Pina Bottin


Giuseppina "Pina" Bottin 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 ingénue, either from Rome as in A Hero of Our Times, 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 Padua at the age of 91.

Partial filmography

Films

Empty Eyes, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli The Walk, directed by Renato Rascel Mizar (Sabotaggio in mare), directed by Francesco De Robertis Marriage, directed by Antonio Petrucci The Seducer '', directed by Franco Rossi The Bachelor, directed by Antonio Pietrangeli Tua per la vita, directed by Sergio Grieco A Hero of our Times, directed by Mario Monicelli Buonanotte... avvocato!, directed by Giorgio Bianchi Da qui all'eredità, directed by Riccardo Freda Allow Me, Daddy!, directed by Mario Bonnard Cantando sotto le stelle, directed by Marino Girolami The Intruder, directed by Raffaello Matarazzo La ragazza di piazza San Pietro, directed by Piero Costa The Naked Maja, directed by Henry Koster and Mario Russo Gagliardi e pupe, directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero The Pirate of the Black Hawk, directed by Sergio Grieco Hannibal, directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Edgar G. Ulmer

Voice acting

Television

Bottin took part in a number of editions of Carosello: In 1957 with Nino Besozzi, Fanny Marchiò, Ferruccio Amendola and Munaretto; In 1959 with Gianni Caiafa and Fausto Tommei; in 1961 and 1964 with Serena Cantalupi and James Turnbull.