Lidia Alfonsi

Known for ActingBorn 1928-04-28Died 2022-09-21Parma, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Violence and Love

Life Is Beautiful

Open Doors

Black Sabbath

L'amore è come il sole

Face to Face

Vita di Michelangelo

Susanna and Me

Lady Dynamite

Lebbra bianca

The Dolphins

Love Birds

Manos sucias

Summer Night

Messalina Against the Son of Hercules

Morgan, the Pirate

The Law

The Trojan Horse

Der Bergdoktor

A Man for Burning

The Strange Night

Hercules

The Loves of Hercules

Il segreto di Luca

Al calar del sipario

Una lepre con la faccia di bambina