Laura Betti
Actor
Born May 1, 1927 in Casalecchio di Reno, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
Filmography
Marx Can Wait
Irina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maresco / Pasolini
Self
Laura's Passion
Self (archive footage)
The Beaches of Agnès
Self (archive footage)
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
Interviewee
Fratella e Sorello
Presidente Del Tribunale
Raul - Right to Kill
Usuraia
Renzo e Lucia
Madre Superiora
Renzo e Lucia
Madre Superiora
Household Accounts
Contessa Celi Sanguineti
Happiness Costs Nothing
Suora guardiana
Gli astronomi
Pavoncella
Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Reason of a Dream
Fat Girl
Fernando's Mother
Film
The Protagonists
Judge
Marianna Ucrìa
Giuseppa
We Free Kings
Una delle ragazze del coro
Un eroe borghese
dott.ssa Trebbi
With Closed Eyes
Beatrice
Mario, Maria and Mario
Laura
La ribelle
Sister Valida
The Great Pumpkin
Aida
Suffocating Heat
Laura
Gallant Ladies
Catherine de Medicis
The Carpathian Mushroom
Olympia
Le rose blu
La donna con la rosa blu
I cammelli
Milena
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Lardy
Widow's Walk
Keli
Jenatsch
Mademoiselle von Planta
Sweets from a Stranger
Jolanda
Blame it on Paradise
direttrice
Mother Ebe
Lidia Corradi
Cinecittà Cinecittà
Caterina Elisabetta Magrevich
Class Relations
Brunelda
The Defective Detective
Carlotta Batticelli
Art of Love
Clio
Venise en hiver
Mme Poli
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Vivandière
That Night of Varennes
Virginia Capacelli
Far from Manhattan
Madame Hanska
The Wings of the Dove
Zia Maud
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
Self
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self
The Little Archimedes
La signora Bondi
Lovers and Liars
Laura
The Word
Maria
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Mme Carrabo
At Night All Cats Are Crazy
Jacqueline
The Seagull
Irina
The Gang
Felicia
1900
Regina
Private Vices, Public Virtues
Teresa
Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
Elle-même
Abicinema
Self
The Last Day of School Before Christmas
Passenger coach
The Woman with Red Boots
Léonore
The Murri Affair
Tisa Borghi
Allonsanfan
Esther Imbriani
The Cousin
Rosalia Scuderi
The Return
Clara
Woman Buried Alive
Giovanna la Pazza
Slap the Monster on Page One
Rita Zigai
The Canterbury Tales
The Wife from Bath
Sonny and Jed
Betty
In the Name of the Father
Franco's Mother
A Bay of Blood
Anna Fossati
A Man Called Sledge
Sister
Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Mildred Harrington
Paulina Is Leaving
Hortense
RARA
Orgy
Donna
Theorem
Emilia, the Servant
Caprice Italian Style
Desdemona
What Are the Clouds?
Desdemona
Oedipus Rex
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
The Witches
Male Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
un turista
Ecco
Self
La ricotta
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
Escape by Night
Teresa
Red Lips
The Painter
La Dolce Vita
Laura
Discorama
Self
Noi siamo le colonne
La cantante annoiata (no acreditado)