Laura Betti

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Laura Betti (actually Laura Trombetti ; born May 1, 1927 in Bologna , Italy , † July 31, 2004 in Rome ) was an Italian actress .

Life

Her grandfather was the linguist Alfredo Trombetti . Her father was Ettore Trombetti (* 1895) a lawyer in the Partito d'Azione . Betti spent her childhood during the Mussolini regime in her native city of Bologna; after the end of the war she shortened her family name to "Betti" and became known in Rome as a visitor to hip cafés and meeting places for artists. As "Laura Sarno" she began her own career as a jazz singer in the cabarets of the capital, where she made a name for herself as an interpreter of "wicked" songs. In 1953 she made her debut as a stage actress when she appeared in Pierre Corneilles Le Cid alongside Enrico Maria Salerno and Carlo Ninchi . In the following year, Betti turned to the revue and played and sang alongside Walter Chiari . Always on the lookout for suitable forms of expression, she then worked again for the stage under Luchino Visconti and Luigi Squarzina , made her first film in 1956, took on radio roles and appeared in television plays. She also sang anti-conformist songs, mostly written especially for her by artists such as Pier Paolo Pasolini , Alberto Moravia , Mario Soldati and Ercole Patti .

Under Federico Fellini , she made her breakthrough in 1960 in The Sweet Life . Pier Paolo Pasolini , with whom she was a close friend until his death in 1975, gave her a role in one of his films for the first time in 1962: Betti played the diva in The Soft Cheese . After other supporting roles, she played a leading role in Pasolini's Teorema - Geometry of Love in 1968 as a maid who becomes a saint. Her portrayal earned her the Coppa Volpi for best actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1970 . In 1976 she played the fascist Regina in Bernardo Bertolucci's film 1900 . After Pasolini's death, she managed his estate as director of the Fondo Pier Paolo Pasolini Foundation .

Betti's rich filmography includes almost exclusively artistically demanding and often significant films. She continued to pursue her stage career, but much less intensely than that for the screen. Very occasionally she worked for television and as a voice actress.

Since the 1960s Betti has also devoted herself to literature and politics and counted numerous personalities among her interlocutors. In 1979 she presented a settlement with the Italian intelligentsia with the novel Teta Veleta .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Laura Betti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Trombetti Ettore, 13 August 1895, Storia e Memoria di Bologna [1]
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Article Laura Betti , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. Rome 2003, pp. 34/35
  3. ↑ Betti's synchronized work at Mondo die Doppiatori
  4. ↑ Betti at mymovies
personal data
SURNAME Betti, Laura
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trombetti, Laura; Sarno, Laura
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Bologna , Italy
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2004
Place of death Rome , Italy