Lidia Alfonsi
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
Credits
- 1997 · Life Is Beautiful as Signora Guicciardini
- 1992 · Der Bergdoktor as Maria Spreti
- 1990 · Open Doors as Marchesa Anna Pironti
- 1973 · Lady Dynamite as
- 1969 · Love Birds as Conny
- 1969 · L'amore è come il sole as Ursula
- 1967 · Face to Face as Belle de Winton
- 1965 · Al calar del sipario as
- 1965 · La violenza e l'amore as Lucia
- 1964 · Messalina Against the Son of Hercules as
- 1963 · Black Sabbath as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
- 1963 · Summer Night as Carmen
- 1962 · A Man for Burning as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
- 1961 · The Trojan Horse as Cassandra
- 1960 · Morgan, the Pirate as Dona Maria
- 1960 · The Dolphins as attrice giovane
- 1960 · The Loves of Hercules as Megara
- 1959 · The Law as Giuseppina
- 1958 · Hercules as The Sybil
- 1957 · Manos sucias as Pilar
- 1957 · Susanna and Me as Julia
- 1951 · Lebbra bianca as