Corri's film debut was in "The Romantic Age" (1949), which was followed by Jean Renoir's version of "The River" (1951). Her other film roles included Lara's mother in David Lean's "Dr. Zhivago" (1965), and Dorothy in Otto Preminger's thriller "Bunny Lake Is Missing" (also 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), "A Study in Terror" (1965) and "Vampire Circus" (1972). She also appeared as Therese Duval in "Revenge of the Pink Panther" (1978).