Franca Bettoia
Biography: 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.
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Birthday: May 14, 1936
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Attack of the Normans
1962-08-23
Attack of the Normans
Overview: An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-08-23
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The Itchy Palm
1960-02-03
The Itchy Palm
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-02-03
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Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
1968-12-19
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
Overview: 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?
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-12-19
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Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974-01-23
Don't Touch the White Woman!
Overview: A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-01-23
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Man of Straw
1958-03-11
Man of Straw
Overview: Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends the seaside. Luisa leaves with Giulio for several weeks. Andrea stays to work at the metal shop.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-03-11
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Skinheads
1993-07-01
Skinheads
Overview: 22-year-old Marco leads an aimless life in Rome's suburbs. One day he meets skinhead Saverio, aka 'Führer', head of a local neo-nazi chapter. Marco becomes fascinated with their single-minded purpose and ends up joining Führer's group, partaking in bullying, beatings, and other violent activities. However he is hiding his previous relationship with an immigrant Somalian girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-07-01
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Return of Sandokan
1964-10-18
Return of Sandokan
Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-10-18
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Duel of Champions
1961-10-19
Duel of Champions
Overview: 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...
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-10-19
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Day by Day, Desperately
1961-11-23
Day by Day, Desperately
Overview: The mental illness affecting young Dario, one of the two sons of the Dominici family living in a council building in Rome, disrupts the lives of all its members.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-23
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Desert Warrior
1957-10-31
Desert Warrior
Overview: 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.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1957-10-31
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Sandokan Fights Back
1964-08-13
Sandokan Fights Back
Overview: When Sandokan learns he is the rightful heir to the throne of Malaysia, he immediately sets off to claim his land back.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-08-13
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Nights of the Teddy Boys
1959-10-03
Nights of the Teddy Boys
Overview: An Italian drama directed by Leopoldo Savona.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-10-03
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So Much Love Lost
1958-11-12
So Much Love Lost
Overview: Here's a railway station. Next to it, there's generally a town; and in a town,there is love! The train arrives. Mr. Andrieu is expecting his sardines and both his daughters, back from winter sports.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-11-12
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The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960-06-01
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Overview: This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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The Lion of St. Mark
1963-11-21
The Lion of St. Mark
Overview: In 1620 pirates are terrorizing the Adriatic coast. Our hero sets out to defeat them.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-11-21
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The Dam on the Yellow River
1960-03-25
The Dam on the Yellow River
Overview: Anti-Communist propaganda film, in which the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's People's Liberation Army is seen through the eyes of an American journalist reporting from the Nationalists' side.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-03-25
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Ultimatum alla vita
1962-01-11
Ultimatum alla vita
Overview: Women held in prison by the Nazi's in Italy during WW2.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-11
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The Last Man on Earth
1964-05-06
The Last Man on Earth
Overview: When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-06
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Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
1977-01-01
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Overview: A documentary on the history of Italy's peplum genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997-08-06
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-08-06
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Cavalcata selvaggia
1960-01-01
Cavalcata selvaggia
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Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Il fischio al naso
1967-08-06
Il fischio al naso
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-08-06
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