Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director.[1]
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Born | (1933-03-13)13 March 1933 Rome, Italy |
Died | 29 July 2022(2022-07-29) (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
Other names | Bella Visconti |
Occupation | Actress, screenwriter, film director |
Years active | 1953–1956; 1971 (as actress) 1979–2002 (as screenwriter and director) |
Balducci was elected Miss Testaccio and had a short acting career, acting under the pseudonym Bella Visconti, which spanned six films between 1953 and 1956; it was only in 1971 that she returned in front of the cameras for an appearance in Sacco & Vanzetti.[2] She also acted in theater; she was politically active in various left-wing parties (along with her long-time partner Gian Maria Volonté)[3] and was twice Elio Petri's editorial secretary. In 1978 and 1980 she directed two films that took a critical or satirical look at the bourgeoisie and its police representatives, but they were financial failures. From 1986 to 1993 and again in 2002 she worked as a screenwriter for Giuseppe Ferrara's films.[4] In the latter year, her film La rivincita, shot digitally, premiered at the Tierra di Siena Film Festival.[5]
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