Franca Bettoia
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.
Filmography
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
Skinheads
as Roberta
Skinheads
as Roberta
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Samoa (archive footage)
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Samoa (archive footage)
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja)
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja)
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
as Rita Di Salvio
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
as Rita Di Salvio
The Seventh Floor
as Giovanna
The Seventh Floor
as Giovanna
Return of Sandokan
as Samoa
Return of Sandokan
as Samoa
Sandokan Fights Back
as Samoa
Sandokan Fights Back
as Samoa
The Last Man on Earth
as Ruth Collins
The Last Man on Earth
as Ruth Collins
The Lion of St. Mark
as Isabella Fieschi
The Lion of St. Mark
as Isabella Fieschi
Attack of the Normans
as Queen Patricia
Attack of the Normans
as Queen Patricia
Last Chance for Life
as Mara Berri
Last Chance for Life
as Mara Berri
Day by Day, Desperately
as Marcella
Day by Day, Desperately
as Marcella
Duel of Champions
as Marcia
Duel of Champions
as Marcia
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Carmelite nun (uncredited)
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Carmelite nun (uncredited)
The Dam on the Yellow River
as Schwester Celeste
The Dam on the Yellow River
as Schwester Celeste
The Itchy Palm
as Christiane
The Itchy Palm
as Christiane
Cavalcata selvaggia
as Paola
Cavalcata selvaggia
as Paola
Nights of the Teddy Boys
as Orietta Fantoni
Nights of the Teddy Boys
as Orietta Fantoni
So Much Love Lost
as Annie
So Much Love Lost
as Annie
Man of Straw
as Rita
Man of Straw
as Rita
Desert Warrior
as Suleika
Desert Warrior
as Suleika