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	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	She was born '''Adrienne Riccoboni''' in [[Glasgow]] in November 1931, the daughter of an English mother (Olive Smethurst) and an Italian father (Luigi Riccoboni; sometimes spelt Reccobini). In the 1930s her father Luigi (known as Louis) ran the Crown Hotel in [[Callander]], Perthshire. She had one brother.~~{{citation needed\|date=June 2020}}~~		She was born '''Adrienne Riccoboni''' in [[Glasgow]] in November 1931, the daughter of an English mother (Olive Smethurst) and an Italian father (Luigi Riccoboni; sometimes spelt Reccobini). In the 1930s her father Luigi (known as Louis) ran the Crown Hotel in [[Callander]], Perthshire. She had one brother.

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Corri may be best known for one of her smaller parts, that of Mary Alexander, wife of the writer Frank Alexander (played by [[Patrick Magee (actor)\|Patrick Magee]]), in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s dystopian ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)\|A Clockwork Orange]]'' (1971). Corri, not originally cast in the film, was offered the role after two actresses had already withdrawn from the production, one of them, according to [[Malcolm McDowell]] (who played [[Alex DeLarge]]), because she found it "too humiliating – because it involved having to be perched, naked, on [[Warren Clarke]]'s (playing "Dim the Droog") shoulders for weeks on end while Stanley decided which shot he liked the best." Corri had no such qualms about appearing naked, joking to McDowell: "Well, Malcolm, you're about to find out that I'm a real redhead."<ref name="Timesobit" /><ref>{{cite journal \|title=The chief Droog talks A Clockwork Orange, Caligula and Rob Zombie \|journal=Bizarre \|url=http://www.bizarremag.com/film-and-music/interviews/8596/malcolm_mcdowell.html \|access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> Corri earned Kubrick's respect by her willingness to undergo the gruelling process of shooting endless takes. She recalled: "For four days I was bashed about by Malcolm (Alex) and he really hit me. One scene was shot 39 times until Malcolm said 'I can't hit her any more!'"<ref name="Timesobit" />		Corri may be best known for one of her smaller parts, that of Mary Alexander, wife of the writer Frank Alexander (played by [[Patrick Magee (actor)\|Patrick Magee]]), in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s dystopian ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)\|A Clockwork Orange]]'' (1971). Corri, not originally cast in the film, was offered the role after two actresses had already withdrawn from the production, one of them, according to [[Malcolm McDowell]] (who played [[Alex DeLarge]]), because she found it "too humiliating – because it involved having to be perched, naked, on [[Warren Clarke]]'s (playing "Dim the Droog") shoulders for weeks on end while Stanley decided which shot he liked the best." Corri had no such qualms about appearing naked, joking to McDowell: "Well, Malcolm, you're about to find out that I'm a real redhead."<ref name="Timesobit" /><ref>{{cite journal \|title=The chief Droog talks A Clockwork Orange, Caligula and Rob Zombie \|journal=Bizarre \|url=http://www.bizarremag.com/film-and-music/interviews/8596/malcolm_mcdowell.html \|access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> Corri earned Kubrick's respect by her willingness to undergo the gruelling process of shooting endless takes. She recalled: "For four days I was bashed about by Malcolm (Alex) and he really hit me. One scene was shot 39 times until Malcolm said 'I can't hit her any more!'"<ref name="Timesobit" />

	Corri's film debut was in ''[[The Romantic Age]]'' (1949), which was followed by [[Jean Renoir]]'s version of ''[[The River (1951 film)\|The River]]'' (1951).<ref name="Timesobit" /> Her other film roles included Lara's mother in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)\|Dr. Zhivago]]'' and Dorothy in [[Otto Preminger]]'s thriller ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (both 1965). She also appeared in a number of horror and suspense films until the 1970s including ''[[Devil Girl from Mars]]'' (1954), ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart (1960 film)\|The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' (1960), ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965) and ''[[Vampire Circus]]'' (1972). She also appeared as Therese Duval in ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' (1978).~~{{citation needed\|date=June 2020}}~~		Corri's film debut was in ''[[The Romantic Age]]'' (1949), which was followed by [[Jean Renoir]]'s version of ''[[The River (1951 film)\|The River]]'' (1951).<ref name="Timesobit" /> Her other film roles included Lara's mother in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)\|Dr. Zhivago]]'' and Dorothy in [[Otto Preminger]]'s thriller ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (both 1965). She also appeared in a number of horror and suspense films until the 1970s including ''[[Devil Girl from Mars]]'' (1954), ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart (1960 film)\|The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' (1960), ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965) and ''[[Vampire Circus]]'' (1972). She also appeared as Therese Duval in ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' (1978).

