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Adrienne Corri
Actor

Adrienne Corri

13 Nov 1930Born
13 Mar 2016Died
85Age at death
77Credits

Biography

Adrienne Corri (born 13 November 1930 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is an actress of Italian parentage.

She is probably best known for her role as the rape victim Mrs. Alexander in the 1971 Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange, and for her appearances as Valerie in Jean Renoir's The River (1951) and as Lara's mother in David Lean's Dr. Zhivago (1965). She appeared in many horror and suspense films in the 1950s until the 1970s including Devil Girl from Mars, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Study in Terror and Vampire Circus. She also appeared as Therese Duval in Revenge of the Pink Panther.

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She also was in the 1969 science fiction movie Moon Zero Two and in the 1969 Twelfth Night, directed by John Sichel, as the Countess Olivia opposite Alec Guinness as Malvolio.

Her numerous television credits include Angelica in Sword of Freedom (1958), a regular role in A Family At War and You're Only Young Twice, a 1971 television play by Jack Trevor Story, as Mena in the Doctor Who story "The Leisure Hive" and guest starred as the mariticidal Liz Newton in the UFO episode "The Square Triangle".

She had a major stage career. There is a story that, when the audience booed on the first night of John Osborne's The World Of Paul Slickey, Corri responded with her own abuse: she raised two fingers to the audience and shouted "Go fuck yourselves".

Corri has married and divorced twice, to the actors Daniel Massey (1961-1967) and Derek Fowlds.

Her book The Search for Gainsborough (Jonathan Cape: 1984) contained much original research, including examination of banking records, and made a plausible case for 1726 as his birth year.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1987BlatFilm: Lady Caroline
  2. 1986The Demon LoverFilm: Delia Graham
  3. 1986LovejoySeries: Lady Rebecca (2 episodes)
  4. 1980Doctor Who: The Leisure HiveFilm: Mena
  5. 1979The Human FactorFilm: Sylvia
  6. 1979Measure for MeasureFilm: Mistress Overdone
  7. 1978Revenge of the Pink PantherFilm: Therese Douvier
  8. 1977The Country WifeFilm: Lady Fidget
  9. 1975RosebudFilm: Lady Carter
  10. 1974MadhouseFilm: Faye
  11. 1974Napoleon and LoveSeries: Giuseppina Grassini (1 episode)
  12. 1974Bedtime StoriesSeries: Constance Rawley (1 episode)
  13. 1973Vienna 1900Series (6 episodes)
  14. 1973An Afternoon at the FestivalFilm: Dana
  15. 1972The AdventurerSeries: Nita (1 episode)
  16. 1972Vampire CircusFilm: Gypsy Woman
  17. 1971A Clockwork OrangeFilm: Mrs. Alexander
  18. 1971Eyeless in GazaSeries: Mary Amberley (5 episodes)
  19. 1971You're Only Young TwiceSeries (6 episodes)
  20. 1970A Distant ThunderFilm: Elinor Barkham
  21. 1970Play for TodaySeries: Elinor Barkham (1 episode)
  22. 1970UFOSeries: Liz Newton (1 episode)
  23. 1970Twelfth NightFilm: Countess Olivia
  24. 1969Moon Zero TwoFilm: Liz
  25. 1969The File of the Golden GooseFilm: Angela 'Tina' Richmond
  26. 1969Department SSeries: Monique Grelle (1 episode)
  27. 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries: Dana (1 episode)
  28. 1968Cry WolfFilm: Mrs. Quinn
  29. 1968The ChampionsSeries: Mrs. Trennick (1 episode)
  30. 1968Journey Into DarknessFilm: Terry Lawrence
  31. 1967Woman Times SevenFilm: Mme. Lisiere
  32. 1967Africa: Texas Style!Film: Fay Carter
  33. 1967The Viking QueenFilm: Beatrice
  34. 1966The IdiotSeries: Nastasia (5 episodes)
  35. 1965Doctor ZhivagoFilm: Amelia
  36. 1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries: Violet, Lady Fidget, Amy, Countess of Gosswill (1 episode)
  37. 1965Bunny Lake Is MissingFilm: Dorothy
  38. 1965A Study in TerrorFilm: Angela
  39. 1965BlackmailSeries: Phyllis (1 episode)
  40. 1965The Man in Room 17Series: Lynne Crawshaw (1 episode)
  41. 1963Doctor WhoSeries: Mena (1 episode)
  42. 1963Sword of LancelotFilm: Lady Vivian
  43. 1961Dynamite JackFilm: Pegeen O'Brien
  44. 1961Drama 61-67Series (1 episode)
  45. 1961The Hellfire ClubFilm: Lady Isabel
  46. 1960The Tell-Tale HeartFilm: Betty Clare
  47. 1960Sunday-Night PlaySeries: Queenie Gibbons (1 episode)
  48. 1960Danger ManSeries (1 episode)
  49. 1960Armchair Mystery TheatreSeries: Madeleine (1 episode)
  50. 1959The Rough and the SmoothFilm: Jane Buller
  51. 1959One Step BeyondSeries: Sarah Malone (1 episode)
  52. 1958Corridors of BloodFilm: Rachel
  53. 1958The Adventures of William TellSeries (1 episode)
  54. 1958Sword of FreedomSeries (40 episodes)
  55. 1957The Surgeon's KnifeFilm: Laura Shelton
  56. 1957The Big ChanceFilm: Diana Maxwell
  57. 1957Second FiddleFilm: Deborah
  58. 1956Three Men in a BoatFilm: Clara Willis
  59. 1956The BuccaneersSeries: Mistress Higgins (1 episode)
  60. 1956Armchair TheatreSeries: Vivien Warren, Lalage, Angela, Marcia, Peggy Banham, Mary Lewis (1 episode)
  61. 1956Behind the HeadlinesFilm: Pam Barnes
  62. 1956The Feminine TouchFilm: Nurse Maureen O'Brien
  63. 1956Colonel March of Scotland YardSeries: Clara (1 episode)
  64. 1956The Count of Monte CristoSeries: Gabrielle (1 episode)
  65. 1956The AnatomistFilm: Mary Paterson
  66. 1954Make Me an Offer!Film: Nicky
  67. 1954Lease of LifeFilm: Susan Thorne
  68. 1954Mark SaberSeries: Helen (1 episode)
  69. 1954The Troubled MindFilm: Nurse Laurie
  70. 1954Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed AliveFilm: Joan
  71. 1954The Man Who Stayed AliveFilm: Joan
  72. 1954Meet Mr. CallaghanFilm: Mayolo
  73. 1954Devil Girl from MarsFilm: Doris
  74. 1953The KidnappersFilm: Kirsty
  75. 1951Quo VadisFilm: Young Christian Girl (uncredited)
  76. 1951The RiverFilm: Valerie
  77. 1949The Romantic AgeFilm: Norah

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