Hailing from Italy, Asti began her artistic formation with the Bolzano stock company, debuting on stage in 1951 as Plautus' Miles Gloriosus. A brief appearance in Dino Risi’s 1948 short Buio in sala preceded her breakthrough when Luchino Visconti directed her in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, a performance that secured her roles in his celebrated films Rocco and His Brothers and Ludwig. Throughout…
