Adrienne Corri
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| Adrienne Corri | |
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| Born | Adrienne Riccoboni 13 November 1933 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK   |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Derek Fowlds (?-?) Daniel Massey (1961-1967) |
Adrienne Corri (born on 13 November 1933 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 has also appeared as Therese Duval in Revenge of the Pink Panther.
Her numerous television credits include regular roles in A Family At War and You're Only Young Twice, appearing 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 has also appeared on stage. 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, f**k yourselves."[1]
She 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Billington, Michael (2006-09-01). Sounding off. Culture Vulture. Guardian Unlimited. Note that Billington only repeats the story, without confirming or providing any evidence of its truth.
