Lidia Alfonsi
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 26
Movies (23)
Life Is Beautiful1997Mrs. Guicciardini
Open Doors1990Marchesa Anna Pironti
Lady Dynamite1973
Love Birds1969Conny
L'amore è come il sole1969Ursula
Face to Face1967Belle de Winton
The Strange Night1967Erika- Al calar del sipario1965
Violence and Love1965Lucia
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules1964
Black Sabbath1963Mary (segment "The Telephone")
Summer Night1963Carmen
A Man for Burning1962Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
The Trojan Horse1961Cassandra
Morgan, the Pirate1960Dona Maria
The Dolphins1960attrice giovane
The Loves of Hercules1960Megara
The Law1959Giuseppina
Hercules1958The Sybil
Manos sucias1957Pilar
Susanna and Me1957Julia
Lebbra bianca1951
Una lepre con la faccia di bambinamadre di Sara
Shows (3)
Der Bergdoktor1992Maria Spreti
Il segreto di Luca1969Ortensia
Vita di Michelangelo1964Vittoria Colonna