Maria Antonietta Beluzzi

Maria Antonietta Beluzzi was an Italian actress who worked in a number of films in her home country. She became known for playing the tobacconist in Federico Fellini's Amarcord (1973). Maria Antonietta Beluzzi went nude in Amarcord (1973) and again in Il Piatto Piange (1974). She was born on 26 July 1930 and died on 6 August 1997. Fellini first used her ten years before Amarcord, in an uncredited part in 8½. In that film she played a screen test candidate for the role of La Saraghina. Characters in John Irving's novel Until I Find You later recall her tobacconist performance fondly. Her other screen credits also include the film L' Erotomane.