Lelia Goldoni (born Lelia Vita Rizzuto; October 1, 1936) is an American actress who appeared in a number of motion pictures and television shows starting in the late 1940s, including uncredited cameo roles in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's House of Strangers (1949), John Huston's We Were Strangers (1949) and The Italian Job (1969). She appeared as Denise James in the 1965 horror film Hysteria.[1]
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She costarred on the episode "Fair Exchange" and "Two Birds with One Bullet" of the British television series Danger Man (1964) with Patrick MacGoohan.
She is best known for co-starring in John Cassavetes's groundbreaking film Shadows (1959),[2] which launched her acting career,[3] and for playing the best friend of Ellen Burstyn's character in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974).
In 2010, she appeared in the miniseries The Pacific as Dora Basilone.
Goldoni was born Lelia Vita Rizzuto in New York City. Her father was an Italian actor and she was a second cousin to baseball player Phil Rizzuto.[4] She attended Los Angeles City College and was part of the Lester Horton Dancers in the 1950s.[4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1949 | We Were Strangers | Consuelo Valdés | Uncredited |
1949 | House of Strangers | Italian Girl | Uncredited |
1959 | Shadows | Lelia | |
1965 | Hysteria | Denise James | |
1967 | Theatre of Death | Dani Gireaux | |
1969 | The Italian Job[5] | Mrs. Beckerman | Uncredited |
1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore[6] | Bea | |
1975 | The Day of the Locust[6] | Mary Dove | |
1976 | Baby Blue Marine | Mrs. Townsley | |
1976 | The Disappearance of Aimee | Sister Emma Shaffer | |
1978 | Bloodbrothers[7] | Maria | |
1978 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers[8] | Katherine Hendley | |
1980 | The Unseen | Virginia Keller | |
1981 | Choices | Jean Carluccio | |
1981 | Gangster Wars | Mrs. Lasker | |
1985 | Rainy Day Friends | Barbara Marti | |
1994 | Somebody to Love | Venice Waitress | |
2000 | A Constant Forge | Herself | |
2008 | Chain Link[9] | Floraine | |
2010 | The Pacific | Dora Basilone | |
2012 | The Devil Inside | Susan Meadows |
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