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