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Adrienne Corri

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Adrienne Corri

Born November 13, 1930 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UKDied March 13, 201647 films

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

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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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A Clockwork Orange posterFirst watchA Clockwork Orange19718.2as Mrs. AlexanderIn a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please.View film

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Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. 1987BlatLady Caroline
  2. 1986The Demon LoverDelia Graham
  3. 1980Doctor Who: The Leisure HiveMena
  4. 1979The Human FactorSylvia
  5. 1979Measure for MeasureMistress Overdone
  6. 1978Revenge of the Pink PantherTherese Douvier
  7. 1977The Country WifeLady Fidget
  8. 1975RosebudLady Carter
  9. 1974MadhouseFaye
  10. 1973An Afternoon at the FestivalDana
  11. 1972Vampire CircusGypsy Woman
  12. 1971A Clockwork OrangeMrs. Alexander
  13. 1970A Distant ThunderElinor Barkham
  14. 1970Twelfth NightCountess Olivia
  15. 1969Moon Zero TwoLiz
  16. 1969The File of the Golden GooseAngela 'Tina' Richmond
  17. 1968Cry WolfMrs. Quinn
  18. 1968Journey Into DarknessTerry Lawrence
  19. 1967Woman Times SevenMme. Lisiere
  20. 1967Africa: Texas Style!Fay Carter
  21. 1967The Viking QueenBeatrice
  22. 1965Doctor ZhivagoAmelia
  23. 1965Bunny Lake Is MissingDorothy
  24. 1965A Study in TerrorAngela
  25. 1963Sword of LancelotLady Vivian
  26. 1961Dynamite JackPegeen O'Brien
  27. 1961The Hellfire ClubLady Isabel
  28. 1960The Tell-Tale HeartBetty Clare
  29. 1959The Rough and the SmoothJane Buller
  30. 1958Corridors of BloodRachel
  31. 1957The Surgeon's KnifeLaura Shelton
  32. 1957The Big ChanceDiana Maxwell
  33. 1957Second FiddleDeborah
  34. 1956Three Men in a BoatClara Willis
  35. 1956Behind the HeadlinesPam Barnes
  36. 1956The Feminine TouchNurse Maureen O'Brien
  37. 1956The AnatomistMary Paterson
  38. 1954Make Me an Offer!Nicky
  39. 1954Lease of LifeSusan Thorne
  40. 1954Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed AliveJoan
  41. 1954The Man Who Stayed AliveJoan
  42. 1954Meet Mr. CallaghanMayolo
  43. 1954Devil Girl from MarsDoris
  44. 1953The KidnappersKirsty
  45. 1951Quo VadisYoung Christian Girl (uncredited)
  46. 1951The RiverValerie
  47. 1949The Romantic AgeNorah