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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 28, 1928
Died
September 21, 2022
Place of Birth
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also Known As
- Lydia Alfonsi
- Лидия Альфонси
Lidia Alfonsi
0.2 Popularity
Biography
Lydia Alfonsi, born Lidia (Parma, 27 April 1928 - Parma, 21 September 2022), was an Italian actress. An actress of great expressiveness, her name is linked above all to the golden age of television dramas in the 1960s, with works such as La Pisana; Mastro Don Gesualdo; Luisa Sanfelice and Il segreto di Luca. In 1970, she received the French critics' award for best Italian television actress. Though acclaimed for her roles on the classical stage (including as Medea, Phaedra and Electra) she is probably best known abroad as a protagonist of films like Hercules (1958), Morgan the Pirate (1960) and The Trojan Horse (1961) (all starring Steve Reeves). Alfonsi also co-starred alongside Boris Karloff in Mario Bava 's atmospheric psycho- thriller Black Sabbath (1963). Alfonsi was named a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic by then-president of Italy Alessandro Pertini. She retired from screen acting in 1997.
Known For
8.4
Mrs. Guicciardini
Life Is Beautiful
1997
4.8
Maria Spreti
Der Bergdoktor
1992
7.2
Marchesa Anna Pironti
Open Doors
1990
6.2
Lady Dynamite
1973
4.0
Conny
Love Birds
1969
0.0
Ursula
L'amore è come il sole
1969
7.0
Belle de Winton
Face to Face
1967
4.8
Erika
The Strange Night
1967
🎬
0.0
Al calar del sipario
1965
0.0
Lucia
Violence and Love
1965
Credits
Life Is Beautiful
as Mrs. Guicciardini
1997
8.4
Der Bergdoktor
as Maria Spreti
1992
4.8
Open Doors
as Marchesa Anna Pironti
1990
7.2
Lady Dynamite
1973
6.2
Love Birds
as Conny
1969
4.0
L'amore è come il sole
as Ursula
1969
0.0
Face to Face
as Belle de Winton
1967
7.0
The Strange Night
as Erika
1967
4.8
🎬
Al calar del sipario
1965
0.0
Violence and Love
as Lucia
1965
0.0
Vita di Michelangelo
as Vittoria Colonna
1964
5.5
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
1964
5.8
Black Sabbath
as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
1963
7.2
Summer Night
as Carmen
1963
5.9
A Man for Burning
as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
1962
5.2
The Trojan Horse
as Cassandra
1961
5.7
Morgan, the Pirate
as Dona Maria
1960
5.2
The Dolphins
as attrice giovane
1960
6.5
The Loves of Hercules
as Megara
1960
3.4
The Law
as Giuseppina
1959
5.9
Hercules
as The Sybil
1958
5.0
Manos sucias
as Pilar
1957
6.0
Susanna and Me
as Julia
1957
5.5
Lebbra bianca
1951
0.0