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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.
The roles that explain the career.
12 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Skinheads | Roberta | Film |
| 1974 | Don't Touch the White Woman! | Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja) | Film |
| 1968 | Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? | Rita Di Salvio | Film |
| 1964 | Return of Sandokan | Samoa | Film |
| 1964 | Sandokan Fights Back | Samoa | Film |
| 1964 | The Last Man on Earth | Ruth Collins | Film |
| 1962 | Attack of the Normans | Queen Patricia | Film |
| 1962 | Last Chance for Life | Mara Berri | Film |
| 1961 | Duel of Champions | Marcia | Film |
| 1961 | Day by Day, Desperately | Marcella | Film |
| 1958 | Man of Straw | Rita | Film |
| 1957 | Desert Warrior | Suleika | Film |
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