#48 Belinda Lee

Not a bad actress, Belinda Lee also just so happened to be a “green-eyed blonde bombshell” (IMDb).  Subsequently, she had a hard time avoiding being typecast as a “buxom, peroxide blonde.” Frustrated with such roles, she escaped to Italy, a particularly ironic destination, as that country is famous as a B movie mecca. She died heartbreakingly young, at age 25.

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Embarrassing Real Birthplace:  Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire (actually, rather a tony place)

Cheesy Pageant Titles:  Miss Deep Ocean of 1954, US Navy

Embarrassing Movies

• Nights of Lucretia Borgia
• Way of the Wicked
• Blood Feud
• Satan Tempts with Love

Embarrassing Taglines

• She climbed a ladder of lovers into a lap of luxury!
• CLOSE ENOUGH TO KISS...OR KILL! 
• Ablaze With Thrills, Excitement and Dangers Such as the Screen Has Never Seen!
• A Picture Best Understood By Adults!

Embarrassing Characters

• Henet
• Lucretia Borgia 
• Messalina 
• Aphrodite
• Rosemarie Nittbritt, Prostitute

Whiffs of Scandal

• Affairs
• Suicide attempt
• Last boyfriend was a pedophile

Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends

• Prince Filippo Orsini
• King Farouk of Egypt

Untimely Demise:  25, in an auto accident

Interesting Tidbits

• Nickame was "Billie"
• Attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
• Was seriously injured when her hair caught on fire while filming a candle-lit scene

Where can I learn more?

• British Film Institute
• IMDb
• Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen
• Wikipedia

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