Belinda Lee

Belinda Lee

Born: June 15, 1935
Died: March 12, 1961
in Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England, UK
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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.

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Movies for Belinda Lee...

Women of the World
Title: Women of the World
Character: Herself (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 1963
Type: Movie
A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.
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Joseph and His Brethren
Title: Joseph and His Brethren
Character: Henet
Released: August 23, 1961
Type: Movie
A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his family through the strength of character given to him by God.
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Constantine and the Cross
Title: Constantine and the Cross
Character: Fausta
Released: June 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Constantine is fighting against Barbarians with his father when he is called to Rome. In his way to Rome, he falls in an ambush planned by Maxence, who wants to become emperor.
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Ghosts of Rome
Title: Ghosts of Rome
Character: Eileen
Released: April 1, 1961
Type: Movie
An old prince lives in his ancient palace in Rome together with the ghosts of his ancestors. For years he has proudly rejected huge offers by a real estate group seeking to buy the palace and build a department store in its place, but when he suddenly dies his nephew signs the deal. The palace seems lost, but the ghosts forge a plan to save it from destruction.
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Blood Feud
Title: Blood Feud
Character: Ileana Torelli
Released: March 11, 1961
Type: Movie
An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs money.
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Love, the Italian Way
Title: Love, the Italian Way
Character: Adriana Bressan
Released: December 22, 1960
Type: Movie
A group of passengers traveling around the Mediterranean on a luxury liner enjoy various adventures and become romantically involved with each other.
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It Happened in '43
Title: It Happened in '43
Character: Anna
Released: September 15, 1960
Type: Movie
1943. The affair between Anna, unhappily married to wheelchair-bound Pino, and deserter Franco unfolds in foggy Ferrara, intertwining with the power struggle taking place within local Fascist ranks that culminates in a massacre of civilians, including Franco's father – Pino sees it all from his window, but will he tell anyone?
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Satan Tempts with Love
Title: Satan Tempts with Love
Character: Evelyn
Released: March 31, 1960
Type: Movie
A crime movie directed by Rudolf Jugert.
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Messalina
Title: Messalina
Character: Valeria Messalina
Released: March 12, 1960
Type: Movie
Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.
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Marie of the Isles
Title: Marie of the Isles
Character: Marie Bonnard
Released: January 15, 1960
Type: Movie
In 1635, Jacques du Parquet, the nephew of the well known explorer Belain d'Esnambic, enters a tavern in Dieppe, and falls in love with the daughter of the bartender, Marie Bonnard. He knows his noble family would disapprove such a marriage; besides, he is nominated for the post of governor in Martinica. He promised never to forget Marie, but as time goes by, she will accept to marry a rich and unscrupulous man, Monsieur de Saint-André. When her husband is appointed to serve in Martinica as General Commissioner, Marie demands to go with him. At her arrival, all sorts of trouble arrive: pirates take action against travelers and goods, rotten deals set the two officers against each other, and finally jealousy settles to make things worse. ~ Written by Artemis-9
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She Walks by Night
Title: She Walks by Night
Character: Rosemarie Nitribitt
Released: October 22, 1959
Type: Movie
Based on an actual post-war murder in Frankfurt, this standard docudrama by Rudolf Jugert is a serious treatment of the story as compared to the earlier, satirical film The Girl Rosemarie. The history of the case of Rosemarie, a hooker, and how she came to be strangled in her apartment is not completely clear. One of the suspects in the case was first charged, later acquitted, but never really free of an aura of culpability. British actress Belinda Lee plays the title role with her voice dubbed over in German.
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The Swindlers
Title: The Swindlers
Character: Paula Meyer
Released: September 23, 1959
Type: Movie
Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth, but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.
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Vacations in Majorca
Title: Vacations in Majorca
Character: Mary Moore
Released: August 14, 1959
Type: Movie
Ugly, persistent, and (initially) annoying admirer pursues a beautiful actress. At first he is laughed of, especially by his ultra handsome rival, but with his firm insistence, and gradually emerging charm, he seduces the lady, to the total shocked surprise of his rival.
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The Chasers
Title: The Chasers
Character: Ghislaine
Released: April 29, 1959
Type: Movie
Two men spend a night in Paris trying to pick up women.
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This Desired Body
Title: This Desired Body
Character: Lina
Released: April 17, 1959
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with Lina , a hot girl with a racy past who creates a sensation among the workers.
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The Nights of Lucretia Borgia
Title: The Nights of Lucretia Borgia
Character: Lucretia Borgia
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Federico, a virtuous nobleman from an impoverished family, is brought into service by autocrat Cesare Borgia. His promiscuous sister Lucrezia seems to have an amorous interest in Federico and wants him as her lover though Federico is in love with Diana, the Duke of Alva's daughter, whom he has saved from being raped. When he learns about Diana's feud against the Borgia clan, he becomes aware of their infamous deeds.
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Nor the Moon by Night
Title: Nor the Moon by Night
Character: Alice Lang
Released: August 7, 1958
Type: Movie
When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. The two become attracted to each other, but when Andrew is attacked by a lion, Alice nurses him back to health. Now torn between affection and duty, she must decide which path to follow.
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The Big Money
Title: The Big Money
Character: Gloria
Released: June 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
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Dangerous Exile
Title: Dangerous Exile
Character: Virginia Traill
Released: December 12, 1957
Type: Movie
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was popularly believed to have escaped from his French revolutionary captors.
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Goddess Of Love
Title: Goddess Of Love
Character: Aphrodite
Released: December 5, 1957
Type: Movie
The god Zeus sends Venus, the goddess of love, to Earth to find her own true love.
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Miracle in Soho
Title: Miracle in Soho
Character: Julia Gozzi
Released: July 9, 1957
Type: Movie
In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, with little hope of finding happiness. Then he meets Julia Gozzi, a barmaid, and "The Miracle" happens.
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The Secret Place
Title: The Secret Place
Character: Molly Wilson
Released: February 6, 1957
Type: Movie
British Melodrama and crime thriller that follows a group of jewel robbers after a major heist. The film makes extensive use of bombed out areas of London.
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Eyewitness
Title: Eyewitness
Character: Penny
Released: August 14, 1956
Type: Movie
When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.
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The Feminine Touch
Title: The Feminine Touch
Character: Nurse Susan Richards
Released: June 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
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Who Done It?
Title: Who Done It?
Character: Frankie Mayne
Released: March 20, 1956
Type: Movie
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
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No Smoking
Title: No Smoking
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
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Footsteps in the Fog
Title: Footsteps in the Fog
Character: Elizabeth Travers
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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Man of the Moment
Title: Man of the Moment
Character: Sonia
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress
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The Belles of St. Trinian's
Title: The Belles of St. Trinian's
Character: Amanda
Released: September 28, 1954
Type: Movie
The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.
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Meet Mr. Callaghan
Title: Meet Mr. Callaghan
Character: Jenny Appleby
Released: June 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.
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Blackout
Title: Blackout
Character: Phyllis Brunner
Released: March 19, 1954
Type: Movie
When a beautiful girl offers Casey Morrow a lot of money for a mystery job, Morrow doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood perhaps a little more caution should have been exercised. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.
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The Runaway Bus
Title: The Runaway Bus
Character: Janie Grey
Released: September 28, 1953
Type: Movie
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.