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.
Birthday: April 28, 1928
Death: September 21, 2022
December 20, 1997
August 17, 1963
November 17, 1960
November 23, 1967
February 20, 1958
January 25, 1959
October 26, 1961
August 26, 1965
March 23, 1973
November 26, 1965
October 05, 1960
June 27, 1964
June 03, 1963
November 07, 1969
August 19, 1960
March 29, 1990
June 07, 1957
October 26, 1962
January 06, 1969
February 01, 1951
March 11, 1957
