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 costarred alongside Boris Karloff in Mario Bava s atmospheric psycho thriller Black Sabbath 1963 Alfonsi was named a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic by thenpresident of Italy Alessandro Pertini She retired from screen acting in 1997