	She appeared in such diverse productions as the science fiction movie ''[[Moon Zero Two]]'' (1969) where she played opposite the character actor [[Sam Kydd]] (Len the barman), and again in a television version of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1970), directed by [[John Sichel]], as the Countess Olivia, where she played opposite [[Alec Guinness]] as Malvolio.~~{{citation needed\|date=June 2020}}~~		She appeared in such diverse productions as the science fiction movie ''[[Moon Zero Two]]'' (1969) where she played opposite the character actor [[Sam Kydd]] (Len the barman), and again in a television version of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1970), directed by [[John Sichel]], as the Countess Olivia, where she played opposite [[Alec Guinness]] as Malvolio.

	Her other television credits include Angelica in ''[[Sword of Freedom]]'' (1958), Yolanda in ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)\|The Invisible Man]]'' episode "Crisis in the Desert" (1958), regular roles in ''[[A Family at War]]'' and ''[[You're Only Young Twice (1971 TV series)\|You're Only Young Twice]]'' (both 1971 – the latter a television series created by [[Jack Trevor Story]]), Mena in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' (1980), and Veronica in ''[[Love in a Cold Climate (TV serial, 1980)\|Love in a Cold Climate]]'' (1980). She guest-starred as the [[mariticide\|mariticidal]] Liz Newton in the ''[[UFO (TV series)\|UFO]]'' episode "[[The Square Triangle]]" (1970) and was in two episodes of ''[[Danger Man]]'' (US: ''Secret Agent'', both 1965). She 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]]'' (1977), with <!--No "Dame": DBE not bestowed until 2003-->[[Helen Mirren]].		Her other television credits include Angelica in ''[[Sword of Freedom]]'' (1958), Yolanda in ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)\|The Invisible Man]]'' episode "Crisis in the Desert" (1958), regular roles in ''[[A Family at War]]'' and ''[[You're Only Young Twice (1971 TV series)\|You're Only Young Twice]]'' (both 1971 – the latter a television series created by [[Jack Trevor Story]]), Mena in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' (1980), and Veronica in ''[[Love in a Cold Climate (TV serial, 1980)\|Love in a Cold Climate]]'' (1980). She guest-starred as the [[mariticide\|mariticidal]] Liz Newton in the ''[[UFO (TV series)\|UFO]]'' episode "[[The Square Triangle]]" (1970) and was in two episodes of ''[[Danger Man]]'' (US: ''Secret Agent'', both 1965). She 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]]'' (1977), with <!--No "Dame": DBE not bestowed until 2003-->[[Helen Mirren]].

