Biography
Elena Maureen Bertolini, known as Marina Berti, (29 September 1924 – 29 October 2002) was an English-born Italian film actress. Her first screen appearance was in the Anna Magnani film, La Fuggitiva in 1941. She appeared mainly in small roles and in the occasional leading role in nearly 100 films both Italian and American. Her appearances include Quo Vadis (1951), Abdulla the Great (1955), Ben Hur (1959), Cleopatra (1963), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), What Have They Done to You...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Amen.
2002
as La Principessa
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that...
Mit dem Herzen einer Mutter
1992
as Carla DeConti
A woman loses her husband in a car accident and plunges into a severe emotional crisis, which is why she leaves her son in the care of her mother-in-l...
Stubborn Fate
1992
as Eva Meyer
Carolina Rambaldi isn't fulfilled by her three children: Marcello, a lazy do-nothing, Lucrezia, a bossy type who produces a TV show, and Cesare, homos...
La posta in gioco
1988
as Luigina, la moglie di Bellomo
L'ultima mazurka
1986
as Signora in treno
The Repenter
1985
A judge on crusade to take down the Italian Mafia uses a gangster turned state's witness (a so-called "repenter") and a New York banker to do it. But ...
Embassy
1985
as Marina
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
A Spiral of Mist
1977
as Costanza Sangermano
The lovely Maria Teresa is unhappily married with the impotent lawyer Marcello. Maria Teresa's marriage is contrasted by the passionate Valeria, who i...
Don Milani
1976
as The teacher
The Red Carnation
1976
Our hero is the 18-year-old Alessio Mainardi, who receives a token red carnation from a girl named Giovanna and becomes a symbol of love, desire, and ...
The Divine Nymph
1975
as Zia di Manuela
In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.
Late Night Trains
1975
as Laura Stradi
Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. Un...
Moses the Lawgiver
1974
as Eliseba
The epic story of Moses, who led the Israelites out of slavery, parted the Red Sea and received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Originally a TV M...
What Have They Done to Your Daughters?
1974
as Mrs. Polvesi
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered....
Buona parte di Paolina
1973
Paulina, sister of Napoleon I, is married to Camillo Borghese, presented as a helpless coward. She is eager to offer herself to all the young people t...
Planet Venus
1972
Matteo is a communist intellectual, the son of a wealthy bourgeois, who found himself blind from an eye after the war. One day in the streets of Rome ...
Tre nel mille
1971
A few days after the arrival of the year 1000, bearer of great misfortune according to the Prophets, the cavalryman Fortunato and two soldiers, Pannoc...
Lady Caliph
1970
as Clementine Doberdò
La Califfa's husband was killed during the strikes so she takes the side of the strikers. Her conflict with the plant owner Doverdo gradually turns i...
Safety Catch
1970
as La soeur d'Alberta
A doctor disbarred for euthanasia is called in by a man to help his son, who has been depressed since the suicide of his partner. But in the dead woma...
Hate Is My God
1969
as Blanche Durand
A young man returns to his village, and with the help of a black-clad stranger, seeks revenge for the murder of his brother against three men who are ...
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Gina
A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.
Temptation
1969
The young architect Guido maintains a relationship with Carla, wife of industrialist Veraldi that despite being aware of her infidelity does nothing t...
Dead End
1969
as Sergio's Mother
Rebellious teen Sergio decides to isolate himself from society by living near the shore of a desolate lake. But he's unable to live freely once police...
The Stranger Returns
1967
as Ethel
The Stranger happens across a murdered postal inspector and a gang of bandits set on a prize of stolen gold which should be transported in a stagecoac...
Every Man Is My Enemy
1967
as Anna
When a heist goes wrong, a safe cracker (Robert Webber) looks for the person who's betrayed him...
An Angel for Satan
1966
as Ilda, the Housekeeper
At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Soon a series of crimes start and the superstitious ...
Made in Italy
1965
as Bored Diner (segment "1 'Usi e costumi', episode 1")
A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.
Monsieur
1964
as Mrs. Danoni
A Face in the Rain
1963
as Anna
An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a German Officer.
