Belinda Lee
Born: 1935-06-15 in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England, UK
Died: 1961-03-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
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) from 1954 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 Catholic Cemetery in Rome, Italy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Belinda Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1963
- Women of the World as Herself (archive footage)
1961
- Ghosts of Rome as Eileen
- Joseph and His Brethren as Henet
- Constantine and the Cross as Fausta
- Blood Feud as Ileana Torelli
1960
- Love, the Italian Way as Adriana Bressan
- Long Night in '43 as Anna
- Messalina as Valeria Messalina
- Satan Tempts with Love as Evelyn
- World by Night
- Marie of the Isles as Marie Bonnard
1959
- The Chasers as Ghislaine
- The Swindlers as Paula Meyer
- This Desired Body as Lina
- She Walks by Night as Rosemarie Nitribitt
- Vacations in Majorca as Mary Moore
- The Nights of Lucretia Borgia as Lucretia Borgia
1958
- The Big Money as Gloria
- Nor the Moon by Night as Alice Lang
1957
- Dangerous Exile as Virginia Traill
- Miracle in Soho as Julia Gozzi
- The Secret Place as Molly Wilson
- Goddess Of Love as Aphrodite
1956
- Eyewitness as Penny
- Who Done It? as Frankie Mayne
- The Feminine Touch as Nurse Susan Richards
1955
- No Smoking
- Man of the Moment as Sonia
- Footsteps in the Fog as Elizabeth Travers
1954
- Meet Mr. Callaghan as Jenny Appleby
- The Belles of St. Trinian's as Amanda
- Blackout as Phyllis Brunner
1953
- The Runaway Bus as Janie Grey