Giuseppina "Pina" Bottin (17 March 1933 – 1 August 2024) was an Italian actress. She worked in various Italian films and television programs from 1953 to 1970.

Biography

After having been noticed in a beauty contest, in 1953 Bottin made her acting debut in '' Empty Eyes''. Bottin often played the role of a

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(an endearingly innocent young woman), either from Rome as in ''

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'', or from Venice as in '' The Seducer''. During her career, she alternated main roles in B-movies and supporting roles in major productions. On 1 August 2024, it was announced that she died at her home in the Sacra Famiglia neighborhood of

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at the age of 91.

Partial filmography

Films

* '' Empty Eyes'' (''Il sole negli occhi''), directed by

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(1953) * '' The Walk'' (''La passeggiata''), directed by

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(1953) * ''

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'', directed by

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(1954) * ''

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'' (''Il matrimonio''), directed by Antonio Petrucci (1954) * '' The Seducer'' (''Il seduttore)'', directed by Franco Rossi (1954) * '' The Bachelor'' (''Lo scapolo''), directed by Antonio Pietrangeli (1955) * ''Tua per la vita'', directed by

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(1955) * ''

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'' (''Un eroe dei nostri tempi''), directed by

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(1955) * '' Buonanotte... avvocato!'', directed by Giorgio Bianchi (1955) * ''Da qui all'eredità'', directed by

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(1955) * ''

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'' (''Mi permette, babbo!''), directed by

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(1956) * ''Cantando sotto le stelle'', directed by

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(1956) * '' The Intruder'' (''L'intrusa''), directed by

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(1956) * ''La ragazza di piazza San Pietro'', directed by

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(1958) * '' The Naked Maja'', directed by

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and Mario Russo (1958) * ''Gagliardi e pupe'', directed by

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(1958) * '' The Pirate of the Black Hawk'' (''Il pirata dello sparviero nero''), directed by Sergio Grieco (1958) * ''

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'' (''Annibale''), directed by

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and Edgar G. Ulmer (1959)

Voice acting

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in ''Tua per la vita'', ''Annibale'' *

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in ''Il sole negli occhi'' * Adriana Parrella in ''Lo scapolo'' * Dhia Cristiani in ''La ragazza di San Pietro''

Television

Bottin took part in a number of editions of ''

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'': In 1957 with

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, Fanny Marchiò,

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and Munaretto; In 1959 with Gianni Caiafa and Fausto Tommei; in 1961 and 1964 with Serena Cantalupi and James Turnbull.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bottin, Pina 1933 births 2024 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses Actresses from Padua