Belinda Lee
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Belinda Lee (15 June 1935 – 12 March 1961) was an English actress. Born in Budleigh Salterton, England, Lee was signed to a film contract in 1954 by the Rank Studios after being seen performing as a student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Often cast in demure roles in her early career, she was able to demonstrate her dramatic abilities, however she found more constant employment when she began to play "sexpot" roles. Typecast as one of several "sexy blondes" she was often compared, unfavourably, to the popular Diana Dors. Typical of these roles was a supporting part in the Benny Hill film Who Done It? (1956). Married to the photographer Cornel Lucas (Renowned BAFTA Award winning film stills and portrait photographer) from1954 until 1959, it was after their divorce that Lee moved to Italy, where she continued playing voluptuous temptresses in Italian films, yet also found the occasion of credible dramatic performances in Francesco Rosi's immigration drama I Magliari (1959) and Florestano Vancini's intense war story La lunga notte del '43 (1960). She died in a car accident while on holiday near San Bernardino, California. Her ashes are kept at Campo Cestio Cemetery (Cimitero acattolico) in Rome, Italy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Belinda Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 1963 · Women of the World as Herself (archive footage)
- 1961 · Joseph and His Brethren as Henet
- 1961 · Ghosts of Rome as Eileen
- 1961 · Blood Feud as Ileana Torelli
- 1961 · Constantine and the Cross as Fausta
- 1960 · Love, the Italian Way as Adriana Bressan
- 1960 · It Happened in '43 as Anna
- 1960 · Satan Tempts with Love as Evelyn
- 1960 · Messalina as Valeria Messalina
- 1960 · Marie of the Isles as Marie Bonnard
- 1959 · She Walks by Night as Rosemarie Nitribitt
- 1959 · The Swindlers as Paula Meyer
- 1959 · Vacations in Majorca as Mary Moore
- 1959 · The Chasers as Ghislaine
- 1959 · This Desired Body as Lina
- 1959 · The Nights of Lucretia Borgia as Lucretia Borgia
- 1958 · Nor the Moon by Night as Alice Lang
- 1958 · The Big Money as Gloria
- 1957 · Dangerous Exile as Virginia Traill
- 1957 · Goddess Of Love as Aphrodite
- 1957 · Miracle in Soho as Julia Gozzi
- 1957 · The Secret Place as Molly Wilson
- 1956 · Eyewitness as Penny
- 1956 · The Feminine Touch as Nurse Susan Richards
- 1956 · Who Done It? as Frankie Mayne
- 1955 · No Smoking as
- 1955 · Footsteps in the Fog as Elizabeth Travers
- 1955 · Man of the Moment as Sonia
- 1954 · The Belles of St. Trinian's as Amanda
- 1954 · Meet Mr. Callaghan as Jenny Appleby
- 1954 · Blackout as Phyllis Brunner
- 1953 · The Runaway Bus as Janie Grey