Franca Bettoia

Franca Bettoia

Рождение : 1936-05-14, Rome, Latium, Italy

История

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Franca Bettoia (or Bettoja; born 14 May 1936) is an Italian actress. Born in Rome, she made her first film appearance in Un palco all'opera (1955, by Siro Marcellini). The following year she appeared in Los amantes del desierto ("Desert Warrior", a Spanish-Italian desert epic starring Ricardo Montalban, Carmen Sevilla and Gino Cervi. She next appeared opposite Pietro Germi in L'uomo di paglia (1958), and opposite Macha Méril and Jacques Charrier in the French production La main chaude (1960, by Gérard Oury). She appeared as a nun in Apocalisse sul Fiume Giallo (The Dam on the Yellow River, 1960), an anti-Communist propaganda film which portrays the victory of Mao Zedong's People's Liberation Army as seen through the eyes of an American journalist (Georges Marchal) reporting from the side of the nationalists. In 1961, she starred opposite Alan Ladd in Orazi e Curiazi (Duel of the Champions), a sword and sandals adventure set in ancient Rome. In 1964, Bettoia co-starred with Vincent Price in the horror/science fiction film The Last Man on Earth (1964, by Ubaldo Ragone and Sidney Salkow), the first screen adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend. She then played a princess in the adventure films Sandokan alla riscossa (1964) and Sandokan contro il leopardo di Sarawak (1964). In 1967 she appeared as Ugo Tognazzi’s lover in the comedy Il fischio al naso (The Seventh Floor, 1967). Bettoia and Tognazzi married in 1972. They had a had a daughter, film director Maria Sole Tognazzi. Bettoia acted in only three more films after Il fischio al naso. In the comedy Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? (1968, by Ettore Scola) she starred alongside Alberto Sordi and Bernard Blier. In Touche pas à la femme blanche (Don’t Touch the White Woman, directed by Marco Ferreri in 1974) she starred alongside Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni and Michel Piccoli. Her last film, Teste rasate (1993) is a drama about skinheads, in which her son, Gianmarco Tognazzi, plays the lead role. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franca Bettoia, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Профиль

Franca Bettoia

Фильмы

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
Self
Skinheads
Roberta, madre di Marco
Marco, 22 years old, lives in a Roma's suburb. His life goes on without any goal in an anonymous way. His only successful situation is his relationship with Zaira, a Somalian girl. While spending days uselessly, he meets Saverio, AKAS "The Fuhrer", head of a bunch of Nazi skins. He is fascinated by Saverio's world and tries all he can do to enter the fascist group. From that point on his life is deeply involved with the group activity. He tries to hide his relationship with Zaira, but the destiny is waiting for the final count.
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Samoa (archive footage)
A documentary on the history of Italy's peplum genre.
Не трогай белую женщину
Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja)
Финансовая элита молодой Америки решает одним махом покончить с индейцами. Те, по их мнению, существенно тормозят развитие американской экономики. Они подкупают генерала армии, и тот призывает знаменитого полковника Кастера, самодовольного фанатика-расиста, возглавить победоносную кампанию против коренного населения...
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
Rita Di Salvio
A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, shapely wives. They are going to return to civilisation, but will their friend come with them?
Il fischio al naso
Giovanna
In this unusual offbeat black comedy directed by Ugo Tognazzi, Giuseppe (Tognazzi) is a middle-aged industrialist obsessed with gadgets. When his nose starts to whistle uncontrollably, he checks into a clinic to resolve the problem. What begins as a minor affliction worsens, and Giuseppe is placed on a different floor as his ailments multiply. The sicker he gets, the higher he goes up in the floors of the clinic, until he is near death's door.
Return of Sandokan
Samoa
Samoa is kidnapped and held captive hypnotized in caves by her cousin Charles Druk, whose father has been murdered by her future husband Sandokan, lord of Malaya. Assisted by his European friend Iannis, he wants to rescue her.
Sandokan Fights Back
Samoa
When Sandokan learns he is the rightful heir to the throne of Malaysia, he immediately sets of to claim his land back.
Последний человек на Земле
Ruth Collins
Доктор Роберт Морган, благодаря случайно приобретённому иммунитету, стал единственным выжившим после опустошительной чумы, пронесшейся над Землей. Сейчас он совсем одинок… или это только так кажется. Когда наступает ночь, жертвы чумы просыпаются и идут на поиски свежей крови… его крови!
The Lion of St. Mark
Isabella Fieschi
In 1620 pirates are terrorizing the Adriatic coast. Our hero sets out to defeat them.
Attack of the Normans
Queen Patricia
An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.
Ultimatum alla vita
Mara Berri
Women held in prison by the Nazi's in Italy during WW2.
Day by Day, Desperately
Marcella
Duel of Champions
Marcia
A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...
Last Train to Shanghai
Schwester Celeste
The Itchy Palm
Christiane
A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said;in fact there's no son at all.He gives the money to his mistress who claims she's pregnant by him and who wants to have an abortion.She lies too ,for she does not expect any child and she intends to help the young man she's in love with to buy a scooter.But the latter does not care about her either and intends to marry a "rich " girl ....who's actually the concierge's daughter.
Cavalcata selvaggia
Paola
Nights of the Teddy Boys
Orietta Fantoni
An Italian drama directed by Leopoldo Savona.
Бесхарактерный мужчина
Rita
Пока жена с ребенком была в отъезде, Андреа познакомился с девушкой Ритой, которая беззаветно полюбила его. Но перед возвращением жены Андреа начинает избегать встреч с Ритой, что приводит девушку в отчаяние.
Desert Warrior
Suleika
Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The town gets excited and running quickly, while crossing the desert, they encounter the enemy caravans and raid without knowing that one of them is Fatima, daughter of Ibrahim, who poses as a singer of the harem. Said, dazzled by the beauty of the girl, released. But soon after, Fatima, who also doesn´t know the origin of the robber, sees him again, and among them born a strong attraction.