Lidia Alfonsi
Born: 1928-04-28 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died: 2022-09-21
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1997
- Life Is Beautiful as Mrs. Guicciardini
1992
- Der Bergdoktor as Maria Spreti
1990
- Open Doors as Marchesa Anna Pironti
1973
1969
- Love Birds as Conny
- L'amore è come il sole as Ursula
1967
- Face to Face as Belle de Winton
- The Strange Night as Erika
1965
- Violence and Love as Lucia
- Al calar del sipario
1964
- Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
- Vita di Michelangelo as Vittoria Colonna
1963
- Black Sabbath as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
- Summer Night as Carmen
1962
- A Man for Burning as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
1961
- The Trojan Horse as Cassandra
1960
- The Dolphins as attrice giovane
- Morgan, the Pirate as Dona Maria
- The Loves of Hercules as Megara
1959
- The Law as Giuseppina
1958
- Hercules as The Sybil
1957
- Manos sucias as Pilar
- Susanna and Me as Julia