Laura Betti con Piero Umiliani (feat. Piero Umiliani Orchestra)
Movies
Theorem, The Canterbury Tales, 1900, A Bay of Blood, Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Un testo di Laura Betti, interpretato da Maria Laura Moraci, Mercoledì 2 Agosto 2017.
Laura Betti (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, instable 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 and Therese in Private Vices, Public Virtues. Particularly notes her roles as Emilia, the servant, in Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema and Mildred, the protagonist's wife-ghost in Mario Bava's Hatchet for the honeymoon.
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Early life
Born Laura Trombetti in Bologna, she grew up to be interested in singing. She first worked professionally in the arts as a jazz singer and moved to Rome.
Film career
Betti made her film debut in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960). In 1963, she became a close friend of the poet and movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini. Under his direction, she proved a wonderful talent and played in seven of his films, including La ricotta (1963), Teorema (Theorem, 1968), his 1972 version of The Canterbury Tales, in which she played the Wife of Bath; and his controversial Salo (1975) ("120 Days of Sodom").
In 1976, Betti portrayed a cruel and eroto-maniacal fascist in Bernardo Bertolucci's Novecento (1900). She also played Miss Blandish in his Last Tango in Paris (1972), though her scenes were deleted.
In 1973 she dubbed the voice of the Devil for the Italian version of William Friedkin's The Exorcist.
From the 1960s, Betti dedicated much of her time 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 1970s Italy.
In 2001, she made a documentary about Pasolini, Pier Paolo Pasolini e la ragione di un sogno. She also donated her papers related to their long friendship along with more than 1000 volumes and many documents connected to Pasolini to the archives of the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, thus creating the Centro Studi Archivio Pier Paolo Pasolini. This Centro, strongly wanted by Betti, owns also thousands of photograph and all the works of Pasolini: poetry, literature, cinema and journalism. After her death in 2004 her brother Sergio Trombetti has donated all the personal documents of her career to the Centro that has absorbed them under the name Fondo Laura Betti.
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Laura Betti con l'orchestra di Piero Umiliani (Jolly LPJ 5020, 1960)
Laura Betti canta Kurt Weill 1900-1933 (Ricordi SMRL 6031, 1963)
Laura Betti canta Kurt Weill 1933-1950 (Ricordi SMRL 6032, 1963)
EP
Laura Betti con Piero Umiliani e la sua orchestra. La commedia è finita/La canzone del giramondo/La canzone del tempo/Una venere ottimista (RCA Italiana A72U0220, 1958)
Quattro canzoni con Laura Betti. Amare vuol dire mentire/ I hate Rome/ Lucciola/ Satellite (Jolly EPJ 3000, 1960)
Laura Betti con l'orchestra di Piero Umiliani. Quella cosa in Lombardia/Piero/Io son' una (Jolly EPJ 3004, 1960)
Laura Betti con l'orchestra di Piero Umiliani. Macrì Teresa detta Pazzia/Valzer della toppa/Cocco di mamma (Jolly EPJ 3005, 1960)
Laura Betti con l'orchestra di Piero Umiliani. Venere tascabile/Vera signora/E invece no (Jolly EPJ 3006, 1960)
Laura Betti dal film 'Cronache del '22'. Nel '22 sognavo già l'amore/Proprio oggi/Sulla strada che va a Reggio/La prima volta (Jolly EPJ3009, 1961)
Laura Betti N.1. Je me jette/La parade du suicide/Je hais Rome/La belle Léontine (Chansons d'Orphée 150019, 1962)
Laura Betti N.2. Je sais vivre/Piero/Maria le Tatuage/Une vraie dame (Chansons d'Orphée, 150021b, 1962)
Laura Betti e Paolo Poli. Doppio EP. La bambinona/Guglielmino/La bella Leontine/Io Corpus Domini 1938/Mi butto/Donna bocca bella/Donna Lombarda/Orrenda madre/La Lisetta/La Ninetta/La Morettina/La Gigiotta (Carosello LC4001/2, 1964)
Ordine e disordine. Ai brigoli di Casalecchio/M'hai scocciata, Johnny/Monologo della buca/Solitudine/Lamento del nord (I dischi del sole DS 40, 1965)
Singles
Les pantoufles à papa/L'attesa (Rca Italiana N0595, 1957)
Venere tascabile/Seguendo la flotta (Jolly J 20135, 1960)
Ballata dell'uomo ricco/Ballata del pover'uomo (Jolly J 20128, 1961)
E invece no/Solamente gli occhi (Jolly J 20136X45, 1961)
Filmography
Actress
2005
Raul - Diritto di uccidere as
Usuraia
2004
Fratella e sorello as
Presidente del Tribunale
2003
Gli astronomi
2003
Il quaderno della spesa as
