15 Facts About Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri was born Adrienne Riccoboni in Glasgow in November 1931, the daughter of an English mother and an Italian father.

Adrienne Corri earned Kubrick's respect by her willingness to undergo the gruelling process of shooting endless takes.

Adrienne Corri appeared in a number of horror and suspense films until the 1970s including Devil Girl from Mars, The Tell-Tale Heart, A Study in Terror and Vampire Circus.

Adrienne Corri appeared as Therese Duval in Revenge of the Pink Panther.

Adrienne Corri appeared in such diverse productions as the science fiction movie Moon Zero Two and a television version of Twelfth Night, directed by John Sichel, as the Countess Olivia, where she played opposite Sir Alec Guinness as Malvolio.

Adrienne Corri guest-starred as the mariticidal Liz Newton in the UFO episode "The Square Triangle" and was in two episodes of Danger Man.

Adrienne Corri was equally at home in the classics of British theatre, giving an outstanding performance as Lady Fidget in a BBC Play of the Month, William Wycherley's Restoration comedy The Country Wife, with Helen Mirren.

Adrienne Corri had a major stage career, appearing regularly both in London and in the provincial theatres.

Adrienne Corri was acquainted with many of the leading figures in the British theatre, including Joe Orton, who recounted in his diaries that he asked her advice on how best to end his relationship with his lover, Kenneth Halliwell.

Adrienne Corri enjoyed a good relationship with Stanley Kubrick, who joked with her that, in the home invasion sequence in A Clockwork Orange, she was cast in "the Debbie Reynolds part", a reference to Reynolds's role in the film Singin' in the Rain.

Adrienne Corri had two children, Patrick and Sarah Filmer-Sankey, from a relationship with the film producer Patrick Filmer-Sankey in the 1950s.

Adrienne Corri died at her home in London on 13 March 2016 from coronary artery disease, at the age of 84.

Adrienne Corri was the author of The Search for Gainsborough, a book written in diary form, detailing her efforts to establish the provenance of a painting of David Garrick which she believed to be by a young Thomas Gainsborough.

Adrienne Corri wrote a scholarly article in The Burlington Magazine about the portrait and its connection to Gainsborough's very early work Self Portrait as a Boy, c 1739.

Adrienne Corri was married to actor Daniel Massey from 1961 until they divorced in 1967.