Lia Beldam
Birth Name:
Lia Beldam
Birth Place:
Switzerland
Profession
Actress
Fast Facts
- Got her start as a model when an acquaintance asked her to meet her uncle, who happened to be one of the top photographers in London at the time, Michael Boys
- After completing secretarial college, she worked in a couture house, as an interpreter and in a patent office
- Quote: "For me, 'The Shining' was just another very, very pleasant job․"
- Primarily a model, she had a small but memorable role in "The Shining" as a woman who seduces Jack Nicholson's character in a bathtub
- Started her modeling career doing catwalk shows, but eventually focused on photographic work
- Spent a week on set to film her single scene with Jack Nicholson in "The Shining․"
- When she filmed her scene in "The Shining," she didn't know what the movie was about or how famous the film's director, Stanley Kubrick, was