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.
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Full filmography
- Life Is Beautiful (1997) as Mrs. Guicciardini
- Der Bergdoktor (1992) as Maria Spreti
- Black Sabbath (1963) as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
- Hercules (1958) as The Sybil
- The Trojan Horse (1961) as Cassandra
- Vita di Michelangelo (1964) as Vittoria Colonna
- The Law (1959) as Giuseppina
- The Dolphins (1960) as attrice giovane
- Face to Face (1967) as Belle de Winton
- The Loves of Hercules (1960) as Megara
- Open Doors (1990) as Marchesa Anna Pironti
- Morgan, the Pirate (1960) as Dona Maria
- A Man for Burning (1962) as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
- Susanna and Me (1957) as Julia
- Il segreto di Luca (1969) as Ortensia
- Messalina Against the Son of Hercules (1964)
- The Strange Night (1967) as Erika
- Lady Dynamite (1973)
- Al calar del sipario (1965)
- Violence and Love (1965) as Lucia
- Manos sucias (1957) as Pilar
- Love Birds (1969) as Conny
- Lebbra bianca (1951)
- Summer Night (1963) as Carmen