Armenia Balducci

Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director.

Biography
Balducci was elected Miss Testaccio and had a short acting career, acting under the pseudonym Bella Visconti, which spanned six films between 1953 and 1956; it was only in 1971 that she returned in front of the cameras for an appearance in Sacco & Vanzetti. She also acted in theater; she was politically active in various left-wing parties (along with her long-time partner Gian Maria Volonté) and was twice Elio Petri's editorial secretary. In 1978 and 1980 she directed 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 screenwriter for Giuseppe Ferrara's films. In the latter year, her film La rivincita, shot digitally, premiered at the Tierra di Siena Film Festival.

As actress

 * Easy Years (1953)
 * A Day in Court (1954)
 * Of Life and Love (1954)
 * The Art of Getting Along (1954)
 * Girls of Today (1955)
 * Time of Vacation (1956)
 * Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)

As director

 * Together? (1979)
 * Stark System (1980)
 * La rivincita (2002)

As screenwriter

 * Together? (1979)
 * Stark System (1980)
 * The Moro Affair (1986)
 * Narcos (1992)
 * Giovanni Falcone (1993)
 * The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)