Marina Berti

Born: 1924-09-29

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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Ben-Hur

as Flavia (uncredited)
Released: 1959-11-18

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely...

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Quo Vadis

as Eunice
Released: 1951-11-08

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage...

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Amen.

as La Principessa
Released: 2002-02-27

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he...

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The Divine Nymph

as Zia di Manuela
Released: 1975-10-16

In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing...

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Late Night Trains

as Laura Stradi
Released: 1975-04-09

A pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young...

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Lady Caliph

as Clementine Doberdò
Released: 1970-12-31

La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her...

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Casta diva

as Beatrice Turina
Released: 1954-12-27

As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli...

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What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

as Mrs. Polvesi
Released: 1974-08-10

An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl,...

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Madame

as Elisa Bonaparte
Released: 1961-12-21

Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the...

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Made in Italy

as Bored Diner (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1")
Released: 1965-12-22

A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.

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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

as Gina
Released: 1969-04-24

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

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Stubborn Fate

as Eva Meyer
Released: 1992-05-28

Carolina Rambaldi isn't fulfilled by her three children: Marcello, a lazy do-nothing, Lucrezia,...

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Damon and Pythias

as Mereka - Nerissa's Friend
Released: 1962-09-05

Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian...

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Prince of Foxes

as Angela Borgia
Released: 1949-11-11

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which...

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Jessica

as Filippella Risino
Released: 1962-04-19

When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry...

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The Repenter

as uncredited
Released: 1985-11-15

A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a...

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Monsieur

as Madame Danoni
Released: 1964-04-22

Désespéré par la mort de sa femme, le banquier René Duchesne se promène le long de la Seine....

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The Stranger Returns

as Ethel
Released: 1967-08-17

The Stranger happens across a murdered postal inspector and a gang of bandits set on a prize of...

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The Testimony

as Linda
Released: 1946-02-15

A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old...

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Every Man Is My Enemy

as Anna
Released: 1967-01-01

When a heist goes wrong, a safe cracker (Robert Webber) looks for the person who's betrayed him...

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The Swordsman of Siena

as Countess of Osta
Released: 1962-10-19

A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less...

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At the Edge of the City

as Luisa
Released: 1953-10-16

Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class...

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An Angel for Satan

as Ilda, the Housekeeper
Released: 1966-05-04

At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is...

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Embassy

as Marina
Released: 1985-04-21

US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious...

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Don Milani

as uncredited
Released: 1976-04-23

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Red Love

as Marianna Cossu
Released: 1952-09-13

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A Spiral of Mist

as Costanza Sangermano
Released: 1977-09-08

The lovely Maria Teresa is unhappily married with the impotent lawyer Marcello. Maria Teresa's...

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The Gate of Heaven

as The nurse
Released: 1945-02-16

Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the...

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Moses the Lawgiver

as Eliseba
Released: 1974-12-22

The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received...

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Cuori sul mare

as uncredited
Released: 1950-11-09

Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.

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Up Front

as Emi Rosso
Released: 1951-03-05

Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of...

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Deported

as Gina Carapia
Released: 1950-11-01

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized...

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The Red Carnation

as uncredited
Released: 1976-01-01

Our hero is the 18-year-old Alessio Mainardi, who receives a token red carnation from a girl...

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Sinfonia fatale

as Mirella
Released: 1947-05-01

An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of...

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Temptation

as uncredited
Released: 1969-01-29

The young architect Guido maintains a relationship with Carla, wife of industrialist Veraldi...

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Hate Is My God

as Blanche Durand
Released: 1969-05-23

A young man returns to his village, and with the help of a black-clad stranger, seeks revenge...

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Sicilian Uprising

as Laura
Released: 1949-10-21

Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by...

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The Queen of Sheba

as Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam
Released: 1952-11-06

The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in...

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Eager to Live

as Lucia
Released: 1953-04-24

Massimo pretends to be rich but he's actually poor.

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La posta in gioco

as Luigina, la moglie di Bellomo
Released: 1988-03-08

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Safety Catch

as La soeur d'Alberta
Released: 1970-04-07

A doctor disbarred for euthanasia is called in by a man to help his son, who has been depressed...

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Operazione Mitra

as Marisa Rossi
Released: 1955-02-23

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The Earth Cries Out

as Dina
Released: 1949-08-30

Two Jews and their former British comrade land on opposite sides of the Palestine issue...

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La fuggitiva

as Lucia
Released: 1941-11-02

In the absence of the biological mother, too busy pursuing her theatrical career, we see the...

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I dieci comandamenti

as uncredited
Released: 1945-01-08

Ten episodes, one for each of the Ten Commandments. Lost film.

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Il capitano nero

as Barbara Vivaldi
Released: 1951-03-15

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Divieto di sosta

as uncredited
Released: 1941-11-20

A wealthy widow becomes infatuated with an adventurer posing as a poet and, forgetting her...

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A Face in the Rain

as Anna
Released: 1963-03-31

An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of...

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Preludio d'amore

as uncredited
Released: 1946-01-01

After returning from the war Davide, a fisherman from Liguria, discovers that his girl Anna has...

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Buona parte di Paolina

as uncredited
Released: 1973-04-01

Paulina, sister of Napoleon I, is married to Camillo Borghese, presented as a helpless coward....

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The Sky is Red

as Carla
Released: 1950-03-15

Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to...

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Il sentiero dell'odio

as Bella Pietramala
Released: 1950-12-31

A love story along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, set in Calabria: two young lovers belong to...

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Dead End

as Sergio's Mother
Released: 1969-01-01

Rebellious teen Sergio decides to isolate himself from society by living near the shore of a...

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Woman of the Mountains

as Zosi
Released: 1944-04-01

An engineer, devastated by the death of his fiance during a mountain expedition in north Italy,...

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Il cavaliere dalla spada nera

as Contessa Laura
Released: 1956-10-13

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Knights of the Queen

as Jacqueline Planchet
Released: 1954-12-24

A new adventure for the Dumas musketeers who this time must save the Infanta of Spain from the...

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Tre nel mille

as uncredited
Released: 1971-03-06

A few days after the arrival of the year 1000, bearer of great misfortune according to the...

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Notte di tempesta

as Caterina
Released: 1946-06-12

The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set...

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Giacomo l'idealista

as Celestina
Released: 1943-02-01

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La valle del diavolo

as Greta
Released: 1943-04-06

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Il canto dell'emigrante

as uncredited
Released: 1956-01-01

An Italian singer who found fame in America comes back to his native country and finds out that...

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Jesus of Nazareth

as Elizabeth
First aired: 1977-03-27

Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely...

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Nero Wolfe

as Callie Frost
First aired: 1969-02-21

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The Odyssey

as Arete
First aired: 1968-03-24

Italian miniseries based on Homer's Odyssey.

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Moses the Lawgiver

as Eliseba
First aired: 1974-07-04

A biopic of Moses, who led the Jewish people out of Egypt, ex. by parting the Red Sea and...

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