Belinda Lee
Actor
Biography
Belinda Lee (15 June 1935 – 12 March 1961) was an English actress. Born in Budleigh Salterton, England, Lee was signed to a film contract in 1954 by the Rank Studios after being seen performing as a student of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Often cast in demure roles in her early career, she was able to demonstrate her dramatic abilities, however she found more constant employment when she began to play "sexpot" roles. Typecast as one of several "sexy blondes" she was often compared, unfavourably, to the popular Diana Dors. Typical of these roles was a supporting part in the Benny Hill film Who Done It? (1956).
Married to the photographer Cornel Lucas (Renowned BAFTA Award winning film stills and portrait photographer) from 1954 until 1959, it was after their divorce that Lee moved to Italy, where she continued playing voluptuous temptresses in Italian films, yet also found the occasion of credible dramatic performances in Francesco Rosi's immigration drama I Magliari (1959) and Florestano Vancini's intense war story La lunga notte del '43 (1960).
She died in a car accident while on holiday near San Bernardino, California. Her ashes are kept at Campo Cestio Catholic Cemetery in Rome, Italy.
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Filmography
The Belles of St. Trinian's
as Amanda 1954
Footsteps in the Fog
as Elizabeth Travers 1955
The Swindlers
as Paula Meyer 1959
Long Night in '43
as Anna 1960
Blackout
as Phyllis Brunner 1954
Constantine and the Cross
as Fausta 1961
The Chasers
as Ghislaine 1959
Man of the Moment
as Sonia 1955
Women of the World
as Herself (archive footage) 1963
Who Done It?
as Frankie Mayne 1956
The Runaway Bus
as Janie Grey 1953
Vacations in Majorca
as Mary Moore 1959
Joseph and His Brethren
as Henet 1961
Messalina
as Valeria Messalina 1960
Eyewitness
as Penny 1956
This Desired Body
as Lina 1959