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.​

Lelia Goldoni

Acting Born October 1, 1936 – Died July 22, 2023

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

Knots Landing

Dr. Beauvais

Cold Case

Nurse Polly Leonard (2007)

L.A. Law

Danielle Peterson

The Wednesday Play

Gabriella

Cagney & Lacey

Mrs. Tartaglia

Theatre 625

Bernice Lewis

Thirty-Minute Theatre

The Girl

Vega$

Felony Squad

Espionage

Luchia

Johnny Staccato

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Katherine Hendley