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	\| birth_name = Adrienne Riccoboni		\| birth_name = Adrienne Riccoboni
	\| birth_date = {{birth date~~\|df=y~~\|1931\|11\|13}}<ref name="NYTimesobit">{{cite web \|last=Slotnik \|first=Daniel E. \|title=Adrienne Corri, Actress Known for 'A Clockwork Orange,' Dies at 84 \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/movies/adrienne-corri-actress-known-for-a-clockwork-orange-dies-at-84.html \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=30 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Fellner \|first=Chris \|title=The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVGfDwAAQBAJ&q=Adrienne+Riccoboni+born&pg=PA68 \|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] \|date=31 July 2019 \|isbn=9781538126592 \|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Corri, Adrienne [real name Adrienne Riccoboni] (1931–2016), actress \|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-111193 \|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography \|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111193}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Adrienne Corri 1931 - 2016 - Obituary \|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=adrienne-corri&pid=179407492}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/adrienne-corri-1931-2016/ \|title=Adrienne Corri (1931 - 2016) - Legacy.com}}</ref>		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1931\|11\|13\|df=y}}<ref name="NYTimesobit">{{cite web \|last=Slotnik \|first=Daniel E. \|title=Adrienne Corri, Actress Known for 'A Clockwork Orange,' Dies at 84 \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/movies/adrienne-corri-actress-known-for-a-clockwork-orange-dies-at-84.html \|work=[[The New York Times]] \|date=30 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book \|last=Fellner \|first=Chris \|title=The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVGfDwAAQBAJ&q=Adrienne+Riccoboni+born&pg=PA68 \|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] \|date=31 July 2019 \|isbn=9781538126592 \|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Corri, Adrienne [real name Adrienne Riccoboni] (1931–2016), actress \|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-111193 \|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography \|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111193}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=Adrienne Corri 1931 - 2016 - Obituary \|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=adrienne-corri&pid=179407492}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/adrienne-corri-1931-2016/ \|title=Adrienne Corri (1931 - 2016) - Legacy.com}}</ref>
	\| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]], Scotland		\| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]], Scotland
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	\| death_place = [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[London]], England
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| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], [[Lanarkshire]], Scotland
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]] |1961|1967|end=divorced}}
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'''Adrienne Corri''' (born '''Adrienne Riccoboni''', 13 November 1931 – 13 March 2016)<ref>{{cite web |last=Bergan |first=Ronald |title=Actor who played Shakespearean roles and in Hammer horror movies, as well as such well-known films as Dr Zhivago |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/28/adrienne-corri-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 March 2016}}</ref> was a Scottish actress.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news |title=Adrienne Corri |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4721727.ece |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |date=25 March 2016 |access-date=26 March 2016}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

== Early life ==
She was born '''Adrienne Riccoboni''' in [[Glasgow]] in November 1931, the daughter of an English mother (Olive Smethurst) and an Italian father (Luigi Riccoboni; sometimes spelt Reccobini). In the 1930s her father Luigi (known as Louis) ran the Crown Hotel in [[Callander]], Perthshire. She had one brother.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

== Career ==
Corri may be best known for one of her smaller parts, that of Mary Alexander, wife of the writer Frank Alexander (played by [[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]]), in [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s dystopian ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' (1971). Corri, not originally cast in the film, was offered the role after two actresses had already withdrawn from the production, one of them, according to [[Malcolm McDowell]] (who played [[Alex DeLarge]]), because she found it "too humiliating – because it involved having to be perched, naked, on [[Warren Clarke]]'s (playing "Dim the Droog") shoulders for weeks on end while Stanley decided which shot he liked the best." Corri had no such qualms about appearing naked, joking to McDowell: "Well, Malcolm, you're about to find out that I'm a real redhead."<ref name="Timesobit" /><ref>{{cite journal |title=The chief Droog talks A Clockwork Orange, Caligula and Rob Zombie |journal=Bizarre |url=http://www.bizarremag.com/film-and-music/interviews/8596/malcolm_mcdowell.html |access-date=13 March 2013}}</ref> Corri earned Kubrick's respect by her willingness to undergo the gruelling process of shooting endless takes. She recalled: "For four days I was bashed about by Malcolm (Alex) and he really hit me. One scene was shot 39 times until Malcolm said 'I can't hit her any more!'"<ref name="Timesobit" />

Corri's film debut was in ''[[The Romantic Age]]'' (1949), which was followed by [[Jean Renoir]]'s version of ''[[The River (1951 film)|The River]]'' (1951).<ref name="Timesobit" /> Her other film roles included Lara's mother in [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Dr. Zhivago]]'' and Dorothy in [[Otto Preminger]]'s thriller ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (both 1965). She also appeared in a number of horror and suspense films until the 1970s including ''[[Devil Girl from Mars]]'' (1954), ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart (1960 film)|The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' (1960), ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' (1965) and ''[[Vampire Circus]]'' (1972). She also appeared as Therese Duval in ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' (1978).{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

