Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director.

[1] 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.

[2] She also acted in theater; she was politically active in various left-wing parties (along with her long-time partner Gian Maria Volonté)[3] 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.