Marina Berti
Born: 1924-09-29 in London, England, UK
Died: 2002-10-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Elena Maureen Bertolini, known as Marina Berti, (29 September 1924 – 29 October 2002) was an English-born Italian film actress. Her first screen appearance was in the Anna Magnani film, La Fuggitiva in 1941. She appeared mainly in small roles and in the occasional leading role in nearly 100 films both Italian and American. Her appearances include Quo Vadis (1951), Abdulla the Great (1955), Ben Hur (1959), Cleopatra (1963), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974), Night Train Murders (1975), and the TV miniseries' Moses the Lawgiver (1975) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977). Her last film appearance was in the Costa-Gavras film Amen. in 2002. [Wikipedia]
Filmography
2002
- Amen. as La Principessa
1992
- Castle Hohenstein as Fürstin Federica di Veneria
- Stubborn Fate as Eva Meyer
- Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter as Carla DeConti
1988
- La posta in gioco as Luigina, la moglie di Bellomo
1986
- L'ultima mazurka as Signora in treno
1985
- The Repenter
- Embassy as Marina
1977
- Jesus of Nazareth as Elizabeth
- A Spiral of Mist as Costanza Sangermano
1976
- Moses the Lawgiver as Eliseba
- The Red Carnation
- Don Milani as The teacher
1975
- Late Night Trains as Laura Stradi
- The Divine Nymph as Zia di Manuela
1974
- Moses the Lawgiver as Eliseba
- What Have They Done to Your Daughters? as Mrs. Polvesi
1972
1971
1970
- Lady Caliph as Clementine Doberdò
- Safety Catch as Alberta's sister
1969
- Nero Wolfe as Callie Frost
- If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Gina
- The Odyssey as Arete
- Hate Is My God as Blanche Durand
- Dead End as Sergio's Mother
- Temptation
- Le avventure di Ulisse as Arete
1968
- The Odyssey as Arete
1967
- The Stranger Returns as Ethel
- Every Man Is My Enemy as Anna
1966
- An Angel for Satan as Ilda, the Housekeeper
1965
- Made in Italy as Bored Diner (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1")
1964
- Monsieur as Mrs. Danoni
1963
- A Face in the Rain as Anna
1962
- Jessica as Filippella Risino
- The Swordsman of Siena as Countess of Osta
- Damon and Pythias as Mereka - Nerissa's Friend
1961
- Madame as Elisa Bonaparte
1959
- Ben-Hur as Flavia (uncredited)
1956
- Il cavaliere dalla spada nera as Contessa Laura
- Il canto dell'emigrante as Mara
1955
- Abdullah's Harem as Aziza
- Operazione Mitra as Marisa Rossi
1954
- Knights of the Queen as Jacqueline Planchet
- Casta diva as Beatrice Turina
1953
- At the Edge of the City as Luisa
- Eager to Live as Lucia
1952
- La colpa di una madre as Alma
- The Queen of Sheba as Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam
- Red Love as Marianna Cossu
1951
- Quo Vadis as Eunice
- Up Front as Emi Rosso
- Il capitano nero as Barbara Vivaldi
1950
- Il sentiero dell'odio as Bella Pietramala
- The Sky Is Red as Carla
- Deported as Gina Carapia
- Cuori sul mare
1949
- Prince of Foxes as Angela Borgia
- The Earth Cries Out as Dina
- Sicilian Uprising as Laura
1947
- Sinfonia fatale as Mirella
- Shamed as Anna
1946
- Night of the Storm as Caterina
- The Testimony as Linda
1945
- The Gates of Heaven as The nurse
- I dieci comandamenti as (segment "Non desiderare la roba d'altri")
1944
- Woman of the Mountains as Zosi
1943
- La primadonna as Ester
- Giacomo l'idealista as Celestina
- La valle del diavolo as Greta
1941
- Divieto di sosta
- La fuggitiva as Lucia