Adrienne Corri

About

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...

Known for

Doctor WhoSeries • 1963Play for TodaySeries • 1970BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965One Step BeyondSeries • 1959ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969Danger ManSeries • 1960The ChampionsSeries • 1968A Clockwork OrangeMovie • 1971UFOSeries • 1970LovejoySeries • 1986Department SSeries • 1969The BuccaneersSeries • 1956Mark SaberSeries • 1954The AdventurerSeries • 1972The Adventures of William TellSeries • 1958Doctor ZhivagoMovie • 1965The Count of Monte CristoSeries • 1956Revenge of the Pink PantherMovie • 1978Quo VadisMovie • 1951The Human FactorMovie • 1979Bunny Lake Is MissingMovie • 1965A Study in TerrorMovie • 1965The RiverMovie • 1951Woman Times SevenMovie • 1967