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Marina Berti
Born: 29th Sep 1924 London, England, UK - Died 29th Oct 2002
Dept: Acting
Elena Maureen Bertolini, known as Marina Berti, (29 September 1924 – 29 October 2002) was an English-born Italian film actress.
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), Night Train Murders (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. [Wikipedia]
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 72
Film: 67 (93%)
Television: 5 (7%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Music, Action, Documentary, Action & Adventure
Filmography
2002
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to ... view
Character:
La Principessa
Dec 1992 (first aired)
After the tragic loss of her mother, the medical student Christine Berger takes a job as a supervisor for the young Countess Leonore von Hohenstein, w ... view
Character:
Fürstin Federica di Veneria (6 ep.)
1992
A woman loses her husband in a car accident and plunges into a severe emotional crisis, which is why she leaves her son in the care of her mother-in-l ... view
Character:
Carla DeConti
Original title: Ostinato destino
1992
Carolina Rambaldi isn't fulfilled by her three children: Marcello, a lazy do-nothing, Lucrezia, a bossy type who produces a TV show, and Cesare, homos ... view
Character:
Eva Meyer
Original title: Il Pentito
1985
A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But ... view
Character:
1985
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem. ... view
Character:
Marina
Original title: Una spirale di nebbia
1977
The lovely Maria Teresa is unhappily married with the impotent lawyer Marcello. Maria Teresa's marriage is contrasted by the passionate Valeria, who i ... view
Character:
Costanza Sangermano
Mar 1977 (first aired)
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels. ... view
Character:
Elizabeth (4 ep.)
1976
The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. This is the edite ... view
Character:
Eliseba
Original title: Garofano rosso
1976
Our hero is the 18-year-old Alessio Mainardi, who receives a token red carnation from a girl named Giovanna and becomes a symbol of love, desire, and ... view
Character:
Original title: Divina creatura
1975
In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other. ... view
Character:
Zia di Manuela
Original title: L'ultimo treno della notte
1975
Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. Un ... view
Character:
Laura Stradi
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Moses the Lawgiver (Italian: Mosè) is a six-part 1975 television miniseries directed by Gianfranco De Bosio and starring Burt Lancaster as Moses. Pro ... view
Character:
Eliseba (7 ep.)
Original title: La polizia chiede aiuto
1974
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Polvesi
1973
Paulina, sister of Napoleon I, is married to Camillo Borghese, presented as a helpless coward. She is eager to offer herself to all the young people t ... view
Character:
Original title: Pianeta Venere
1972
Matteo is a communist intellectual, the son of a wealthy bourgeois, who found himself blind from an eye after the war. One day in the streets of Rome ... view
Character:
1971
A few days after the arrival of the year 1000, bearer of great misfortune according to the Prophets, the cavalryman Fortunato and two soldiers, Pannoc ... view
Character:
Original title: La Califfa
1970
La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns i ... view
Character:
Clementine Doberdò
Original title: Cran d'arrêt
1970
A doctor disbarred for euthanasia is called in by a man to help his son, who has been depressed since the suicide of his partner. But in the dead woma ... view
Character:
Alberta's sister
Original title: L'odio è il mio Dio
1969
A young man returns to his village, and with the help of a black-clad stranger, seeks revenge for the murder of his brother against three men who are ... view
Character:
Blanche Durand
1969
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days. ... view
Character:
Gina
1969
The young architect Guido maintains a relationship with Carla, wife of industrialist Veraldi that despite being aware of her infidelity does nothing t ... view
Character:
Original title: Strada senza uscita
1969
Rebellious teen Sergio decides to isolate himself from society by living near the shore of a desolate lake. But he's unable to live freely once police ... view
Character:
Sergio's Mother
1968
Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka. ... view
Character:
Arete
Mar 1968 (first aired)
Odysseus' journey, told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka. ... view
Character:
Arete (8 ep.)
Original title: Un uomo, un cavallo, una pistola
1967
The Stranger happens across a murdered postal inspector and a gang of bandits set on a prize of stolen gold which should be transported in a stagecoac ... view
Character:
Ethel
Original title: Qualcuno ha tradito
1967
When a heist goes wrong, a safe cracker (Robert Webber) looks for the person who's betrayed him... ... view
Character:
Anna
Original title: Un angelo per Satana
1966
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious ... view
Character:
Ilda, the Housekeeper
1965
A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants. ... view
Character:
Bored Diner (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1")
1964
Left heartbroken by the death of his beloved wife, a rich banker tries to commit suicide. When he learns from his former maid that his wife was unfait ... view
Character:
Mrs. Danoni
1963
An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a German Officer. ... view
Character:
Anna
Original title: La congiura dei dieci
1962
A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than eager, fiancee (Sylva Koscina) from rebels. Thomas f ... view
Character:
Countess of Osta
1962
Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers. ... view
Character:
Mereka - Nerissa's Friend
1962
When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husb ... view
Character:
Filippella Risino
Original title: Madame Sans-Gêne
1961
Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumst ... view
Character:
Elisa Bonaparte
1959
In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting ... view
Character:
Flavia (uncredited)
1956
An Italian singer who found fame in America comes back to his native country and finds out that his former girlfriend is in prison. ... view
Character:
Mara
Original title: Abdulla the Great
1955
Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful m ... view
Character:
Aziza
1954
As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her. ... view
Character:
Beatrice Turina
Original title: I cavalieri della regina
1954
A new adventure for the Dumas musketeers who this time must save the Infanta of Spain from the intrigues of the Prince of Condé who wants to take the ... view
Character:
Jacqueline Planchet
Original title: Ai margini della metropoli
1953
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend. ... view
Character:
Luisa
Character:
Lucia
Original title: La Regina di Saba
1952
The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else. ... view
Character:
Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam
1951
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi ... view
Character:
Eunice
1951
Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe". ... view
Character:
Emi Rosso
1950
A love story along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, set in Calabria: two young lovers belong to two families who have always been enemies of each other. ... view
Character:
Bella Pietramala
1950
Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress. ... view
Character:
1950
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler pla ... view
Character:
Gina Carapia
Original title: Il cielo è rosso
1950
Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone i ... view
Character:
Carla
1949
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate m ... view
Character:
Angela Borgia
Original title: Vespro siciliano
1949
Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and ... view
Character:
Laura
Original title: Il grido della terra
1949
Two Jews and their former British comrade land on opposite sides of the Palestine issue following World War II. ... view
Character:
Dina
1947
An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II. ... view
Character:
Mirella
1946
The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly i ... view
Character:
Caterina
Original title: Il testimone
1946
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of ... view
Character:
Linda
1946
After returning from the war Davide, a fisherman from Liguria, discovers that his girl Anna has been courted and compromised by a sailor named Rocco. ... view
Character:
Anna
Original title: La porta del cielo
1945
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our Lad ... view
Character:
The nurse
1945
Ten episodes, one for each of the Ten Commandments. Lost film. ... view
Character:
(segment "Non desiderare la roba d'altri")
Original title: La donna della montagna
1944
An engineer, devastated by the death of his fiance during a mountain expedition in north Italy, hopes he might forget about her by marrying a young nu ... view
Character:
Zosi
1941
A wealthy widow becomes infatuated with an adventurer posing as a poet and, forgetting her responsibilities as a mother and her no longer young age, f ... view
Character:
1941
In the absence of the biological mother, too busy pursuing her theatrical career, we see the glorification of the maternal surrogate, a woman who is a ... view
Character:
Lucia