
Laura Betti
Acting
89
Acting Credits
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Directed
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
Filmography

Marx Can Wait
2021
as Irina (archive footage) (uncredited)

Maresco / Pasolini
2021
as Self

Laura's Passion
2011
as Self (archive footage)

The Beaches of Agnès
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Pasolini and the Secret Humiliation of Chaucer
2006
as Interviewee

Raul - Right to Kill
2005
as Usuraia

Fratella e Sorello
2005
as Presidente Del Tribunale

Renzo e Lucia
2004
as Madre Superiora

Renzo e Lucia
2004
as Madre Superiora

Happiness Costs Nothing
2003
as Suora guardiana

Gli astronomi
2003
as Pavoncella

Household Accounts
2003
as Contessa Celi Sanguineti
Il diario di Matilde Manzoni
2002
as Teresa Manzoni Borri

Fat Girl
2001
as Fernando's Mother
Pasolini, el poeta en la playa
2000
as Herself

The Protagonists
1999
as Judge

Marianna Ucrìa
1997
as Giuseppa

We Free Kings
1996
as Una delle ragazze del coro

Un eroe borghese
1995
as dott.ssa Trebbi

With Closed Eyes
1994
as Beatrice

The Great Pumpkin
1993
as Aida

Mario, Maria and Mario
1993
as Laura

La ribelle
1993
as Sister Valida

Suffocating Heat
1991
as Laura

Le rose blu
1990
as La donna con la rosa blu

Gallant Ladies
1990
as Catherine de Medicis

The Carpathian Mushroom
1990
as Olympia

I cammelli
1988
as Milena

Jane B. by Agnès V.
1988
as Lardy

Widow's Walk
1987
as Keli

Sweets from a Stranger
1987
as Jolanda

Jenatsch
1987
as Mademoiselle von Planta

Mother Ebe
1985
as Lidia Corradi

Blame it on Paradise
1985
as direttrice

Cinecittà Cinecittà
1985
as Caterina Elisabetta Magrevich

Class Relations
1984
as Brunelda

The Defective Detective
1984
as Carlotta Batticelli

Art of Love
1983
as Clio

That Night of Varennes
1982
as Virginia Capacelli

Far from Manhattan
1982
as Madame Hanska

Venise en hiver
1982
as Mme Poli

The Charterhouse of Parma
1982
as The Vivandière

Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
1981
as Self

The Wings of the Dove
1981
as Zia Maud

My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980
as Self

The Little Archimedes
1980
as La signora Bondi

Lovers and Liars
1979
as Laura
Einzelzimmer
1979
as Calogera

Butterfly on the Shoulder
1978
as Mme Carrabo

The Word
1978
as Maria

At Night All Cats Are Crazy
1977
as Jacqueline

The Gang
1977
as Felicia

The Seagull
1977
as Irina

1900
1976
as Regina

Private Vices, Public Virtues
1976
as Teresa

Pier Paolo Pasolini : vivre et encore plus
1976
as Elle-même

ABCinema
1975
as Self

The Last Day of School Before Christmas
1975
as Passenger coach

Allonsanfan
1974
as Esther Imbriani

The Woman with Red Boots
1974
as Léonore

The Murri Affair
1974
as Tisa Borghi

The Cousin
1974
as Rosalia Scuderi

The Return
1973
as Clara

Woman Buried Alive
1973
as Giovanna la Pazza

The Canterbury Tales
1972
as The Wife from Bath

Slap the Monster on Page One
1972
as Rita Zigai

Sonny and Jed
1972
as Betty

A Bay of Blood
1971
as Anna Fossati

In the Name of the Father
1971
as Franco's Mother

Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
as Mildred Harrington

Stop the World... I Want to Get Off!
1970

A Man Called Sledge
1970
as Sister

Paulina Is Leaving
1969
as Hortense

RARA
1969

Theorem
1968
as Emilia, the Servant

Orgy
1968
as Donna

Caprice Italian Style
1968
as Desdemona

What Are the Clouds?
1968
as Desdemona

The Witches
1967
as Male Tourist (segment "La Terra vista dalla Luna")

Oedipus Rex
1967
as Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)

The Earth As Seen from the Moon
1967
as un turista

Ro.Go.Pa.G.
1963
as Sonia, the 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")

Ecco
1963
as Self

La ricotta
1963

Escape by Night
1960
as Teresa

Red Lips
1960
as The Painter

La Dolce Vita
1960
as Laura

Discorama
1959
as Self

Noi siamo le colonne
1956
as La cantante annoiata (no acreditado)