Armenia Balducci
Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director.
Also recorded as Bella Visconti
Armenia Balducci
Luigi Zampa / Marco Scarpelli · Italian film L'arte di arrangiarsi (1954) · Public domain
- Name
- Armenia Balducci
- Born
- 13 March 1933
- Birthplace
- Rome, Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 29 July 2022
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Occupation
- Actress, screenwriter, film director
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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• Name — Armenia Balducci • Born — 13 March 1933 • Birthplace — Rome, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 29 July 2022 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Other Names — Bella Visconti • Occupation — Actress, screenwriter, film director • Years Active — 1953–1956; 1971 (as actress) 1979–2002 (as screenwriter and director)
Biography
Biography
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. She also acted in theater; she was politically active in various left-wing parties (along with her long-time partner Gian Maria Volonté) 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. In the latter year, her film La rivincita, shot digitally, premiered at the Tierra di Siena Film Festival.
Filmography
Filmography
• Illustration — Balducci in Time of Vacation (1956) • Illustration — Balducci in Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
As actress
As actress
• Easy Years (1953) • A Day in Court (1954) • Of Life and Love (1954) • The Art of Getting Along (1954) • Girls of Today (1955) • Time of Vacation (1956) • Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
As director
As director
• Together? (1979) • Stark System (1980) • La rivincita (2002)
As screenwriter
• Together? (1979) • Stark System (1980) • The Moro Affair (1986) • Narcos (1992) • Giovanni Falcone (1993) • The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)
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- 1.Armenia Balducci. Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- 2.Lancia, Enrico. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. 20. 2003.
- 3.Capricci. Le jour où.: 30 histoires insolites de cinéma. 2017. 9791023900811.
- 4.Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi. Gremese. 39. 2002.
- 5.Armenia Balducci. Cinecittà News.
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