Franca Bettoia

Acting

Franca Bettoia

Born

1936-05-14 (90)

Place of birth

Roma, Lazio, Italy

Known for

Acting

Credits

22 titles

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). 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 vi…

Known for

The Last Man on Earth poster
6.6

When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.

The Last Man on Earth

1964

Don't Touch the White Woman! poster
5.5

A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.

Don't Touch the White Woman!

1974

The Dialogue of the Carmelites poster
7.4

This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion. 

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1960

Duel of Champions poster
5.6

A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...

Duel of Champions

1961

Man of Straw poster
7.2

Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends the seaside. Luisa leaves with Giulio for several weeks. Andrea stays to work at the metal shop.

Man of Straw

1958

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? poster
6.8

A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, shapely wives. They are going to return to civilisation, but will their friend come with them?

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

1968

Film credits

1960s · 14 titles

The Last Man on Earth poster
6.6

When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.

The Last Man on Earth

1964

The Dialogue of the Carmelites poster
7.4

This drama about the Carmelite order of nuns is set during the French Revolution. A young woman seeks refuge with the Carmelites because she is terrified of dying during the upheaval. The longer she associates with the nuns the more she is transformed by their faith and devotion. 

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

1960

Duel of Champions poster
5.6

A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Romans and the Albans. A desperate arrangement is agreed on how to settle the war. Three valiant brothers are chosen from each side to fight one last fierce and bloody duel...

Duel of Champions

1961

Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? poster
6.8

A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, shapely wives. They are going to return to civilisation, but will their friend come with them?

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

1968

The Lion of St. Mark poster
4.3

In 1620 pirates are terrorizing the Adriatic coast. Our hero sets out to defeat them.

The Lion of St. Mark

1963

The Seventh Floor poster
6.0

In this unusual offbeat black comedy directed by Ugo Tognazzi, Giuseppe (Tognazzi) is a middle-aged industrialist obsessed with gadgets. When his nose starts to whistle uncontrollably, he checks into a clinic to resolve the problem. What begins as a minor affliction worsens, and Giuseppe is placed on a different floor as his ailments multiply. The sicker he gets, the higher he goes up in the floors of the clinic, until he is near death's door.

The Seventh Floor

1967

Attack of the Normans poster
6.5

An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms.

Attack of the Normans

1962

Return of Sandokan poster
6.8

Samoa is kidnapped and held captive hypnotized in caves by her cousin Charles Druk, whose father has been murdered by her future husband Sandokan, lord of Malaya. Assisted by his European friend Iannis, he wants to rescue her.

Return of Sandokan

1964

The Dam on the Yellow River poster
5.5

Anti-Communist propaganda film, in which the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's People's Liberation Army is seen through the eyes of an American journalist reporting from the Nationalists' side.

The Dam on the Yellow River

1960

Sandokan Fights Back poster
6.0

When Sandokan learns he is the rightful heir to the throne of Malaysia, he immediately sets off to claim his land back.

Sandokan Fights Back

1964

Day by Day, Desperately poster
7.8

The mental illness affecting young Dario, one of the two sons of the Dominici family living in a council building in Rome, disrupts the lives of all its members.

Day by Day, Desperately

1961

Cavalcata selvaggia poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cavalcata selvaggia

1960

Last Chance for Life poster
8.0

Women held in prison by the Nazi's in Italy during WW2.

Last Chance for Life

1962

The Itchy Palm poster
7.5

A widow in her fifties,Madame Lacoste ,meets Jean when they both come to put their pussy in a cattery.The man borrows a hefty sum from her ,to send his sick young son to breathe the fresh air of the country ,or so he said;in fact there's no son at all.He gives the money to his mistress who claims she's pregnant by him and who wants to have an abortion.She lies too ,for she does not expect any child and she intends to help the young man she's in love with to buy a scooter.But the latter does not care about her either and intends to marry a "rich " girl ....who's actually the concierge's daughter.

The Itchy Palm

1960

1950s · 4 titles