Barzini, Benedetta

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Barzini, Benedetta
Date of birth
1943-09-22
Field of activity
College teaching
Fashion
Feminism
Motion pictures
Political participation
Occupation
Models (Persons)
Political activists
Actors
College teachers
Feminists
Associated Language
ita
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 22381839
Wikidata: Q509239
Library of congress: n 86067099
Sources of Information
  • Her L'eleganza per me, c1985:t.p. (Benedetta Barzini)
  • The disappearance of my mother, 2020:title frames (Benedetta Barzini, on-screen participant, subject of the film)
  • Wikipedia, via WWW, February 27, 2020(Benedetta Barzini, Italian actress and model; born September 11, 1943, in Porto Santo Stefano, Italy; discovered at age 20 on the streets of Rome in 1963, and soon thereafter became a successful model in New York City; studied at the Actor's Studio; in 1968 decided to return to Italy to act; married Italian film director Roberto Faenza, and later, graphic designer Antonio Barrese; in 1973 left the modeling business to become a Marxist, member of the Italian Communist Party, and radical feminist organizer in Milan; in early 2000s taught at the Polytechnic University of Milan and the New Academy of Fine Arts; the 2019 documentary film, The disappearance of my mother, is about Barzini, directed by her son Beniamino Barrese)
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