Belinda Lee
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.
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Acting
Movie
Ghosts of Rome
as Eileen
1961
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The Belles of St Trinian's
as Amanda
1954
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Footsteps in the Fog
as Elizabeth Travers
1955
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The Swindlers
as Paula Meyer
1959
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Long Night in '43
as Anna
1960
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Blackout
as Phyllis Brunner
1954
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Constantine and the Cross
as Fausta
1961
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Man of the Moment
as Sonia
1955
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The Chasers
as Ghislaine
1959
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Women of the World
as Herself (archive footage)
1963
Movie
Who Done It?
as Frankie Mayne
1956
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The Runaway Bus
as Janie Grey
1953
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Vacations in Majorca
as Mary Moore
1959
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Joseph and His Brethren
as Henet
1961
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Messalina
as Valeria Messalina
1960
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This Desired Body
as Lina
1959
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Eyewitness
as Penny
1956
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Miracle in Soho
as Julia Gozzi
1957
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Love, the Italian Way
as Adriana Bressan
1960
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She Walks by Night
as Rosemarie Nitribitt
1959
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The Big Money
as Gloria
1958
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The Feminine Touch
as Nurse Susan Richards
1956
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Dangerous Exile
as Virginia Traill
1957
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The Secret Place
as Molly Wilson
1957