marianna Ucrìa
1997 · Giuseppa
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6.5 We Free Kings
1996 · Una delle ragazze del coro
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6.7 Un eroe borghese
1995 · dott.ssa Trebbi
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7.3 With Closed Eyes
1994 · Beatrice
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5.8 Mario, Maria and Mario
1993 · Laura
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4.8 La ribelle
1993 · Sister Valida
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6.7 The Great Pumpkin
1993 · Aida
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8.0 Suffocating Heat
1991 · Laura
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4.0 Gallant Ladies
1990 · Catherine de Medicis
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5.2 The Carpathian Mushroom
1990 · Olympia
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7.0 Le rose blu
1990 · La donna con la rosa blu
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5.9 I cammelli
1988 · Milena
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6.8 Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988 · Lardy
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5.7 Widow's Walk
1987 · Keli
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5.3 Jenatsch
1987 · Mademoiselle von Planta
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5.1 Sweets from a Stranger
1987 · Jolanda
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6.5 Blame it on Paradise
1985 · direttrice
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4.9 Mother Ebe
1985 · Lidia Corradi
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6.8 Class Relations
1984 · Brunelda
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7.3 The Defective Detective
1984 · Carlotta Batticelli
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5.3 Art of Love
1983 · Clio
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4.0 Venise en hiver
1982 · Mme Poli
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6.9 That Night of Varennes
1982 · Virginia Capacelli
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7.8 Loin de Manhattan
1982 · Madame Hanska
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5.7 Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
1981 · Self
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8.7 My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980 · Self
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7.3 The Little Archimedes
1980 · La signora Bondi
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8.0
Einzelzimmer
1979 · Calogera
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4.3 Lovers and Liars
1979 · Laura
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5.9 Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978 · Mme Carrabo
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7.8 At Night All Cats Are Crazy
1977 · Jacqueline
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5.9 The Seagull
1977 · Irina
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6.1 The Gang
1977 · Felicia
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7.8 1900
1976 · Regina
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5.2 Private Vices, Public Virtues
1976 · Teresa
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Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
1976 · Elle-même
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6.0 ABCinema
1975 · Self
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7.0 The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975 · Passenger coach
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5.6 The Woman with Red Boots
1974 · Léonore
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6.6 The Murri Affair
1974 · Tisa Borghi
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6.9 Allonsanfan
1974 · Esther Imbriani
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5.4 The Cousin
1974 · Rosalia Scuderi
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8.0 The Return
1973 · Clara
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3.5 Woman Buried Alive
1973 · Giovanna la Pazza
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7.7 Slap the Monster on Page One
1972 · Rita Zigai
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6.1 The Canterbury Tales
1972 · The Wife from Bath
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5.8 Sonny and Jed
1972 · Betty
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6.4 In the Name of the Father
1971 · Franco's Mother
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6.6 A Bay of Blood
1971 · Anna Fossati
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6.1 A Man Called Sledge
1970 · Sister
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7.8 Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970
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6.4 Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970 · Mildred Harrington
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4.0 Paulina Is Leaving
1969 · Hortense
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3.3 RARA
1969
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7.0 Theorem
1968 · Emilia, the Servant
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6.1 Caprice Italian Style
1968 · Desdemona
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8.5 O Que São As Nuvens?
1968 · Desdemona
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6.8 Oedipus Rex
1967 · Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
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6.0 The Witches
1967 · Male Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
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8.1 La Terra vista dalla Luna
1967 · un turista
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4.7 Ecco
1963 · Self
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6.4 La ricotta
1963
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7.2 Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963 · Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
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7.0 Escape by Night
1960 · Teresa
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10.0 Red Lips
1960 · The Painter
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8.0 La Dolce Vita
1960 · Laura
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Noi siamo le colonne
1956 · La cantante annoiata (no acreditado)
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Il silenzio è complicità
1976
People data: TMDb.
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