Lidia Alfonsi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 28, 1928
- Died
- September 21, 2022 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
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Filmography
Life Is Beautiful
Movie · as Mrs. Guicciardini
Der Bergdoktor
TV · as Maria Spreti · 1 ep
Open Doors
Movie · as Marchesa Anna Pironti
Una lepre con la faccia di bambina
TV · as madre di Sara · 2 eps
Lady Dynamite
Movie
Love Birds
Movie · as Conny
L'amore è come il sole
Movie · as Ursula
Il segreto di Luca
TV · as Ortensia · 4 eps
Face to Face
Movie · as Belle de Winton
The Strange Night
Movie · as Erika
Violence and Love
Movie · as Lucia
Al calar del sipario
Movie
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
Movie
Vita di Michelangelo
TV · as Vittoria Colonna · 3 eps
Mastro Don Gesualdo
TV · as Bianca Trao · 6 eps
Black Sabbath
Movie · as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
Summer Night
Movie · as Carmen
A Man for Burning
Movie · as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
The Trojan Horse
Movie · as Cassandra
Morgan, the Pirate
Movie · as Dona Maria
The Dolphins
Movie · as attrice giovane
The Loves of Hercules
Movie · as Megara
The Law
Movie · as Giuseppina
Hercules
Movie · as The Sybil
Manos sucias
Movie · as Pilar
Susanna and Me
Movie · as Julia
White Leprosy
Movie