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Laura Betti

1927 - 2004

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Laura Betti (née Trombetti; May 1 1934 – 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Betti is the 1,936th most popular actor (down from 1,584th in 2019), the 2,317th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,102nd in 2019) and the 70th most popular Italian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Laura Betti ranks 1,936 out of 13,578. Before her are Will Patton, Lena Nyman, Mary Astor, Fay Wray, Joanna Lumley, and Martine Carol. After her are Josh Charles, Inna Churikova, Linda Cristal, Ray Winstone, Edith Massey, and Dominic Chianese.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Laura Betti ranks 147. Before her are Júlio Duarte Langa, Stanisław Kania, Vladimir Shatalov, Juan Alonso, Allen Newell, and Pierre Henry. After her are Bernard Vukas, Vladimir Ilyushin, Halton Arp, Theodor Wagner, Christian Marquand, and Andy Williams. Among people deceased in 2004, Laura Betti ranks 109. Before her are Artie Shaw, Vasili Mitrokhin, Carlos Lacoste, Jerry Orbach, Hussein al-Houthi, and Fay Wray. After her are Bill Pickering, José López Portillo y Pacheco, Anthony Steffen, Michael Grant, Kalevi Sorsa, and Rafael Eitan.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Laura Betti ranks 2,317 out of 5,161. Before her are Stefano Casiraghi (1960), John, Duke of Durazzo (1294), Pietro Riario (1447), Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-98), Constantin Hansen (1804), and Lucrezia d'Este (1535). After her are Alexander of Bergamo (201), Mino Raiola (1967), Louis, King of Sicily (1338), Lucilius Junior (6), William II, Duke of Apulia (1095), and Giuseppe Terragni (1904).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Laura Betti ranks 70. Before her are Gloria Guida (1955), Aleksandër Moisiu (1879), Rosanna Schiaffino (1939), Mariangela Melato (1941), Massimo Girotti (1918), and Folco Lulli (1912). After her are Lando Buzzanca (1935), Danny Huston (1962), Kaspar Capparoni (1964), Anthony Steffen (1930), Carla Gravina (1941), and Paolo Bonacelli (1937).

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