Agostina Belli (born 13 April 1949) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1968.

Life and career

Born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

as Agostina Maria Magnoni, Belli made her debut in 1968 with a minor part in ''

Bandits in Milan ''Bandits in Milan'' ( it, Banditi a Milano; also known as ''The Violent Four'') is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events ...

'', then appeared in supporting roles in several

musicarelli The musicarello (; plural: musicarelli) is a film subgenre which emerged in Italy and which is characterised by the presence in main roles of young singers, already famous among their peers, and their new record album. In the films there are alm ...

giallo film In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, l ...

s and horror of Spanish-Italian co-production. She had her first role of weight in

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's ''

The Seduction of Mimi ''The Seduction of Mimi'' ( it, Mimì metallurgico ferito nell'onore, lit=Mimi the Metalworker, Wounded in Honor) is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Giancarlo Giannini as Mimi and featuring Ma ...

'', then she was chosen by

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as the beautiful Sara in '' Scent of a Woman'', for which she won a Grolla d'oro, and the ingenuous Marcella of ''

The Career of a Chambermaid ''Telefoni bianchi'' (''White Telephones'', internationally released as ''The Career of a Chambermaid'') is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. For this film Agostina Belli was awarded with a Special David di Donatello for her perf ...

'', for which she received a special

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. In the 1970s, Belli enjoyed a period of strong popularity performing in small productions and comedies of somewhat dubious value, but of great commercial success, from the 1980s onwards she reduced the quantity of her appearances. She was married to actor

Fred Robsahm Fred Otto Robsahm (29 June 1943 – 26 March 2015) was a Norwegian film actor. He worked on a few Italian Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s. He was married to Italian film actress Agostina Belli for 15 years. The story of Robsahm's life w ...

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1968) - Ragazza in ostaggio * ''Il terribile ispettore'' (1969) - Giorgina Lorenzi * '' Safety Catch'' (1970) - Mara * ''Formula 1 - Nell'Inferno del Grand Prix'' (1970) - Lisa * ''

Angeli senza paradiso ''Angeli senza paradiso'' ("''Angels without Paradise''") is a 1970 Italian "musicarello" directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti. It is an unofficial remake of the 1933 film '' Gently My Songs Entreat'' by Willi Forst.Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - ...

'' (1970) - Marta * ''

Scream of the Demon Lover ''Scream of the Demon Lover'' (released in Italy as ''Il castello dalle porte di fuoco''/ ''The Castle With the Door of Fire'') is a Spanish-Italian horror film, originally written under the title ''Ivanna''. It was released in France as ''Le Monst ...

'' (1970) - Cristiana * '' Ma che musica maestro'' (1971) - Giulietta Ciova * ''Faccia da schiaffi'' (1971) * ''

The Fifth Cord ''The Fifth Cord'' (Italian: ''Giornata nera per l'ariete'', lit. "Black Day for Aries") is a 1971 Italian giallo film directed by Luigi Bazzoni. The film's Italian title reprises Dario Argento's practice of using animals in the titles of his th ...

'' (1971) - Giulia Soavi * ''

'' (1972) - Rosalia Capuzzo in Mardocheo * ''

The Eroticist ''The Eroticist'' ( it, Nonostante le apparenze... e purchè la nazione non lo sappia... all'onorevole piacciono le donne, lit=Despite Appearances... and Provided the Nation Doesn't Know... The Senator Likes Women) is a 1972 Italian commedia sexy ...

'' (1972) - Sister Brunhilde * ''

The Night of the Devils ''The Night of the Devils'' ( it, La notte dei diavoli, es, La noche de los diablos) is a 1972 film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is loosely based on the Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy's novel ''The Family of the Vourdalak''. Plot The patria ...

'' (1972) - Sdenka * ''

Bluebeard "Bluebeard" (french: Barbe bleue, ) is a French folktale, the most famous surviving version of which was written by Charles Perrault and first published by Barbin in Paris in 1697 in ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé''. The tale tells the st ...

'' (1972) - Caroline * '' La calandria'' (1972) - Fulvia - wife of Calandro * ''

I Kiss the Hand ''I Kiss the Hand'' ( it, Baciamo le mani, also known as ''Family Killer'') is a 1973 Italian crime film directed by Vittorio Schiraldi and starring Arthur Kennedy, John Saxon and Agostina Belli. It is based on a novel by the same Vittorio Schi ...

