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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.

Known For

8.4

Mrs. Guicciardini

Life Is Beautiful

1997

4.8

Maria Spreti

Der Bergdoktor

1992

7.2

Marchesa Anna Pironti

Open Doors

1990

6.2

Lady Dynamite

1973

4.0

Conny

Love Birds

1969

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Ursula

L'amore è come il sole

1969

7.0

Belle de Winton

Face to Face

1967

4.8

Erika

The Strange Night

1967

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Al calar del sipario

1965

0.0

Lucia

Violence and Love

1965

Credits

Life Is Beautiful

as Mrs. Guicciardini

1997

8.4

Der Bergdoktor

as Maria Spreti

1992

4.8

Open Doors

as Marchesa Anna Pironti

1990

7.2

Lady Dynamite

1973

6.2

Love Birds

as Conny

1969

4.0

L'amore è come il sole

as Ursula

1969

0.0

Face to Face

as Belle de Winton

1967

7.0

The Strange Night

as Erika

1967

4.8

🎬

Al calar del sipario

1965

0.0

Violence and Love

as Lucia

1965

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Vita di Michelangelo

as Vittoria Colonna

1964

5.5

Messalina Against the Son of Hercules

1964

5.8

Black Sabbath

as Mary (segment "The Telephone")

1963

7.2

Summer Night

as Carmen

1963

5.9

A Man for Burning

as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)

1962

5.2

The Trojan Horse

as Cassandra

1961

5.4

Morgan, the Pirate

as Dona Maria

1960

5.2

The Dolphins

as attrice giovane

1960

6.5

The Loves of Hercules

as Megara

1960

3.3

The Law

as Giuseppina

1959

5.8

Hercules

as The Sybil

1958

5.0

Manos sucias

as Pilar

1957

6.0

Susanna and Me

as Julia

1957

5.5

Lebbra bianca

1951

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Una lepre con la faccia di bambina

as madre di Sara

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