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.
Acting
Movie
Life Is Beautiful
as Mrs. Guicciardini
1997
Movie
Black Sabbath
as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
1963
Movie
Face to Face
as Belle de Winton
1967
Movie
Hercules
as The Sybil
1958
Movie
The Loves of Hercules
as Megara
1960
Movie
Open Doors
as Marchesa Anna Pironti
1990
Movie
The Trojan Horse
as Cassandra
1961
Movie
The Law
as Giuseppina
1959
Movie
The Dolphins
as attrice giovane
1960
Movie
A Man for Burning
as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
1962
Movie
Morgan, the Pirate
as Dona Maria
1960
Movie
Summer Night
as Carmen
1963
TV
Der Bergdoktor
as Maria Spreti
1992
Movie
Lady Dynamite
1973
Movie
The Strange Night
as Erika
1967
Movie
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
1964
Movie
Susanna and Me
as Julia
1957
TV
Vita di Michelangelo
as Vittoria Colonna
1964
Movie
Love Birds
as Conny
1969
Movie
Manos sucias
as Pilar
1957
Movie
Violence and Love
as Lucia
1965
Movie
L'amore è come il sole
as Ursula
1969
Movie
Lebbra bianca
1951
Movie
Una lepre con la faccia di bambina
as madre di Sara