The Swordsman of Siena
1962
as Countess of Osta
A 16th-century Spanish overlord hires Thomas Stanswood (Stuart Granger) to protect his, less than eager, fiancee (Sylva Koscina) from rebels. Thomas f...
Damon and Pythias
1962
as Mereka - Nerissa's Friend
Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.
Jessica
1962
as Filippella Risino
When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husb...
Madame
1961
as Elisa Bonaparte
Catherine Hubscher, who washes the shirts of young Napoleon and other soldiers fighting the Revolution, falls in love with Sergeant Lefebvre. Circumst...
Ben-Hur
1959
as Flavia (uncredited)
In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of t...
Il cavaliere dalla spada nera
1956
as Contessa Laura
Il canto dell'emigrante
1956
as Mara
An Italian singer who found fame in America comes back to his native country and finds out that his former girlfriend is in prison.
Operazione Mitra
1955
as Marisa Rossi
Abdullah's Harem
1955
as Aziza
Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful m...
Casta diva
1954
as Beatrice Turina
As soon as he graduated from the Naples Conservatory, Vincenzo Bellini meets Maddalena Fumaroli and immediately falls in love with her.
Knights of the Queen
1954
as Jacqueline Planchet
A new adventure for the Dumas musketeers who this time must save the Infanta of Spain from the intrigues of the Prince of Condé who wants to take the ...
At the Edge of the City
1953
as Luisa
Based on real events, in Rome a lawyer is not sure whether to accept defending a lower-class worker wrongly accused of the murder of his girlfriend.
Eager to Live
1953
as Lucia
Massimo pretends to be rich but he's actually poor.
The Queen of Sheba
1952
as Zamira, betrothed of Rehoboam
The Queen of Sheba falls in love with the King of Israel. The King of Israel, however, is in love with someone else.
Red Love
1952
as Marianna Cossu
Quo Vadis
1951
as Eunice
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...
Il capitano nero
1951
as Barbara Vivaldi
Up Front
1951
as Emi Rosso
Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe".
Il sentiero dell'odio
1950
as Bella Pietramala
A love story along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, set in Calabria: two young lovers belong to two families who have always been enemies of each other.
Cuori sul mare
1950
Two young men from the Navy fall in love with an actress.
Deported
1950
as Gina Carapia
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler pla...
The Sky Is Red
1950
as Carla
Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone i...
Prince of Foxes
1949
as Angela Borgia
In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. On this delicate m...
Sicilian Uprising
1949
as Laura
Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and...
The Earth Cries Out
1949
as Dina
Two Jews and their former British comrade land on opposite sides of the Palestine issue following World War II.
Sinfonia fatale
1947
as Mirella
An American composer moves to Italy and falls for a local country girl right before the start of World War II.
Notte di tempesta
1946
as Caterina
The story is taken from the drama "I Pescatori" (The Fishermen) by Raffaele Viviani, and is set in a fishing island off the coast of Naples (clearly i...
The Testimony
1946
as Linda
A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace of...
Preludio d'amore
1946
After returning from the war Davide, a fisherman from Liguria, discovers that his girl Anna has been courted and compromised by a sailor named Rocco. ...
The Gate of Heaven
1945
as The nurse
Episodic film with flashbacks about the lives of some sick and infirm people travelling on the same train, making a pilgrimage to the shine of Our Lad...
I dieci comandamenti
1945
Ten episodes, one for each of the Ten Commandments. Lost film.
Woman of the Mountains
1944
as Zosi
An engineer, devastated by the death of his fiance during a mountain expedition in north Italy, hopes he might forget about her by marrying a young nu...
La valle del diavolo
1943
as Greta
Giacomo l'idealista
1943
as Celestina
Divieto di sosta
1941
A wealthy widow becomes infatuated with an adventurer posing as a poet and, forgetting her responsibilities as a mother and her no longer young age, f...
La fuggitiva
1941
as Lucia
In the absence of the biological mother, too busy pursuing her theatrical career, we see the glorification of the maternal surrogate, a woman who is a...