She appeared in such diverse productions as the science fiction movie ''[[Moon Zero Two]]'' (1969) where she played opposite the character actor [[Sam Kydd]] (Len the barman), and again in a television version of ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' (1970), directed by [[John Sichel]], as the Countess Olivia, where she played opposite [[Alec Guinness]] as Malvolio.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Her other television credits include Angelica in ''[[Sword of Freedom]]'' (1958), Yolanda in ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]'' episode "Crisis in the Desert" (1958), regular roles in ''[[A Family at War]]'' and ''[[You're Only Young Twice (1971 TV series)|You're Only Young Twice]]'' (both 1971 – the latter a television series created by [[Jack Trevor Story]]), Mena in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story ''[[The Leisure Hive]]'' (1980), and Veronica in ''[[Love in a Cold Climate (TV serial, 1980)|Love in a Cold Climate]]'' (1980). She guest-starred as the [[mariticide|mariticidal]] Liz Newton in the ''[[UFO (TV series)|UFO]]'' episode "[[The Square Triangle]]" (1970) and was in two episodes of ''[[Danger Man]]'' (US: ''Secret Agent'', both 1965). She 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]]'' (1977), with [[Helen Mirren]].

Corri had a major stage career, appearing regularly both in London and in the provincial theatres. She appeared in one of the first English performances in 1968 of ''[[Come and Go]]'', [[Samuel Beckett]]'s one-act "dramaticule", in Beckett's coinage, performed at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] as part of "a gala entertainment concerning depravity and corruption" (the words coming from the nineteenth-century definition of obscenity), sponsored by the [[Liberty (advocacy group)|National Council for Civil Liberties]] and the [[Defence of Literature and the Arts Society]], which raised funds to support publishers being prosecuted for obscenity. It was directed by [[Deryk Mendel]], with Corri appearing alongside [[Marie Kean]] and [[Billie Whitelaw]] in the roles of Flo, Vi, and Ru.<ref>{{cite book |author=Ackerley, C.J. |author2=S.E. Gontarski |title=The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life, and Thought |publisher=Grove Press |year=2004 |pages=608 |isbn=0-8021-4049-1}}</ref> The evening included both classical and rock music, and a mixed programme compèred by [[George Melly]]. In his entry for Clifford Anthony Smythe in the online ''[[Dictionary of National Biography#Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', [[John Calder]] records that "The profit was much less than expected for a sold-out house, as the person who had volunteered to organise the souvenir programme spent too little time finding advertisers as against providing editorial content."<ref>{{cite web |last=Calder |first=John |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Smythe, Clifford Anthony |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/93640 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |access-date=10 July 2013}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Corri was known for her feisty personality. When the audience booed on the first night of [[John Osborne]]'s ''[[The World of Paul Slickey]]'', she responded by raising two fingers to the audience and shouting: "Go fuck yourselves".<ref>{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |title=Sounding Off |url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/archives/2006/09/01/sounding_off_1.html |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=19 August 2008 |access-date=9 May 2012}}</ref> During the making of ''[[Moon Zero Two]]'', she poured a glass of iced water inside [[James Olson (actor)|James Olson]]'s rubber space suit.{{why|date=June 2020}} Despite his uncomfortable state, Olson was obliged to wear the suit for the remainder of the day's shooting.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last=Hallenbeck |first=Bruce |title=Adrienne Corri Interview |url=http://hammerglamour.awardspace.com/corri/corriiv.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=9 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527024223/http://hammerglamour.awardspace.com/corri/corriiv.htm |archive-date=27 May 2009}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Lahr |first=John |author-link=John Lahr |title=Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography of Joe Orton |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |year=2002 |page=320 |isbn=0-7475-6014-5}}</ref> She 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]]'' (1952).<ref name="auto" /> After completing ''A Clockwork Orange'', Corri kept in touch with Kubrick, who complained to her about the problem he had of losing socks whenever he did the washing, so for Christmas she gave him a pair of bright red socks, a humorous reference to her scene in ''A Clockwork Orange'' in which, after Alex had finished snipping off her red pyjama suit, she was naked except for a pair of red socks.<ref>{{cite book |last=Baxter |first=John |title=Stanley Kubrick: A Biography |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=1998 |isbn=0-00-638445-5}}</ref>

