---
name: "Lydia Alfonsi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lidia-alfonsi"
fi1m_id: "lidia-alfonsi"
imdb_id: "nm0019145"
tmdb_id: 9240
wikidata_id: "Q111765"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 April 1928"
died: "21 September 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:20:48.216219+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lydia Alfonsi

## Identity

Lydia Alfonsi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lidia-alfonsi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lidia-alfonsi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0019145
- **TMDB ID:** 9240
- **Wikidata ID:** Q111765
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Alfonsi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111765, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019145/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9240

Actor. Born 28 April 1928 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Died 21 September 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 April 1928, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- **Died:** 21 September 2022
- **Also known as:** Lidia Alfonsi, Лидия Альфонси
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Alfonsi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111765, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019145/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9240

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Life Is Beautiful*](https://film.one/film/life-is-beautiful.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Lidia Alfonsi, also credited as Lydia Alfonsi, was an Italian actress. Born in Parma on 28 April 1928, she trained briefly in accountancy before beginning a stage career. She won an amateur dramatics competition in 1946 and made her professional debut that year with director Anton Giulio Bragaglia.

Alfonsi appeared in numerous classical stage roles and became known in Italy for leading parts in 1960s RAI television dramas. She also acted in films including *Hercules* (1958), *Black Sabbath* (1963) and *Face to Face* (1967). Her final screen role was as Mrs Guicciardini in *Life Is Beautiful* (1997). She was appointed Grand Officer of the Italian Republic and died in Parma on 21 September 2022.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Life Is Beautiful* (1997), Fi1m 65, as Mrs. Guicciardini — [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-beautiful.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Life Is Beautiful* (1997), as Mrs. Guicciardini — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-beautiful.md)
- *Der Bergdoktor* (1992), series, as Maria Spreti
- *Open Doors* (1990), as Marchesa Anna Pironti
- *Lady Dynamite* (1973), Actor
- *Love Birds* (1969), as Conny
- *Il segreto di Luca* (1969), series, as Ortensia
- *L'amore è come il sole* (1969), as Ursula
- *Face to Face* (1967), as Belle de Winton
- *The Strange Night* (1967), as Erika
- *Al calar del sipario* (1965), Actor
- *Violence and Love* (1965), as Lucia
- *Vita di Michelangelo* (1964), series, as Vittoria Colonna
- *Messalina Against the Son of Hercules* (1964), Actor
- *Mastro Don Gesualdo* (1964), series, as Bianca Trao
- *Black Sabbath* (1963), as Mary (segment "The Telephone")
- *Summer Night* (1963), as Carmen
- *A Man for Burning* (1962), as Francesca (as Lydia Alfonsi)
- *The Trojan Horse* (1961), as Cassandra
- *Morgan, the Pirate* (1960), as Dona Maria
- *The Dolphins* (1960), as attrice giovane
- *The Loves of Hercules* (1960), as Megara
- *The Law* (1959), as Giuseppina
- *Hercules* (1958), as The Sybil
- *Manos sucias* (1957), as Pilar
- *Susanna and Me* (1957), as Julia
- *Lebbra bianca* (1951), Actor
- *Una lepre con la faccia di bambina*, as madre di Sara

## Gallery

- ![Lydia Alfonsi](https://film.one/media/person/87945/gallery-ccefed3303b1.jpg) Lydia Alfonsi — Samugheo Photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Lydia_Alfonsi%2C_ca._1962.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Screenshot del film it:La padrina (1973)](https://film.one/media/person/87945/gallery-3cf77f084984.png) Screenshot del film it:La padrina (1973) — Giuseppe Vari (regista) / Carlo Cerchio (direttore della fotografia), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/La_padrina.png/1280px-La_padrina.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lydia Alfonsi](https://film.one/media/person/87945/gallery-32a304992b4c.jpg) Lydia Alfonsi — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 2012: Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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