Lidia Alfonsi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 28, 1928
- Died
- September 21, 2022
- Birthplace
- 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
Life Is Beautiful 1997
as Mrs. Guicciardini
Open Doors 1990
as Marchesa Anna Pironti
Lady Dynamite 1973
Actor
Love Birds 1969
as Conny
L'amore è come il sole 1969
as Ursula
Face to Face 1967
as Belle de Winton
The Strange Night 1967
as Erika
- Al calar del sipario
Al calar del sipario 1965
Actor
Violence and Love 1965
as Lucia
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules 1964
Actor
Black Sabbath 1963
as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
Summer Night 1963
as Carmen
A Man for Burning 1962
as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
The Trojan Horse 1961
as Cassandra
Morgan, the Pirate 1960
as Dona Maria
The Dolphins 1960
as attrice giovane
The Loves of Hercules 1960
as Megara
The Law 1959
as Giuseppina
Hercules 1958
as The Sybil
Manos sucias 1957
as Pilar
Susanna and Me 1957
as Julia
White Leprosy 1951
Actor
Credits from TMDB.