In the louche atmosphere of the 1960s, when peers, film stars and gangsters rubbed shoulders, Corri became acquainted with some of London's demi-monde, including the much-married ''bon viveur'' [[John Wodehouse, 4th Earl of Kimberley]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Kimberley, Corri And Sassoon Pictures {{!}} Getty Images |url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/british-hairdresser-vidal-sassoon-with-john-wodehouse-4th-news-photo/174402213 |website=gettyimages.com |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> as well as socialising with other actors, and the [[Kray twins]] at their El Morocco club,<ref>{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Rob |title=An Evening at El Morocco with the Kray Twins and Barbara Windsor {{!}} |url=http://flashbak.com/evening-el-morocco-kray-twins-barbara-windsor-59411/ |date=30 April 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref> one of the haunts of Conservative politician [[Robert Boothby]], an acquaintance of the Krays, who used the twin brothers to supply him with [[rent boys]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Morgan |first=Tom |title=The Spy Files: Lord Boothby's sordid sex parties with Ronnie Kray revealed in MI5 files |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11948323/lord-boothby-sex-parties-ronnie-kray-mi5-documents.html |work=The Telegraph |date=23 October 2015 |access-date=16 August 2016}}</ref>

She had two children, Patrick and Sarah Filmer-Sankey, from a relationship with the film producer Patrick Filmer-Sankey in the 1950s.<ref name="Timesobit" />

Corri died at her home in London on 13 March 2016 from [[coronary artery disease]], at the age of 84.<ref name="NYTimesobit" />

== Gainsborough studies ==
She 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]]. She also 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'', {{circa}} 1739 (the latter can be seen online at the Historical Portraits Image Library).<ref>{{cite web |last=Mould |first=Philip |title=Historical Portraits Image Library |url=http://www.historicalportraits.com/Gallery.asp?Page=Item&ItemID=60&Desc=Self-portrait-as-a-boy-%7C-Thomas-Gainsborough |work=Self Portrait as a Boy c.1739 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Corri |first=Adrienne |title=Gainsborough's Early Career: New Documents and Two Portraits |journal=The Burlington Magazine |date=April 1983 |issue=125 |pages=210–216}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Corri |first=Adrienne |title=The Search for Gainsborough |year=1986 |publisher=Vanguard Press |isbn=0-8149-0906-X |pages=281}}</ref>

Corri's research and her article are discussed in "Tom will be a genius – new landscapes by the young Thomas Gainsborough", the catalogue of an exhibition at Philip Mould Ltd, 4–28 July 2009, with text by Lindsay Stainton and [[Bendor Grosvenor]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stainton |first1=Lindsay |last2=Grosvenor |first2=Bendor |author-link2=Bendor Grosvenor |title=Tom will be a genius |year=2009 |publisher=Philip Mould Ltd |pages=50 |url=http://philipmould.com/docs/gainsborough/index.html#/1/zoomed}}</ref> Corri's claim that the painting was by the young Gainsborough was based on her detailed research into the archives of the [[Bank of England]], which indicated that significant financial payments were made to Gainsborough while he was still a boy. Following a claim by Corri for the expense incurred restoring and authenticating the picture, the painting was given to her in May 1990, in an out-of-court settlement with the [[The Alexandra, Birmingham|Alexandra Theatre]] in [[Birmingham]], which disputed her valuation and the attribution to Gainsborough.<ref>{{cite web |title=Actress settles theatre art row |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/actress-settles-theatre-art-row-1.574709 |website=heraldscotland.com |access-date=21 June 2015}}</ref>

== Marriage ==
Corri was married to actor [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]] from 1961 until they divorced in 1967. The marriage to Massey proved to be somewhat tempestuous, with Massey describing the relationship in the following terms, "We were agonizingly incompatible but we had an extraordinary physical attraction."<ref>{{cite news |last=Vallance |first=Tom |title=Obituary: Daniel Massey |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-daniel-massey-1152937.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911200449/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-daniel-massey-1152937.html |archive-date=2010-09-11 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=13 March 2013 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=28 March 1998 |location=London}}</ref> Massey envisaged a domestic life for Corri but she realised that she was not suited to being a full-time housewife, and after a six-year hiatus she resumed her career as an actress.<ref name="Timesobit" />

