Anna Maria Bottini (24 March 1916 – 9 August 2020) was an Italian actress.

Biography

Bottini attended the

Accademia dei Filodrammatici The Accademia dei Filodrammatici (literally "Academy of Drama Lovers"), is a drama school located in Milan, Italy and founded in 1796. It is the oldest theatre school in Italy. The theatre was designed by neoclassic architect Luigi Canonica, ba ...

in Milan, where she graduated in 1936, beginning her acting career at the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. A character actress, with biting and tasty jokes and with an aggressive attitude, Bottini worked in dozens of films, also collaborating with directors such as

Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (; 2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter. He was one of the fathers of Italian neorealism, cinematic neorealism, but later ...

, for whom she starred in ''

The Leopard ''The Leopard'' ( ) is a novel by Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the ''Risorgimento''. Published posthumously in 1958 by Feltrinelli, after two rejections by the ...

''. Bottini abandoned the film activity in the early 1980s, devoting herself exclusively to the theatre.

Death

Bottini died on 9 August 2020, at the age of 104.

Partial filmography

*'' The Sons of the Marquis Lucera'' (1938) *'' Altura'' (1949) * '' Songs in the Streets'' (1950) *'' La paura fa 90'' (1951) *''

Abbiamo vinto! ''Abbiamo vinto!'' is a 1951 Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Robert A. Stemmle starring Paolo Stoppa. Cast *Paolo Stoppa as Augusto Fabriano *Camillo Pilotto as Pasquale Nardecchi *Walter Chiari as Giorgio Silvestri *Antonella Lualdi ...

'' (1951) *'' The Walk'' (1953) *''

Angels of Darkness ''Angels of Darkness'' () is a 1954 Italian melodrama film directed by Giuseppe Amato and starring Linda Darnell, Anthony Quinn and Valentina Cortese. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi. Plot A brothel is ...

'' (1953) *'' The Law'' (1959) *'' The Overtaxed'' (1959) *''

'' (1963) *'' The Swindlers'' (1963) *'' A Monster and a Half'' (1964) *'' Rugantino'' (1973)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bottini, Anna Maria 1916 births 2020 deaths Actresses from Milan Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian radio personalities Italian television actresses 20th-century Italian actresses Italian women centenarians