Belinda Lee

Belinda Lee
Belinda Lee in Long Night in 1943 (1960)
Born(1935-06-15)15 June 1935
Died12 March 1961(1961-03-12) (aged 25)
OccupationActress
Years active1954–1961
Spouse
(m. 1954; div. 1959)

Belinda Lee (15 June 1935 – 12 March 1961) was an English actress.

A profile for the British Film Institute's Screenonline website asserts: "of all the Rank Organisation's starlets, Belinda Lee stands out as the most notorious, yet paradoxically anonymous, British actress of the 1950s."[1]

Often cast in demure roles in her early career, she was able to demonstrate her dramatic abilities, but she found more constant employment when she began to play "sexpot" roles. Typecast as one of several "sexy blondes", she was often compared, unfavourably, to the popular Diana Dors. Typical of these roles was a supporting part in the Benny Hill film Who Done It? (1956).

  1. ^ "Lee, Belinda (1935–1961)". BFI Screenonline. 2003–14. Retrieved 30 May 2020.