Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 â 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director.
Balducci was elected Miss Testaccio and had a short acting career, acting under the pseudonym Bella Visconti, which spanned six films between 1953 and 1956; it was only in 1971 that she returned in front of the cameras for an appearance in Sacco & Vanzetti. She also acted in theater; she was politically active in various left-wing parties (along with her long-time partner Gian Maria Volonté) and was twice Elio Petri's editorial secretary. In 1978 and 1980 she directed two films that took a critical or satirical look at the bourgeoisie and its police representatives, but they were financial failures. From 1986 to 1993 and again in 2002 she worked as a screenwriter for Giuseppe Ferrara's films. In the latter year, her film La rivincita, shot digitally, premiered at the Tierra di Siena Film Festival.