Armenia Balducci Explained

Armenia Balducci
Birth Date:13 March 1933
Birth Place:Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Other Names:Bella Visconti
Occupation:Actress, screenwriter, film director
Years Active:1953–1956; 1971 (as actress)
1979–2002 (as screenwriter and director)

Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director.[1]

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.[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]

Filmography

As actress

As director

As screenwriter

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Armenia Balducci. Bibliothèque nationale de France. fr.
  2. Book: Enrico. Lancia. Armenia Balducci. Lancia. Enrico. Poppi. Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici.. Rome. 2003. 20. it.
  3. Book: Le jour où...: 30 histoires insolites de cinéma. Capricci. 9791023900811. fr. 2017.
  4. Book: Roberto. Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi. Gremese. 2002. 39. it.
  5. Web site: Armenia Balducci. Cinecittà News. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929081102/http://news.cinecitta.com/people/intervista.asp?id=500. 29 September 2011.