Eufimia ("Femi") Benussi is the star of Italian erotic comedy and horror films of the 60-80s of the last century. The most famous work of the actress is the role of the moon in the 1966 film "Birds Big and Small" by the famous director Paolo Pazolini.
Biography
Eufimia was born in early March 1945 in the Italian multinational town of Rovinj. At that time, and until the very end of World War II, the city was under the control of German invaders until the very surrender. As a result of the war, the entire district of Istria, which included Rovinj, became part of Yugoslavia. In the nineties, the city became part of Croatia.
You can imagine what the childhood of the future actress was like. A post-war meager life, hard-earned secondary education, hardships, hardships and a big dream - sometime to shine on stage.
After school, the seventeen-year-old Femi fell in love and left for Rome after her love. A wonderful romance lasted only three months, and then the girl was left alone. Thanks to her beautiful appearance, she quickly managed to find a place for herself in the cinema and on the stage. At first it was only episodic roles.
Career
In 1965, Femi starred in the cult horror film "Bloody Abyss of Horror", where she played one of the fashion models who came to the remote mansion of the crazy rich man for a photo shoot. And even then, her chiseled figure was appreciated and began to make her offers to act in films of a genre completely new to Europe - erotic comedy.
Soon, Femi became an icon of frivolous films of the sexual revolution and worked. Like crazy. Only in the 75th year with her participation, 15 films were released, in the 76th - eight, and so on until the 80s. The actress, unfortunately, quickly became a hostage to the image of a libertine and a prostitute, and she was no longer invited to other roles.
She dreamed of becoming a writer and playing in serious films, but the only creative success in a serious movie was the picture at the very beginning of her career, “Birds Big and Small” from the famous director Paolo Pazolini.
Femi Benussi starred in more than eighty genre films, became one of the most coveted movie stars, became famous as a sex symbol. And in 1983, after finishing another job, she simply left the screens, abruptly breaking off her acting career.
