Marina Berti

Biography

Elena Maureen Bertolini, known as Marina Berti, was an English-born Italian film actress. Her first screen appearance was in the Anna Magnani film, La fuggitiva (1941). She appeared mainly in small roles and in the occasional leading role in nearly 100 films, both Italian and American. She appeared in such films as Quo Vadis (1951), Abdullah's Harem (1955), Ben-Hur (1959), Madame Sans Gêne (1963), Cleopatra (1963), _If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)_ (qav), _Moses the Lawgiver (1975)_ and Jésus de Nazareth (1977). Her last film appearance was in the Costa-Gavras film Amen (2002).