Lydia Alfonsi
Lydia Alfonsi | |
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Born | Parma Italy | 28 April 1928
Occupation | actress |
Years active | 1950–1997 |
Spouse(s) | Hussain Akbari(m. 1973)[1] |
Lydia Alfonsi (born 28 April 1928) is a former Italian actress.
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, then in 1960 she started a professional and sentimental relationship (lasted until his death in a car accident in 1963) with television director , starring in several successful RAI TV-dramas directed by him.[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]
References[]
- ^ Mondadori Portfolio. "The Italian actress Lydia Alfonsi, born Lidia Alfonsi, kisses her new..." Getty Images. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano, Le Attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
- ^ "Targa per l'attrice Lydia Alfonsi". Il Tirreno. 2012-06-18. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
External links[]
- Actors from Parma
- Italian stage actresses
- Italian film actresses
- 1928 births
- 20th-century Italian actresses
- Italian television actresses
- Living people
- Italian voice actresses
- Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni