Alida Valli

Also known as Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg, Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg

Italian actress (1921–2006)

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Acting · Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]

Alida Valli (May 31, 1921 – April 22, 2006), sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films, including Mario Soldati's Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Ayn Rand's We the Living, Carol Reed's The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido, Luchino Visconti's Senso, and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

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Akai Ito2025
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita — Self (archive footage)2021
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts — Self - Actress (archive footage)2017
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen — (archive footage)2012
Come diventai Alida Valli — Self (Archive)2008
Angel of Death — Doña Catalina2002
Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein — Sveva Salvini2001
Probably Love — Herself2001
Suspiria 25th Anniversary — Self (archive footage)2001
The Sweet Sounds of Life — Sofia's grandmother1999

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Billed as Valli for The Third Man (1949), (American theatrical release poster) Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, spanning from the 1930s to the early 2000s. She was one of the biggest stars of Italian film during the Fascist era, once being called "the most beautiful woman in the world" by Benito Mussolini, and was internationally successful post-World War II.

Valli worked with many significant directors both in Italy and abroad, including Alfred Hitchcock (The Paradine Case; 1947), Carol Reed (The Third Man; 1949), Luchino Visconti (Senso; 1954), Michelangelo Antonioni (Il Grido; 1957), Georges Franju (Eyes Without a Face; 1960), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Oedipus Rex; 1967), Mario Bava (Lisa and the Devil; 1972), Bernardo Bertolucci (1900, 1976; La Luna; 1979), and Dario Argento (Suspiria; 1977). Within her lifetime, Valli was invested a Knight of the Italian Republic, and received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion at the 1997 Venice Film Festival for her contributions to cinema.