Lelia Goldoni

Actor

Lelia Goldoni

Born October 1, 1936Died July 22, 202329 films

Lelia Goldoni was an American actress who appeared in a number of motion pictures and television shows starting in the late-1940s, beginning with uncredited cameo roles in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's House of Strangers (1949) and John Huston's We Were Strangers (1949). She costarred on an episode of the British television series Danger Man "Fair Exchange" (1964) with Patrick MacGoohan.

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She is best known for co-starring in John Cassavetes's groundbreaking film Shadows (1959) and playing the best friend of Ellen Burstyn's character in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).

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Shadows posterFirst watchShadows19606.9as LeliaA leading role.The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Invasion of the Body Snatchers poster7.2Invasion of the Body Snatchers1978Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore poster7.0Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore1974The Day of the Locust poster6.4The Day of the Locust1975The Italian Job poster6.9The Italian Job1969The Unseen poster4.9The Unseen1980House of Strangers poster7.0House of Strangers1949

Filmography

29 films as actor
  1. 2017Norman Pinski Come HomeMabel
  2. 2016BardoLily
  3. 2008Chain LinkFloraine
  4. 1995The Computer Wore Tennis ShoesHale Club Woman
  5. 1994Somebody to LoveVenice Waitress
  6. 1985Rainy Day FriendsBarbara Marti
  7. 1984Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana StoryMrs. Saldana
  8. 1984Anatomy of an IllnessMrs. Farelli
  9. 1981Mistress of ParadisePeg
  10. 1981ChoicesJean Carluccio
  11. 1981Gangster WarsMrs. Lasker
  12. 1980The UnseenVirginia Keller
  13. 1978Invasion of the Body SnatchersKatherine Hendley
  14. 1978BloodbrothersMaria
  15. 1977Nowhere to HideLinda Faber
  16. 1977Good Against EvilSister Monica
  17. 1977The SpellJo Standish
  18. 1976The Disappearance of AimeeEmma Shaffer
  19. 1976Special DeliveryEdna Fenner (uncredited)
  20. 1976Baby Blue MarineMrs. Townsley
  21. 1975The Day of the LocustMary Dove
  22. 1974Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreBea
  23. 1969The Italian JobMrs. Beckerman (uncredited)
  24. 1969The ExilesGabriella
  25. 1967Theatre of DeathDani Gireaux
  26. 1965HysteriaDenise James
  27. 1960ShadowsLelia
  28. 1949House of StrangersItalian Girl (uncredited)
  29. 1949We Were StrangersConsuelo Valdés