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- Franca Bettoia was born on May 14, 1936 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for The Last Man on Earth (1964), Day by Day, Desperately (1961) and Sandokan alla riscossa (1964). She was married to Ugo Tognazzi. She died on September 13, 2024 in Rome, Italy.
- SpouseUgo Tognazzi(August 19, 1972 - October 27, 1990) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- From December 2022 to March 2023, the exhibition "Franca Bettoja Tognazzi. The fashion of an actress" was dedicated to her inside Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome , which retraced the artist's career through her clothes and historical photographs.
- Bettoia studied dance at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and made her first film appearance in Un palco all'opera (1955, by Siro Marcellini).
- In 1962, she got a Nastro d'argento nomination for best supporting actress for her performance in Alfredo Giannetti's Day by Day, Desperately.
- In 1975, Bettoia and her mother Maris founded the Gran Loggia Femminile d'Italia, the first Italian Masonic obedience exclusively for women which was officially recognized by the Grand Orient of Italy.
- Franca Bettoia was an Italian actress known for her role as Ruth Collins in the film The Last Man on Earth.
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