Saturday, September 14, 2024

RIP Franca Bettoja

 


Italian actress Franca Bettoja died in Rome, Italy in September 13, 2024 at the age of 88. She was film actress primarily remembered for her role as Ruth Collins in the 1964 film “The Last Man on Earth” starring Vincent Price. In 1972 she married actor Ugo Tognazzi and they had two children actor Gianmarco Tognazzi born in 1967 and director, assistant director, screenwriter Maria Sole Tognazzi born in 1971. She was the stepmother of director, screenwriter, actor Ricky Tognazzi born in 1955. After their wedding, her film appearances would become increasingly rare Her only Euro-westerns was in “Touche pas à la femme blanche” (Don’t Touch the White Woman), directed by Marco Ferreri in 1974. She starred alongside Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, and Michel Piccoli. In 1975, Franca Bettoia and her mother Maris founded the Gran Loggia Femminile d'Italia, the first Italian Masonic obedience exclusively for women.

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