Armenia Balducci

Acting · Directing · Writing

Born July 4, 1937, Rome, Italy

Armenia Balducci (4 July 1937 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director. She was elected Miss Testaccio and had a short acting career, under the pseudonym Bella Visconti, which spanned six films between 1953 and 1956; it was not until 1971 that she returned to the screen for an appearance in Sacco and Vanzetti. She also acted in the theatre, was active in various left-wing parties (with her long-time partner Gian Maria Volonté) and was twice Elio Petri's script assistant. In 1978 and 1980, she made two films that took a critical or satirical look at the bourgeoisie and its police representatives, but they were financial failures. From 1986 to 1993 and again in 2002, she worked as a scriptwriter on films by Giuseppe Ferrara. In the latter years, her film La rivincita, shot digitally, premiered at the Tierra di Siena festival.

Filmography

• 2002La rivincita — Director
• 2002The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair — Writer
• 1993Giovanni Falcone — Screenplay, Story
• 1992Narcos — Screenplay, Story
• 1986The Moro Affair — Screenplay
• 1980Stark System — Director, Writer
• 1979Together? — Director, Writer
• 1978Donne da slegare — Director
• 1972Reggio Calabria — Director
• 1971Sacco & Vanzetti — Virginia Vanzetti
• 1971The Working Class Goes to Heaven — Script Supervisor
• 1970Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion — Script Supervisor
• 1956Time of Vacation — Silvana
• 1955Girls of Today — Tilde Bardellotti
• 1954A Day in Court — The fiancée
• 1954Of Life and Love — Rosinella Chiarchiaro
• 1954The Art of Getting Along — Lilli De Angelis
• 1953Easy Years — baronessina La Prua