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Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri

Actor·1930–2016·Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

11 horror credits

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".

Actor11 films

Madhouse

Madhouse

Faye

1974
Vampire Circus

Vampire Circus

Gypsy Woman

1972 3.5
A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

Mrs. Alexander

1971 4.4
Moon Zero Two

Moon Zero Two

Liz

1969
Journey Into Darkness

Journey Into Darkness

Terry Lawrence

1968
The Viking Queen

The Viking Queen

Beatrice

1967
A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror

Angela

1965
Corridors of Blood

Corridors of Blood

Rachel

1963
The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

Betty Clare

1960 3.5
The Anatomist

The Anatomist

Mary Paterson

1956
Devil Girl from Mars

Devil Girl from Mars

Doris

1954