'' (1973) - Mariuccia Ferrante * ''

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'' (1973) - Anna Cipriani * ''

Woman Buried Alive ''Sepolta viva'' (internationally released as ''Woman Buried Alive'') is an Italian drama film directed by Aldo Lado. The film obtained a great commercial success and launched a short-living revival of "feuilleton films". It has a sequel, ''Il fig ...

'' (1973) - Christine * ''

The Last Snows of Spring ''L'ultima neve di primavera'' (internationally known as ''The Last Snows of Spring'') is a 1973 Italian drama film written and directed by Raimondo Del Balzo. The film obtained a great commercial success and launched the career of child actor Ren ...

'' (1973) - Veronica * ''

La governante ''La governante'' (''The Governess'') is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Giovanni Grimaldi and starring Turi Ferro and Martine Brochard. It is based on a stage play by Vitaliano Brancati. The film got a great commercial success, gr ...

'' (1974) - Jana * ''

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'' (1974) - Cettina * ''

Il figlio della sepolta viva ''Il figlio della sepolta viva'' is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Luciano Ercoli. Based on the novel with the same name written by Carolina Invernizio, it is part of the Invernizio's revival occurred in the early 1970s. In this adaptation ...

'' (1974) - Christine (uncredited) * ''Quando l'amore è sensualità'' (1974) * '' Ante Up'' (1974) - Ines * '' Scent of a Woman - Profumo di donna'' (1974) - Sara * ''

Il lumacone ''Il lumacone'' (''The Big Snail'') is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Cavara.Achille Valdata (15 January 1975). "Amore e spaghetti". '' La Stampa''. p. 7. Cast * Turi Ferro as Gianni Rodinò * Agostina Belli as Elisa * Ninet ...

'' (1974) - Elisa * '' Playing with Fire'' (1975) - Maria, la servande des Saxe * '' The Sex Machine'' (1975) - Francesca De Renzi * ''

Due cuori, una cappella ''Due cuori, una cappella'' is a 1975 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Lucidi. Plot Aristide receives a rich inheritance of jewelry from his died mother, but when he meets a beautiful redhead at the cemetery, his life changes unexpected ...

'' (1975) - Claudia Giliberti * ''

'' (1976) - Marcella Valmarin aka Alba Doris * '' The Big Operator'' (1976) - Amandine * ''

Cara sposa ''Cara sposa'' (''Dear Wife'') is a 1977 Italian comedy film directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile. Plot Alfredo, jailed for theft and fraud, after having served the sentence discovers that his wife Adelina no longer wishes to live with him. ...

'' (1977) - Adelina * '' The Purple Taxi'' (1977) - Anne Taubelman * ''

Holocaust 2000 ''Holocaust 2000'' (also released as ''The Chosen'' and ''Rain of Fire'') is a 1977 horror film directed by Alberto De Martino, written by De Martino, Michael Robson, and Sergio Donati, and starring Kirk Douglas, Simon Ward, Agostina Belli, Ant ...

'' (1977) - Sara Golan * ''

Double Murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...

'' (1977) - Teresa Colasanti * '' Enfantasme'' (1978) - Claudia Lanza * ''Suggestionata'' (1978) * '' Manaos'' (1979) - Claudia * ''La guérilléra'' (1982) - Caterina * '' Vai avanti tu che mi vien da ridere'' (1982) - Andrea Maria Ritter * ''

A Strange Passion ''A Strange Passion'' () is a 1984 French drama film directed by Jean-Pierre Dougnac, starring Brigitte Fossey, Fernando Rey and Saverio Marconi. The story is set in Italy in the late 18th century. It is based on the short story " The Foundling" ...

'' (1984) - Zaveria * ''Torna'' (1984) - Angela * ''Una donna da scoprire'' (1987) - Michela * ''

Soldati - 365 all'alba ''Soldati - 365 all'alba'' (i.e. "Soldiers 365 Days Before Discharge") is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi. The film, which deals with the military service seen as a traumatic experience, marked the switch of Risi from low-wattage c ...

'' (1987) - Anna Fili * ''Happy end'' (1989) * ''L'urlo della verità'' (1992) - Roberto's mother, Elli (uncredited) * '' One Out of Two'' (2006) - Elena, Tresy's mother * '' Amore che vieni, amore che vai'' (2008) - Lina - madre di Carlo

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Belli, Agostina 1949 births Living people Italian film actresses Actresses from Milan David di Donatello winners