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.
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy...
Movie page
Black Sabbath
as Mary (segment "The Telephone")Three short tales of supernatural horror. In “The Telephone,” a woman is plagued by threatening...
Movie page
The Loves of Hercules
as MegaraHercules decides to avenge the death of his wife, murdered at the hands of Éurito, king of...
Movie page
Hercules
as The SybilIn this melange of characters and events from separate mythological stories, Hercules, demigod...
Movie page
Face to Face
as Belle de WintonHistory Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Soloman Bennett's...
Movie page
Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
as uncreditedWhile fighting in Britain, Roman forces commanded by Caligula capture the noble warrior,...
Movie page
Morgan, the Pirate
as Dona MariaA Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.
Movie page
The Trojan Horse
as CassandraTrojan hero Aeneas battles to save his city from the Greeks, but once Troy falls, he leads the...
Movie page
Open Doors
as Marchesa Anna PirontiTommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he kills his superior who sacked him, the man...
Movie page
The Law
as GiuseppinaA gorgeous housekeeper turns the tables on the men in a small Mediterranean coastal town by...
Movie page
Summer Night
as CarmenBarcelona in the early sixties: black and white chronicle of the ups and downs in the...
Movie page
The Dolphins
as attrice giovaneAn acid portrait of Italian youth at the time, I DELFINI follows a dreary season of discontent...
Movie page
Manos sucias
as PilarMiguel is a truck driver who dreams of owning a service station. To raise money he agrees to...
Movie page
Susanna and Me
as JuliaAn expulsive star of a variety theatre cannot decide between the love of an honest archaeology...
Movie page
A Man for Burning
as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the...
Movie page
Lady Dynamite
as uncreditedDonna Costanza is married to a New Jersey mafia boss. During their 10 year wedding anniversary...
Movie page
Love Birds
as ConnyTwo couples live their erotic fantasies out until one of the women is murdered.
Movie page
Der Bergdoktor
as Maria SpretiDer Bergdoktor is a German-Austrian medical drama television series, broadcast in 96 episodes...
TV Show page