- Born
- Died
- Birth nameElena Maureen Bertolini
- Nickname
- Maureen Melrose
- 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 le Grand (1955), Ben-Hur (1959), Madame Sans Gêne (1963), Cléopâtre (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).- IMDb mini biography by: MobileVideo (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpouseClaudio Gora(1944 - March 13, 1998) (his death, 5 children)
- Mother of Carlo Giordana, Andrea Giordana, Marina Giordana, Luca Giordana and Cristina Giordana, grandmother of Luchino Giordana.
- She received much publicity in advance for her role in "Ben-Hur" as a Roman lady who has a romantic dalliance with Charlton Heston's hero, almost causing him to abandon his task of revenge on the villainous Messala. However, when the film finally opened in late 1959, her role had been entirely cut out except for an appearance lasting only seconds (and without dialogue), where her character is not referred to specifically and is seen as one of a crowd of people at a social gathering. The film ran for over three-and-a-half hours without her.
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