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Laura Betti
Laura Betti (born Laura Trombetti on 1 May 1934 in Casalecchio di Reno, near Bologna) began her artistic journey as a jazz singer, captivating Roman nightclubs before stepping onto the silver screen. Her film debut came in Federico Fellini’s seminal La Dolce Vita (1960), instantly marking her as a bold presence capable of inhabiting the most unconventional characters. Over the next decade she forged a close friendship with poet‑filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, appearing in seven of his controversial works, from the eerie servitude of Emilia in Teorema (1968) – a performance that earned her the prestigious Volpi Cup for Best Actress – to the daring role of the Wife of Bath in his 1972 adaptation of The Canterbury Tales. Betti’s screen persona thrived on the grotesque and the manic, embodying figures such as Regina, the fascist tyrant in Bernardo Bertolucci’s epic 1900, and the unsettling medium Anna in Twitch of the Death Nerve; she even supplied the Italian voice of the Devil in William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973).
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Laura Trombetti
Born: Casalecchio di Reno, Bologna, Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Birthday: May 1, 1934
Occupations: Actress, Singer, Documentary Filmmaker
Years Active: 1960-2004
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Movies Featuring Laura Betti
1900
La Dolce Vita
Renzo e Lucia
The Carpathian Mushroom
Gallant Ladies
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Far from Manhattan
Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
Class Relations
The Defective Detective
Widow’s Walk
I cammelli
The Night of Varennes
Art of Love
Jenatsch
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Sweets from a Stranger
Maresco / Pasolini
Blame it on Paradise
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
Jane B. by Agnès V.
Lovers and Liars
RARA
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
The Great Pumpkin
Slap the Monster on Page One
Paulina Is Leaving
A Bay of Blood
Un eroe borghese
Oedipus Rex
The Gang
The Woman with Red Boots
The Canterbury Tales
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Orgy
La Ricotta
What Are the Clouds?
Ecco
Butterfly on the Shoulder
Theorem
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
The Witches
Allonsanfan
Caprice Italian Style
The Seagull
The Cousin
The Murri Affair
With Closed Eyes
Sonny and Jed
We Free Kings
The Protagonists
An Air So Pure
A Man Called Sledge
La Rabbia di Pasolini
Mario, Maria and Mario
Private Vices, Public Virtues
Career Timeline
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1974
The Woman with Red Boots
Léonore
Allonsanfan
Esther Imbriani
The Cousin
Rosalia Scuderi
The Murri Affair
Tisa Borghi
1972
Slap the Monster on Page One
Rita Zigai
The Canterbury Tales
The Wife from Bath
Sonny and Jed
Betty
1968
Orgy
Donna
What Are the Clouds?
Desdemona
Theorem
Emilia, the Servant
Caprice Italian Style
Desdemona
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