Laura Betti
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Laura Betti (May 1, 1927[1] - July 31, 2004) was an Italian actress.
Born Laura Trombetti in Bologna, this blonde and flamboyant actress started her career as jazz singer. Betti made her film debut in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita. In 1963 she became a close friend of the poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, for whom she made a documentary after his death. Under Pasolini's direction she proved a wonderful talent, in many films like La ricotta (1963) and Teorema (Theorem, 1968). In 1976 she was great in the role of a cruel and eroto-maniacal fascist in Novecento (1900), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Since the 1960s she dedicated much of her times to literature and politics. She became the muse for a number of leading political and literary figures in Italy and came to personify the revolutionary and marxist era of 1970's Italy.
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- ^ Until her death, Laura Betti was widely believed to have been born on May 1, 1934. In fact, all her obituaries referred to the 1934 date. And there cannot be any doubt that the actress herself had encouraged that erroneous belief.
