Marina Berti
Marina Berti (actually: Elena Maureen Bertolini , born September 29, 1924 in London , † October 29, 2002 in Rome ) was an Italian actress .
Life
The daughter of an Italian immigrant in England came to her father's homeland in the late 1930s; first to Florence , where she worked as a reciter for the radio and as a stage actress. She also worked for the Ente Italiano per le Audizioni Radiofoniche . After moving to Rome, Berti took part in nearly 100 films, including mainly monumental and historical films . The brown-haired, beautiful, photogenic, sometimes absent-minded and melancholy-looking actress made her acting debut in Piero Ballerini's La Fuggitiva in 1941 . In 1943 she made a lasting impression with Alberto Lattuada's Giacomo l'idealista . A long career followed, which lasted until her death, during which she managed to always get roles appropriate to her age. A jump to Hollywood failed, however; In international productions such as Ben Hur and Cleopatra , she was only granted minor roles. She played in all productions of her husband, the actor and director Claudio Gora , with whom she has three children, including the actors Andrea and Carlo . She had already appeared in a television production in 1958.
In 2002 Marina Berti died of cancer . Her last film role was that of the princess in Constantin Costa-Gavras ' film The Deputy .
Filmography (selection)
- 1941: La fuggitiva
- 1943: Giacomo l'idealista
- 1946: Storm Night (Notte di tempesta)
- 1951: Quo vadis?
- 1951: The Lust of Evil (Febbre di vivere)
- 1951: Vendetta, the brother's revenge (Il capitano nero)
- 1952: On the outskirts of the big city (Ai margini della metropoli)
- 1952: The Queen of Sheba (La regina di Saba)
- 1954: A Kingdom for a Woman (Abdullah's harem)
- 1955: Adventure of the Four Musketeers (I cavalieri della regina)
- 1956: The cavaliers of the black sword (Il cavaliere dalla spada nera)
- 1959: Ben Hur
- 1961: Jessica (Jessica)
- 1963: Cleopatra
- 1964: Monsieur
- 1967: Western Jack (Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola)
- 1967: Curse of the erotic (Le conseguenze)
- 1967: seven o'clock comes John Harris (Qualcuno ha tradito)
- 1969: Il Nero - hate was his prayer (L'odio è il mio Dio)
- 1969: This is how we travel and this is how we love (If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium)
- 1970: La Califfa
- 1974: Death wears black leather (La polizia chiede aiuto)
- 1975: Moses - The Legislator (Mosè)
- 1975: Night Train - The last train into the night (L'ultimo treno della notte)
- 1977: Jesus of Nazareth (Jesus of Nazareth)
- 1977: Una spirale di nebbia
- 1992: With a mother's heart
- 1992: Ostinato Destino - Stubborn Fate (Ostinato destino)
- 2002: The Deputy (Amen)
Web links
- Marina Berti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Berti at glamourGirls
- Marina Berti in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema Italiano, Le attrici, Gremese 2003, pp. 31/32
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berti, Marina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bertolini, Elena Maureen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 2002 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |