Belinda Lee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-06-15
Day of Death
1961-03-12 (25 years old)
Place of Birth
Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England, UK
Belinda Lee
Biography
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 Catholic Cemetery in Rome, Italy.
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Known For
Acting
(1963)
Women of the World
as Herself (archive footage)
(1961)
Constantine and the Cross
as Fausta
(1961)
Joseph and His Brethren
as Henet
(1961)
Ghosts of Rome
as Eileen
(1961)
Blood Feud
as Ileana Torelli
(1960)
Messalina
as Valeria Messalina
(1960)
Long Night in '43
as Anna
(1960)
Love, the Italian Way
as Adriana Bressan
(1960)
Satan Tempts with Love
as Evelyn
(1960)
Marie of the Isles
as Marie Bonnard
(1959)
The Swindlers
as Paula Meyer
(1959)
The Chasers
as Ghislaine
(1959)
She Walks by Night
as Rosemarie Nitribitt
(1959)
The Nights of Lucretia Borgia
as Lucretia Borgia
(1959)
Vacations in Majorca
as Mary Moore
(1959)
This Desired Body
as Lina
(1958)
The Big Money
as Gloria
(1958)
Nor the Moon by Night
as Alice Lang
(1957)
Dangerous Exile
as Virginia Traill
(1957)
The Secret Place
as Molly Wilson
(1957)
Goddess Of Love
as Aphrodite
(1957)
Miracle in Soho
as Julia Gozzi
(1956)
Who Done It?
as Frankie Mayne
(1956)
The Feminine Touch
as Nurse Susan Richards
(1956)
Eyewitness
as Penny
(1955)
Footsteps in the Fog
as Elizabeth Travers
(1955)
(1955)
Man of the Moment
as Sonia
(1954)
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Amanda
(1954)
Blackout
as Phyllis Brunner
(1954)
Meet Mr. Callaghan
as Jenny Appleby
(1953)
The Runaway Bus
as Janie Grey