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
|1949 || ''[[The Romantic Age]]'' || Norah ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1951 || ''[[The River (1951 film)|The River]]'' || Valerie ||
|-
| ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' || Young Christian Girl ||uncredited
|-
|1953 || ''[[The Kidnappers]]'' || Kirsty || US: ''The Little Kidnappers''
|-
|rowspan=4|1954 || ''[[Devil Girl from Mars]]'' || Doris ||
|-
| ''[[Meet Mr. Callaghan]]'' || Mayola Verville ||
|-
| ''[[Lease of Life]]'' || Susan Thorne ||
|-
| ''[[Make Me an Offer]]'' || Nicky ||
|-
|rowspan=5|1956 || ''[[The Anatomist (1956 film)|The Anatomist]]'' || Mary Paterson || British TV movie, released theatrically in U.S. in 1961
|-
| ''[[The Feminine Touch (1956 film)|The Feminine Touch]]'' || Maureen ||
|-
| ''[[Behind the Headlines (1956 film)|Behind the Headlines]]'' || Pam Barnes ||
|-
| ''[[The Shield of Faith]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)|Three Men in a Boat]]'' || Clara Willis ||
|-
|rowspan=3|1957 || ''[[Second Fiddle (1957 film)|Second Fiddle]]'' || Deborah ||
|-
| ''[[The Big Chance (1957 British film)|The Big Chance]]'' || Diana Maxwell ||
|-
| ''[[The Surgeon's Knife]]'' || Laura Shelton ||
|-
|1958 || ''[[Corridors of Blood]]'' || Rachel ||
|-
|1959 || ''[[The Rough and the Smooth]]'' || Jane Buller ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1960 || ''[[The Tell-Tale Heart (1960 film)|The Tell-Tale Heart]]'' || Betty Clare ||
|-
| ''[[The Hellfire Club (film)|The Hellfire Club]]'' || Lady Isobel ||
|-
|1961 || ''[[Dynamite Jack]]'' || Pegeen O'Brien ||
|-
|1963 || ''[[Lancelot and Guinevere]]'' || Lady Vivian ||
|-
|rowspan=3|1965 || ''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' || Dorothy ||
|-
| ''[[A Study in Terror]]'' || Angela ||
|-
| ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' || Amelia ||
|-
|rowspan=3|1967 || ''[[The Viking Queen]]'' || Beatrice ||
|-
| ''[[Africa: Texas Style]]'' || Fay Carter ||
|-
| ''[[Woman Times Seven]]'' || Mme. Lisiere || Segment: ''At the Opera''
|-
|1968 || ''[[Journey into Darkness (film)|Journey into Darkness]]'' || Terry Lawrence || Segment: ''The New People''
|-
|rowspan=3|1969 || ''[[The File of the Golden Goose]]'' || Angela Richmond ||
|-
| ''[[Moon Zero Two]]'' || Liz ||
|-
| ''[[Cry Wolf (1969 film)|Cry Wolf]]'' || Mrs. Quinn – woman in tobacconist's shop ||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Twelfth Night (1970 film)|Twelfth Night]]'' || Olivia ||
|-
|1971 || ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' || Mrs. Alexander ||
|-
|1972 || ''[[Vampire Circus]]'' || Gypsy Woman ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1974 || ''[[Madhouse (1974 film)|Madhouse]]'' || Faye Carstairs Flay ||
|-
| ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' || Milady || Voice
|-
|1975 || ''[[Rosebud (1975 film)|Rosebud]]'' || Lady Carter ||
|-
|1978 || ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]'' || Therese Douvier ||
|-
|1979 || ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]'' || Sylvia ||
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*[http://horrorstars.net/adrienne-corri.html Adrienne Corri] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619054031/http://www.horrorstars.net/adrienne-corri.html |date=19 June 2013 }} at HorrorStars
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*{{IBDB name|81730}}

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