Lydia Alfonsi

Lydia Alfonsi (28 April 1928 – 21 September 2022) was an Italian actress.

Lydia Alfonsi
Alfonsi in 1962
Born
Lidia Alfonsi

(1928-04-28)28 April 1928
Died21 September 2022(2022-09-21) (aged 94)
OccupationActress
Years active1950–1997
Spouse
Vincenzo Messina
(m. 1973)
[1]

Life and career

Born Lidia Alfonsi in Parma into a wealthy middle-class family, Alfonsi interrupted her accounting studies at a young age to pursue a career in theater.[2] In 1946 she won in a national competition for amateur dramatics and was noticed by one of the judges, the director Anton Giulio Bragaglia, who immediately hired her for his stage company.[2] Soon she was cast in leading roles in dramas and often in classical works, including many Greek tragedies.[2] In 1957 she made her film debut. In 1960 she began a professional and romantic relationship with television director Giacomo Vaccari, starring in several successful RAI TV-dramas directed by him. Their relationship ended with his death in a car accident in 1963.[2] In the mid-1970s Alfonsi semi-retired, making sporadic appearances only in 1988 (with the TV movie Una lepre con la faccia da bambina), in 1990 (in Gianni Amelio's Open Doors) and in 1997 (in Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful).[2]

Alfonsi was appointed Grand Officer of the Italian Republic.[3]

Alfonsi died on 21 September 2022, at the age of 94.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1950A Dog's LifeFriend of FrancaUncredited
1951Brief Rapture
1957Susana y yoJulia
1957Manos suciasPilar
1958HerculesThe Sybil
1959The LawGiuseppina
1960The Loves of HerculesMegaraUncredited
1960Silver Spoon SetThe Young Actress
1960Morgan, the PirateDona Maria
1961The Trojan HorseCassandra
1962A Man for BurningFrancesca
1963Noche de veranoCarmen
1963Black SabbathMary(segment "Il telefono")
1965La violenza e l'amoreLucia
1967The Strange NightErika
1967Face to FaceBelle de Winton
1969L'amore è come il soleUrsula
1969Komm, süßer TodConny
1973La padrinaCostanza Cavallo
1990Open DoorsMarchesa Anna Pironti
1992Trittico di AntonelloSaveria
1997Life Is BeautifulGuicciardini(final film role)

References

  1. Mondadori Portfolio. "Lydia Alfonsi And Vincenzo Messina As They Exchange Wedding Rings". Getty Images. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
  3. "Targa per l'attrice Lydia Alfonsi". Il Tirreno. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  4. "Addio a Lydia Alfonsi, l'ultima diva di Parma - Il ritratto". Gazzetta di Parma (in Italian). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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