| LC control no. | n 86067099 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Barzini, Benedetta |
| Birth date | 1943-09-11 |
| Place of birth | Porto Santo Stefano (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Fashion Motion pictures College teaching Political participation Feminism |
| Affiliation | Actors Studio (New York, N. Y.) Politecnico di Milano Nuova accademia di Belle Arti di Milano |
| Profession or occupation | Models (Persons) Actors College teachers Political activists Feminists |
| Found in | 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) |
| Associated language | ita |
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