Franca Bettoia
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 14, 1936, Roma, Lazio, Italy
- Movies
- 22
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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). She appeared as a nun in Apocalisse sul Fiume Giallo (The Dam on the Yellow River, 1960), an anti-Communist propaganda film which portrays the victory of Mao Zedong's People's Liberation Army as seen through the eyes of an American journalist (Georges Marchal) reporting from the side of the nationalists. In 1961, she starred opposite Alan Ladd in Orazi e Curiazi (Duel of the Champions), a sword and sandals adventure set in ancient Rome.
Best-Known Movies
The Last Man on Earth
1964
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
1968
Don't Touch the White Woman!
1974
Skinheads
1993
Man of Straw
1958
The Seventh Floor
1967
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
Duel of Champions
1961
Sandokan Fights Back
1964
The Lion of St. Mark
1963
Filmography
| 1997 | The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth | Self |
| 1993 | Skinheads | Roberta |
| 1977 | Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti | Samoa (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Don't Touch the White Woman! | Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja) |
| 1968 | Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? | Rita Di Salvio |
| 1967 | The Seventh Floor | Giovanna |
| 1964 | Return of Sandokan | Samoa |
| 1964 | Sandokan Fights Back | Samoa |
| 1964 | The Last Man on Earth | Ruth Collins |
| 1963 | The Lion of St. Mark | Isabella Fieschi |
| 1962 | Attack of the Normans | Queen Patricia |
| 1962 | Last Chance for Life | Mara Berri |
| 1961 | Day by Day, Desperately | Marcella |
| 1961 | Duel of Champions | Marcia |
| 1960 | The Dialogue of the Carmelites | Carmelite nun (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Dam on the Yellow River | Schwester Celeste |
| 1960 | The Itchy Palm | Christiane |
| 1960 | Cavalcata selvaggia | Paola |
| 1959 | Nights of the Teddy Boys | Orietta Fantoni |
| 1958 | So Much Love Lost | Annie |
| 1958 | Man of Straw | Rita |
| 1957 | Desert Warrior | Suleika |
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