Lidia Alfonsi
Acting
1928-04-28 · 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 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(26)
movieLife Is Beautiful
as Mrs. Guicciardini · 1997 · 8.4
tvDer Bergdoktor
as Maria Spreti · 1992 · 5.3
movieOpen Doors
as Marchesa Anna Pironti · 1990 · 7.2
movieLady Dynamite
as · 1973 · 6.8
movieLove Birds
as Conny · 1969 · 6.5
tvIl segreto di Luca
as Ortensia · 1969 · 0.0
movieL'amore è come il sole
as Ursula · 1969 · 7.0
movieFace to Face
as Belle de Winton · 1967 · 7.0
movieThe Strange Night
as Erika · 1967 · 5.4
movieAl calar del sipario
as · 1965 · 0.0
movieViolence and Love
as Lucia · 1965 · 10.0
tvVita di Michelangelo
as Vittoria Colonna · 1964 · 7.0
movieMessalina Against the Son of Hercules
as · 1964 · 6.2
movieBlack Sabbath
as Mary (segment "The Telephone") · 1963 · 7.2
movieSummer Night
as Carmen · 1963 · 6.3
movieA Man for Burning
as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi) · 1962 · 5.6
movieThe Trojan Horse
as Cassandra · 1961 · 5.6
movieMorgan, the Pirate
as Dona Maria · 1960 · 5.9
movieThe Dolphins
as attrice giovane · 1960 · 6.6
movieThe Loves of Hercules
as Megara · 1960 · 3.5
movieThe Law
as Giuseppina · 1959 · 5.9
movieHercules
as The Sybil · 1958 · 5.1
movieManos sucias
as Pilar · 1957 · 6.5
movieSusanna and Me
as Julia · 1957 · 7.0