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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 13, 1930
Place of Birth:
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
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Adrienne Corri
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. 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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Demon Lover | Delia Graham |
| 1980 | Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive | Mena |
| 1979 | The Human Factor | Sylvia |
| 1979 | Measure for Measure | Mistress Overdone |
| 1978 | Revenge of the Pink Panther | Therese Douvier |
| 1977 | The Country Wife | Lady Fidget |
| 1975 | Rosebud | Lady Carter |
| 1974 | Madhouse | Faye |
| 1973 | An Afternoon at the Festival | Dana |
| 1972 | Vampire Circus | Gypsy Woman |
| 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | Mrs. Alexander |
| 1970 | Twelfth Night | Countess Olivia |
| 1970 | A Distant Thunder | Elinor Barkham |
| 1969 | Moon Zero Two | Liz |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose | Angela 'Tina' Richmond |
| 1968 | Journey Into Darkness | Terry Lawrence |
| 1968 | Cry WoIf | Mrs. Quinn |
| 1967 | The Viking Queen | Beatrice |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | Mme. Lisiere |
| 1967 | Africa: Texas Style! | Fay Carter |
| 1965 | Bunny Lake Is Missing | Dorothy |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Amelia |
| 1965 | A Study in Terror | Angela |
| 1963 | Sword of Lancelot | Lady Vivian |
| 1961 | The Hellfire Club | Isobel |
| 1961 | Dynamite Jack | Pegeen O'Brien |
| 1960 | The Tell-Tale Heart | Betty Clare |
| 1959 | The Rough and the Smooth | Jane Buller |
| 1958 | Corridors of Blood | Rachel |
| 1957 | The Big Chance | Diana Maxwell |
| 1957 | Second Fiddle | Deborah |
| 1957 | The Surgeon's Knife | Laura Shelton |
| 1956 | The Feminine Touch | Nurse Maureen O'Brien |
| 1956 | The Anatomist | Mary Paterson |
| 1956 | Three Men in a Boat | Clara Willis |
| 1956 | Behind the Headlines | Pam Barnes |
| 1954 | Devil Girl from Mars | Doris |
| 1954 | The Troubled Mind | Nurse Laurie |
| 1954 | Meet Mr. Callaghan | Mayolo |
| 1954 | Make Me an Offer! | Nicky |
| 1954 | Lease of Life | Susan Thorne |
| 1953 | The Kidnappers | Kirsty |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Young Christian Girl (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The River | Valerie |
| 1949 | The Romantic Age | Norah |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Lady Rebecca |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Mistress Overdone |
| 1974 | Bedtime Stories | Constance Rawley |
| 1973 | Vienna 1900 | |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Nita |
| 1971 | You're Only Young Twice | |
| 1970 | UFO | Liz Newton |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Elinor Barkham |
| 1969 | Department S | Monique Grelle |
| 1968 | The Champions | Mrs. Trennick |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | Adam Adamant Lives! | |
| 1965 | The Man In Room 17 | Lynne Crawshaw |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Mena |
| 1960 | Danger Man | |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Sarah Malone |
| 1958 | The Adventures of William Tell | |
| 1958 | Sword of Freedom | |
| 1957 | Six-Five Special | Self |
| 1956 | The Buccaneers | Mistress Higgins |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo | |
| 1956 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Clara |