Franca Bettoia

Personal Info

Birthday

May 14, 1936

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Roma, Lazio, Italy

Also Known As

Franca Bettoja

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).

Known For

The Last Man on Earth

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

Day by Day, Desperately

Don't Touch the White Woman!

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?

Desert Warrior

Man of Straw

The Itchy Palm

Filmography

1997
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
1993
Skinheads
as Roberta
1977
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Samoa (archive footage)
1974
Don't Touch the White Woman!
as Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja)
1968
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
as Rita Di Salvio
1967
The Seventh Floor
as Giovanna
1964
Return of Sandokan
as Samoa
Sandokan Fights Back
as Samoa
The Last Man on Earth
as Ruth Collins
1963
The Lion of St. Mark
as Isabella Fieschi
1962
Attack of the Normans
as Queen Patricia
Ultimatum alla vita
as Mara Berri
1961
Day by Day, Desperately
as Marcella
Duel of Champions
as Marcia
1960
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Carmelite nun (uncredited)
The Dam on the Yellow River
as Schwester Celeste
The Itchy Palm
as Christiane
Cavalcata selvaggia
as Paola
1959
Nights of the Teddy Boys
as Orietta Fantoni
1958
So Much Love Lost
as Annie
Man of Straw
as Rita
1957
Desert Warrior
as Suleika