Lidia Alfonsi

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Lidia Alfonsi

Acting April 28, 1928

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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…

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Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful

8.4 1997 Movie
Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

7.2 1963 Movie
Face to Face

Face to Face

7.0 1967 Movie
Hercules

Hercules

5.1 1958 Movie
Der Bergdoktor

Der Bergdoktor

4.8 1992 TV Show
The Loves of Hercules

The Loves of Hercules

3.5 1960 Movie
Open Doors

Open Doors

7.2 1990 Movie
The Trojan Horse

The Trojan Horse

5.6 1961 Movie
The Law

The Law

5.9 1959 Movie
The Dolphins

The Dolphins

6.6 1960 Movie
Morgan, the Pirate

Morgan, the Pirate

5.9 1960 Movie
A Man for Burning

A Man for Burning

5.6 1962 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1997
    Life Is Beautiful

    Movie Mrs. Guicciardini

  2. 1992
    Der Bergdoktor

    TV show Maria Spreti

  3. 1990
    Open Doors

    Movie Marchesa Anna Pironti

  4. 1973
    Lady Dynamite

    Movie

  5. 1969
    Love Birds

    Movie Conny

  6. 1969
    Il segreto di Luca

    TV show Ortensia

  7. 1969
    L'amore è come il sole

    Movie Ursula

  8. 1967
    Face to Face

    Movie Belle de Winton

  9. 1967
    The Strange Night

    Movie Erika

  10. 1965
    Al calar del sipario

    Movie

  11. 1965
    Violence and Love

    Movie Lucia

  12. 1964
    Vita di Michelangelo

    TV show Vittoria Colonna

  13. 1964
    Messalina Against the Son of Hercules

    Movie

  14. 1964
    Mastro Don Gesualdo

    TV show Bianca Trao

  15. 1963
    Black Sabbath

    Movie Mary (segment "The Telephone")

  16. 1963
    Summer Night

    Movie Carmen

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  1. 1962
    A Man for Burning

    Movie Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)

  2. 1961
    The Trojan Horse

    Movie Cassandra

  3. 1960
    Morgan, the Pirate

    Movie Dona Maria

  4. 1960
    The Dolphins

    Movie attrice giovane

  5. 1960
    The Loves of Hercules

    Movie Megara

  6. 1959
    The Law

    Movie Giuseppina

  7. 1958
    Hercules

    Movie The Sybil

  8. 1957
    Manos sucias

    Movie Pilar

  9. 1957
    Susanna and Me

    Movie Julia

  10. 1951
    White Leprosy

    Movie

  11. —
    Una lepre con la faccia di bambina

    Movie madre di Sara