Maria Antonietta Beluzzi Explained

Maria Antonietta Beluzzi
Birth Date:26 July 1930
Birth Place:Bologna, Kingdom of Italy
Death Place:Corticella, Italy
Alias:Maria Antonietta

Maria Antonietta Beluzzi (26 July 1930  - 6 August 1997) was an Italian actress who appeared in a number of films in her native country. She is probably best known as the large and huge-breasted tobacconist in Federico Fellini's Amarcord, whose sexual arousal by the male teenager protagonist ends with ironic results. This casting occurred ten years after Fellini first cast her in an uncredited role (as a screen test candidate for La Saraghina[1]) in .

In a minor plot point, her performance in Amarcord is discussed fondly by the characters in John Irving's Until I Find You (2005).

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963La vita provvisoria
1963 Bit Part Uncredited
1973Amarcord Tobacconist
1974L'erotomane Gertrude
1974Ante Up Mamma Rosa
1975Di che segno sei? Maria Vincenzoni 'King Kong'
1975Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno Signorina Barzuacchi
1976Take All of Me Simone, l'affitacamere
1976Per amore di Cesarina Wife of Luigi
1978L'inquilina del piano di sopra Evelina De Vitis (final film role)

References

  1. Web site: Maria Antonietta Beluzzi - Filmography. cinema.com. 26 September 2007.