Lidia Alfonsi
Actor
Biography
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
Black Sabbath
as Mary (segment "The Telephone") 1963
Face to Face
as Belle de Winton 1967
Hercules
as The Sybil 1958
The Loves of Hercules
as Megara 1960
Open Doors
as Marchesa Anna Pironti 1990
The Law
as Giuseppina 1959
The Trojan Horse
as Cassandra 1961
The Dolphins
as attrice giovane 1960
A Man for Burning
as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi) 1962
Summer Night
as Carmen 1963
Morgan, the Pirate
as Dona Maria 1960
Lady Dynamite
1973
The Strange Night
as Erika 1967
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
1964
Love Birds
as Conny 1969
Manos sucias
as Pilar 1957