
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.

Der Bergdoktor
TV • 1992

Life Is Beautiful
MOVIE • 1997

Open Doors
MOVIE • 1990

Vita di Michelangelo
TV • 1964

Black Sabbath
MOVIE • 1963

Face to Face
MOVIE • 1967

Hercules
MOVIE • 1958

Lady Dynamite
MOVIE • 1973

Lebbra bianca
MOVIE • 1951

The Law
MOVIE • 1959

The Trojan Horse
MOVIE • 1961

The Dolphins
MOVIE • 1960

Love Birds
MOVIE • 1969

Susanna and Me
MOVIE • 1957

Messalina Against the Son of Hercules
MOVIE • 1964

The Strange Night
MOVIE • 1967

The Loves of Hercules
MOVIE • 1960

Il segreto di Luca
TV • 1969