Lelia Goldoni

Lelia Goldoni was an American actress who was born in New York City, raised in Los Angeles, and started screen work as a child during the late 1940s, making uncredited cameos in House of Strangers (1949) and We Were Strangers (1949). After meeting John Cassavetes in an acting workshop, she drew critical acclaim for his independent film Shadows (1960), which led to a BAFTA nomination in the Most Promising Newcomer category. She received another BAFTA nomination for playing a best friend to Ellen Burstyn's character in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974). Her later films included The Day of the Locust (1975), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and Bloodbrothers (1978). She also appeared in the British television series Danger Man and Doctor at Large and taught acting at Hampshire College, UCLA, and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. She died in 2023.