Pina Bottin Explained
| Pina Bottin |
| Birth Name: | Giuseppina Bottin |
| Birth Date: | 1933 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Padua, Italy |
| Death Place: | Padua, Italy |
| Years Active: | 1953–1964 |
| Notable Works: | Hannibal (1959), Empty Eyes (1953) |
Giuseppina "Pina" Bottin (17 March 1933 – 1 August 2024) was an Italian actress. She worked in various Italian films and television programs from 1953 to 1970.
Biography
After having been noted in a beauty contest, in 1953 Bottin made her acting debut in Empty Eyes.[1] Bottin often played the role of a ingénue, either from Rome as in A Hero of Our Times, or from Venice, as in The Seducer. During her career, she alternated main roles in B-movies and supporting roles in major productions. On 1 August 2024, it was announced that she died at her home in the Sacra Famiglia neighborhood of Padua at the age of 91.[2]
Partial filmography
Films
- Empty Eyes (Il sole negli occhi), directed by Antonio Pietrangeli (1953)
- The Walk (La passeggiata), directed by Renato Rascel (1953)
- Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare), directed by Francesco De Robertis (1954)
- Marriage (Il matrimonio), directed by Antonio Petrucci (1954)
- The Seducer (Il seduttore), directed by Franco Rossi (1954)
- The Bachelor (Lo scapolo), directed by Antonio Pietrangeli (1955)
- Tua per la vita, directed by Sergio Grieco (1955)
- A Hero of our Times (Un eroe dei nostri tempi), directed by Mario Monicelli (1955)
- Buonanotte... avvocato!, directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1955)
- Da qui all'eredità, directed by Riccardo Freda (1955)
- Allow Me, Daddy! (Mi permette, babbo!), directed by Mario Bonnard (1956)
- Cantando sotto le stelle, directed by Marino Girolami (1956)
- The Intruder (L'intrusa), directed by Raffaello Matarazzo (1956)
- La ragazza di piazza San Pietro, directed by Piero Costa (1958)
- The Naked Maja, directed by Henry Koster and Mario Russo (1958)
- Gagliardi e pupe, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero (1958)
- The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il pirata dello sparviero nero), directed by Sergio Grieco (1958)
- Hannibal (Annibale), directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Edgar G. Ulmer (1959)
Voice acting
- Fiorella Betti in Tua per la vita, Annibale
- Franca Dominici in Il sole negli occhi
- Adriana Parrella in Lo scapolo
- Dhia Cristiani in La ragazza di San Pietro
Television
Bottin took part in a number of editions of Carosello: In 1957 with Nino Besozzi, Fanny Marchiò, Ferruccio Amendola and Munaretto; In 1959 with Gianni Caiafa and Fausto Tommei; in 1961 and 1964 with Serena Cantalupi and James Turnbull.
Notes and References
- Book: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. 888440214X. Bottin, Pina. 47-8.
- News: Cristina Genesin. 2024-08-01 . Addio all’attrice Pina Bottin, visse gli anni d’oro del cinema . 2024-08-05 . . it.
