
Lidia Alfonsi
Born: 1928-04-28
Place of birth: 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

Violence and Love
1965

Una lepre con la faccia di bambina

Life Is Beautiful
1997

Open Doors
1990

Black Sabbath
1963

L'amore è come il sole
1969

Vita di Michelangelo
1964

Susanna and Me
1957

Lebbra bianca
1951

Face to Face
1967

Lady Dynamite
1973

The Dolphins
1960

Love Birds
1969

Manos sucias
1957

Summer Night
1963

Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
1964

Morgan, the Pirate
1960

The Law
1959