Contessa Celi Sanguineti
2003
La felicità non costa niente as
Suora
2002
Il diario di Matilde Manzoni
2001
Lupi (Short)
2001
Fat Girl as
Fernando's Mother
1999
E insieme vivremo tutte le stagioni
1999
L'amore era una cosa meravigliosa (Short)
1999
The Protagonists as
Judge
1997
An Air So Pure as
Mme Ruben
1997
Marianna Ucrìa as
Giuseppa
1996
We Free Kings as
Moglie di Giuseppe
1995
Un eroe borghese as
Dottoressa Trebbi
1994
Con gli occhi chiusi as
Beatrice
1993
The Rebel as
Sister Valida
1993
Il grande cocomero as
Aida
1993
Mario, Maria e Mario as
Laura
1991
Bonjour la galère (TV Mini Series) as
Mamita
1991
Caldo soffocante as
Laura
1990
Segno di fuoco as
L'astrologa
1990
Dames galantes as
Catherine de Medicis
1990
Courage Mountain as
Signora Bonelli
1989
Le rose blu as
La donna con la rosa blu
1989
Le champignon des Carpathes as
Olympia
1988
I cammelli as
Milena
1988
Jane B. for Agnes V. as
Lardy
1987
Noyade interdite as
Keli
1987
Jenatsch as
Mademoiselle von Planta
1987
Caramelle da uno sconosciuto as
Jolanda
1986
La chambre d'ami (TV Movie)
1986
Corps et biens as
Laurie
1985
Tutta colpa del paradiso as
Direttrice
1985
Mamma Ebe as
Lidia Corradi
1984
Class Relations as
Brunelda
1984
To Catch a Cop as
Carlotta
1983
Art of Love as
Clio
1983
Strada Pia (TV Movie) as
Diva da 'La Ricotta'
1982
Venise en hiver (TV Movie) as
Mme Poli
1982
The Charterhouse of Parma (TV Mini Series) as
The Vivandière
- Episode #1.2 (1982) - The Vivandière
1982
That Night in Varennes as
Virginia Capacelli
1982
Viaggio a Goldonia (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.3 (1982)
- Episode #1.2 (1982)
- Episode #1.1 (1982)
1981
Le ali della colomba (TV Mini Series) as
Zia Maud
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - Zia Maud
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - Zia Maud
- Episode #1.1 (1981) - Zia Maud
1981
Loin de Manhattan as
Madame Hanska
1980
La fuite en avant as
Leonide
1980
Un matrimonio in provincia (TV Movie) as
Marianna
1979
Il piccolo Archimede (TV Movie) as
La signora Bondi
1979
Luna as
Ludovica (uncredited)
1979
Einzelzimmer (TV Movie) as
Calogera
1979
Lovers and Liars as
Laura
1978
The Word (TV Mini Series) as
Maria
- Part IV (1978) - Maria
- Part III (1978) - Maria
- Part II (1978) - Maria
- Part I (1978) - Maria
1978
Un papillon sur l'épaule as
Madame Carrabo
1977
La nuit, tous les chats sont gris as
Jacqueline
1977
The Seagull as
Irina
1977
Le Gang as
Felicia
1976
L'eroe (TV Movie) as
La regista
1976
1900 as
Regina
1976
Private Vices, Public Virtues as
Theresa
1975
The Last Day of School Before Christmas as
Passagera corriera
1974
The Woman in Red Boots as
Leonore
1974
The Murri Affair as
Tisa Borghi
1974
Allonsanfan as
Esther
1974
The Cousin as
Rosalia
1973
Ritorno (TV Movie) as
Clara
1973
Sepolta viva as
Giovanna la Pazza
1973
Seguirà una brillantissima farsa... (TV Series) as
Emma
- Un uomo di spirito (1973) - Emma
1972
Andare e venire (TV Movie)
1972
Slap the Monster on Page One as
Rita Zigai
1972
Last Tango in Paris as
Miss Blandish (scenes deleted)
1972
Sonny and Jed as
Betty
1972
The Canterbury Tales as
The Wife from Bath
1971
In the Name of the Father as
Franco's Mother
1971
A Bay of Blood as
Anna Fosatti
1970
Fermate il mondo... voglio scendere! (uncredited)
1970
A Man Called Sledge as
Sister
1970
Hatchet for the Honeymoon as
Mildred Harrington
1969
Paulina Is Leaving as
Hortense
1968
Teorema as
Emilia, the servant
1968
Caprice Italian Style as
Desdemona (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
1968
Che cosa sono le nuvole? (Short) as
Desdemona
1967
Oedipus Rex as
Jocasta's Maid (uncredited)
1967
The Witches as
Male Tourist (segment "La terra vista dalla luna")
1963
La ricotta (Short) as
Sonia, la 'Diva'
1963
Ro.Go.Pa.G. as
Sonia, la 'Diva' (segment "La ricotta")
1960
Tutto da rifare pover'uomo (TV Series) as
Cantastorie
- Episode #1.5 (1961) - Cantastorie
- Episode #1.4 (1961) - Cantastorie
- Episode #1.3 (1961) - Cantastorie
- Episode #1.2 (1961) - Cantastorie
- Episode #1.1 (1960) - Cantastorie
1960
Red Lips as
Ragazza pittrice
1960
Escape by Night as
Teresa
1960
La Dolce Vita as
Laura
1956
Noi siamo le colonne as
Cantante annoiata (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1975
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (voice dubbing: Hélène Surgère - uncredited)
1975
Down the Ancient Stairs (voice dubbing: Lucia Bosè - uncredited)
1970
Compañeros (voice dubbing: Karin Schubert - uncredited)
1970
Un caso di coscienza (voice dubbing: Ida Carrara - uncredited)
