Lelia Goldoni (born 1 October 1936) is an American actress who appeared in a number of motion pictures and television shows starting in the late-1940s, beginning with uncredited cameo roles in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s House of Strangers (1949) and John Huston’s We Were Strangers (1949). She costarred on an episode of the British television series Danger Man “Fair Exchange” (1964) with Patrick MacGoohan.
She is best known for co-starring in John Cassavetes’s groundbreaking film Shadows (1959) and playing the best friend of Ellen Burstyn’s character in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974).
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Lelia Goldoni Biography / Wiki
Name | Lelia Goldoni |
Also Know | |
Gender | Female |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | |
Date of Birth | 1936-10-01 |
Age(as in 2022) | 85 |
Deathday |
Lelia Goldoni Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Shadows | Lelia | 1958-11-07 | The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz si… |
Chain Link | 2008-04-01 | A story about Anthony, a man recently released from prison who is trying to rebuild his life, getting a job and reconnecting with his ex-girlfriend Ja… | |
Theatre of Death | Dani Gireaux | 1967-11-01 | The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming involved in the place through his attractio… |
Choices | Jean Carluccio | 1981-10-01 | A popular high school student seems to have it all; a spot on the football team, the love of playing music in the school orchestra and a girlfriend. … |
The Spell | Jo Standish | 1977-02-20 | A distraught mother must cope with her embittered daughter who has the ability to cause “accidents” to happen…. |
Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story | Mrs. Saldana | 1984-11-12 | Before stalking was a well-known crime in North America, there was Theresa Saldana’s story. A drifter from the U.K., Arthur Jackson, flies to the U.S…. |
Bloodbrothers | Maria | 1978-09-28 | A young man is torn between following in his brothers’ footsteps or striking out on his own…. |
Hysteria | Denise James | 1965-04-01 | An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident. With only a photograph torn from a n… |
Anatomy of an Illness | Mrs. Farelli | 1984-05-15 | Biopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted a self-made health therapy consisting of intake of… |
Nowhere to Hide | Linda Faber | 1977-06-05 | A special unit of the U.S. Marshal’s Service is assigned to protect a syndicate hitman who is to testify against his former bosses, who have put out a… |
Rainy Day Friends | Barbara Marti | 1985-12-20 | A tough street kid from the L.A. barrios is discovered during an examination to have stomach tumors. During his hospitalization, he must learn to cope… |
Mistress of Paradise | Peg | 1981-10-04 | In the 19th century, a wealthy Northern woman marries a Louisiana plantation owner and then becomes suspicious about his first wife’s death…. |
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | Bea | 1974-12-09 | After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself a… |
Anything for John | Self | 1993-09-06 | An intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius for studying and depicting the human character. In-de… |
The Disappearance of Aimee | Emma Shaffer | 1976-11-17 | In 1926, celebrated evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson mysteriously disappeared. She turned up several weeks later and recounted the details of her kid… |
The Unseen | Virginia Keller | 1980-09-01 | Freelance reporter Jennifer and her two friends, Karen and Vicki, accept an invitation for cheap room and board in a large farmhouse offered by a frie… |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers | Katherine Hendley | 1978-12-19 | Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are in some way different. When questioned later they t… |
Good Against Evil | Sister Monica | 1977-05-22 | Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as hi… |
Arena – John Cassavetes | Herself | 1989-01-24 | Tribute to actor and director John Cassavetes who died in February 1989. Friends, associates and fellow directors remember the man and his work…. |
The Day of the Locust | Mary Dove | 1975-05-07 | Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with … |
We Were Strangers | Consuelo Valdés (uncredited) | 1949-04-27 | China Valdes joins the Cuban underground after her brother is killed by the chief of the secret police, Ariete. She meets and falls in love with Ameri… |
A Constant Forge | Self | 2000-01-01 | One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmma… |
Baby Blue Marine | Mrs. Townsley | 1976-05-05 | A would-be Marine fails basic training, and is sent home wearing the “baby blue” fatigues of a washout. En route, he is mugged by a battle-fatigued Ma… |
House of Strangers | Italian Girl (uncredited) | 1949-07-01 | Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help thei… |
Gangster Wars | Mrs. Lasker | 1981-04-09 | The film tells the story of three teenagers, based on real life gangsters Charles “Lucky” Luciano (Michael Nouri), Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel (Joe Penny)… |
Special Delivery | Edna Fenner (uncredited) | 1976-07-16 | A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and o… |
The Italian Job | Mrs. Beckerman (uncredited) | 1969-06-02 | Charlie’s got a ‘job’ to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose … |
Somebody to Love | Venice Waitress | 1994-09-27 | Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She’s involved with the married Harry, who considers himself a respected actor. Ernesto is in lo… |
Lelia Goldoni Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Genius on the Wrong Coast | Director | 1993-11-18 | Portrait of Lester Horton, a Los Angeles-based dancer, choreographer and teacher who trained many world-reknowned dancers and built the first American… |
Lelia Goldoni Production Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Genius on the Wrong Coast | Producer | 1993-11-18 | Portrait of Lester Horton, a Los Angeles-based dancer, choreographer and teacher who trained many world-reknowned dancers and built the first American… |
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