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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-10-01

Day of Death

2023-07-22 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

-

Also Known As

Lelia Goldoni

Biography

Lelia Goldoni was 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lelia Goldoni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

Acting

The Day of the Locust

1975

The Day of the Locust

as

Mary Dove

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

as

Katherine Hendley

Shadows

1960

Shadows

as

Lelia

Hysteria

1965

Hysteria

as

Denise James

Bardo

2016

Bardo

as

Lily

Theatre of Death

1967

Theatre of Death

as

Dani Gireaux

Bloodbrothers

1978

Bloodbrothers

as

Maria

Chain Link

2008

Chain Link

as

Floraine

The Disappearance of Aimee

1976

The Disappearance of Aimee

as

Emma Shaffer

Choices

1981

Choices

as

Jean Carluccio

Anatomy of an Illness

1984

Anatomy of an Illness

as

Mrs. Farelli

The Spell

1977

The Spell

as

Jo Standish

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1995

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

as

Hale Club Woman

The Unseen

1980

The Unseen

as

Virginia Keller

Good Against Evil

1977

Good Against Evil

as

Sister Monica

Gangster Wars

1981

Gangster Wars

as

Mrs. Lasker

The Italian Job

1969

The Italian Job

as

Mrs. Beckerman (uncredited)

Nowhere to Hide

1977

Nowhere to Hide

as

Linda Faber

House of Strangers

1949

House of Strangers

as

Italian Girl (uncredited)

Rainy Day Friends

1985

Rainy Day Friends

as

Barbara Marti

We Were Strangers

1949

We Were Strangers

as

Consuelo Valdés (uncredited)

Special Delivery

1976

Special Delivery

as

Edna Fenner (uncredited)

Baby Blue Marine

1976

Baby Blue Marine

as

Mrs. Townsley

Somebody to Love

1994

Somebody to Love

as

Venice Waitress

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

as

Judge Danielle Peterson

Cold Case

Cold Case

as

Nurse Polly Leonard (2007)

Knots Landing

Knots Landing

as

Dr. Beauvais

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey

as

Mrs. Tartaglia

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as

Emma Shaffer

Scruples

Scruples

as

Joanne Hillman

Production

Crew

Directing