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Marina Berti

Elena Maureen Bertolino (29 September 1924 – 29 October 2002), known professionally as Marina Berti, was an Italian film actress. She was born in London from an Italian father and an English mother.[2]

Marina Berti
Berti in 1951
Born
Elena Maureen Bertolino

(1924-09-29)29 September 1924
London, England, UK
Died29 October 2002(2002-10-29) (aged 78)[1]
Rome, Italy
Resting placeCimitero Flaminio, Rome
NationalityItalian
Years active1941–2002
Spouse
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(m. 1944; died 1998)​
Children5, including Andrea and Marina Giordana

Biography

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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), Last Stop on the Night Train (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.[citation needed]

She was married to the Italian actor Claudio Gora from 1944 until his death in 1998. She is the mother of actor Andrea Giordana and actress Marina Giordana.[3]

Berti died in 2002 in a Rome hospital after a long illness.

Selected filmography

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Screenshot of Marina Berti & Leo Genn from the trailer for the film Quo Vadis

Cinema

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Television

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References

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  1. ^ "Marina Berti". Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ Treccani.it
  3. ^ "Marina Berti - the Private Life and Times of Marina Berti. Marina Berti Pictures".
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