Marina Berti
Elena Maureen Bertolino, known professionally as Marina Berti, was an Italian film actress. She was born in London from an Italian father and an English mother.
Biography
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, Abdulla the Great, Ben Hur, Cleopatra, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, What Have They Done to Your Daughters?, Last Stop [on the Night Train], and the TV miniseries' Moses the Lawgiver and Jesus of Nazareth. Her last film appearance was in the Costa-Gavras film Amen. in 2002.
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.
Berti died in 2002 in a Rome hospital after a long illness.
Selected filmography
Cinema
' - Lucia, l'assistente di Lia
Giacomo the Idealist - CelestinaThe Valley of the Devil - Greta Hansel' - Ester ' - Maria Anselmi' - ZosiThe Gates of Heaven - La crocerossinaThe [Ten Commandments (1945 film)|The Ten Commandments] - The Testimony - Linda ' - CaterinaFatal Symphony - Mirella' - AnnaVeglia nella notte The Earth Cries Out - DinaPrince of Foxes - Angela BorgiaSicilian Uprising - LauraThe Sky Is Red - CarlaDeported - Gina CarapiaHearts at Sea - Il sentiero dell'odio Up Front - Emi RossoThe Black Captain - Barbara VivaldiQuo Vadis - Eunice, Petronius' Spanish slavegirlOperation Mitra The [Queen of Sheba (1952 film)|The Queen of Sheba] - Zamira, betrothed of RehoboamRed Love - Marianna SircaLa colpa di una madre - AlmaCarne inquieta - Fema FerraraEager to Live - LuciaAt the Edge of the City - LuisaCasta Diva - Beatrice TurinaKnights of the Queen - Jacqueline PlanchetAbdulla the Great - Aziza ' Marie Antoinette Queen of France - Comtesse de PolignacIl canto dell'emigrante - MaraThe Knight of [the Black Sword] - Contessa LauraLe avventure di Roby e Buck Ben Hur - Flavia Un eroe del nostro tempo Madame Sans-Gêne - Elisa BonaparteJessica - Filippella RisinoDamon and Pythias - Mereka - Nerissa's FriendSwordsman of Siena - Countess of OstaCleopatra - Queen at Tarsus Face in the Rain - AnnaMonsieur - Madame DanoniThe Consequences - ElenaMade in Italy - Bored Diner An Angel for Satan - Illa The Stranger Returns - Ethel' - AnnTemptation If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium - GinaHate Is My God - Blanche DurandDead End - Mother of SergioSafety Catch - La soeur d'AlbertaLady Caliph - Clementine Doberdò - la moglie di AnnibaleTre nel mille ' - madame de ChambaudoinWhat Have They Done to Your Daughters? - Mrs. PolvesiThe Divine Nymph - Manoela's AuntLast Stop on [the Night Train|Night Train Murders] - Laura Stradi - madre di una delle vittimeDon Milani - La professoressa' A Spiral of Mist - Constanza San GermanoThe Repenter L'ultima mazurka - Signora in treno ' - Luigina, Mario Bellomo's wife - Eva MeyerFrom the Other Side of the World Amen. - La PrincipessaTelevision
Le avventure dei tre moschettieri - Jacqueline Planchet Moses the Lawgiver - ElisebaJesus of Nazareth - Elizabeth