Person
Alida Valli
Acting · 1921–2006 · Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]
Biography
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.
Known for
Dr. Kildare
Luisa Brabante
Combat!
Marie
Suspiria
Miss Tanner
Eyes Without a Face
Louise
The Third Man
Anna Schmidt
Oedipus Rex
Merope, Queen of Corinth
You Love Me, I Love You
Vera Fabbri
La Fille du torrent
Livia Boissière
1900
Signora Pioppi
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Filmography
- 2025Akai Ito
- 2021Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce VitaSelf (archive footage)
- 2017Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black ShirtsSelf - Actress (archive footage)
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(archive footage)
- 2008Come diventai Alida ValliSelf (Archive)
- 2002Angel of DeathDoña Catalina
- 2001Suspiria 25th AnniversarySelf (archive footage)
- 2001Probably LoveHerself
- 2001Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der WeinSveva Salvini
- 1999The Sweet Sounds of LifeSofia's grandmother
- 1996Fatal FramesCountess Alessandra Mirafiori
- 1995A Month by the LakeSignora Fascioli
- 1994The Final ScoopCaterina, Andrea's mother
- 1993The Long SilenceCarla's Mother
- 1993Private CrimesMatilde Pierboni
- 1991Zitti e moscaClara
- 1991Silent LoveCountess Bianca Rospigliosi
- 1988To Our Late HusbandCatarina
- 1987Manuela's LovesBacha
- 1985Secrets SecretsGina
- 1982Forbidden DreamsMadre di Marina
- 1982AspernJuliana Barther
- 1981The Fall of the Rebel AngelsBettina
- 1981Season of Peace in Paris
- 1981Illa - Punto d'osservazioneMaria Dal Ponte
- 1980That House in the OutskirtsIsabel
- 1980Towards ZeroLady Camilla Tressilian
- 1980The Bailiff of GreifenseeMarianne
- 1980InfernoCarol
- 1979LunaGiuseppe's Mother
- 1979Killer NunMother Superior
- 1979Zoo zéroYvonne, la mère
- 1979Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
- 1978The Perfect CrimeLady Clementine De Revere
- 1978Dirty WorldTeresina
- 1977Berlinguer: I Love YouMamma di Mario
- 1977A Simple HeartMrs. Obin
- 1977SuspiriaMiss Tanner
- 1976The Cassandra CrossingMrs. Chadwick
- 1976The Game of SolitaireGermaine
- 19761900Signora Pioppi
- 1975Cher VictorAnna
- 1975The House of ExorcismCountess (archive footage)
- 1975Flesh of the Orchidla folle de la gare
- 1974The AntichristIrene
- 1974Tender DraculaHéloïse
- 1974It's Nothing Mama, Just a GameLouise
- 1973Lisa and the DevilContessa
- 1972Indian SummerMarcella Abati - Vanina's mother
- 1972Eye in the LabyrinthGerda
- 1970The Spider's StratagemDraifa
- 1970The Killer Strikes at DawnLinda Benson
- 1967Oedipus RexMerope, Queen of Corinth
- 1965Black Humor
- 1964The Other WomanAnnabel
- 1963The Paper ManLa Italiana
- 1963The CastilianReina Teresa
- 1963OphéliaClaudia Lesurf
- 1963The Getaway Face
- 1962Combat!Marie
- 1962Al otro lado de la ciudad
- 1962DisorderCarlo's Mother
- 1962La Fille du torrentLivia Boissière
- 1962Homage at Siesta TimeConstance Fischer
- 1961The Happy ThievesDuchess Blanca
- 1961Dr. KildareLuisa Brabante
- 1961The Long AbsenceThérèse Langlois
- 1960Il peccato degli anni verdimadre di Elena
- 1960The GigoloAgathe
- 1960The Dialogue of the CarmelitesMother Thérèse of Saint-Augustin
- 1960Eyes Without a FaceLouise
- 1959Signed, Arsène LupinAurélia Valéano
- 1959The Sons of MedeaMedea / Alida Valli
- 1958L'uomo dai calzoni cortiCarolina
- 1958The Night Heaven FellAunt Florentine
- 1957The Wide Blue RoadRosetta, the Wife
- 1957This Angry AgeClaude
- 1957Il GridoIrma
- 1954SensoLa Contessa Livia Serpieri
- 1954The Stranger's HandRoberta Gleukovitch
- 1953We, the WomenAlida (segment "Alida Valli")
- 1953The World Condemns ThemRenata Giustini
- 1953The Lovers of ToledoDoña Inés de Arévalo Blas
- 1951Last MeetingLina Castelli
- 1951Miracles Only Happen OnceClaudia
- 1950Walk Softly, StrangerElaine Corelli
- 1950The White TowerCarla Alton (as Valli)
- 1949The Third ManAnna Schmidt
- 1949The Za-Bum Circus(segments "Gelosia", "Il postino" and "Galop finale al circo")
- 1948The Miracle of the BellsOlga Treskovna
- 1947The Paradine CaseMrs. Paradine
- 1946Eugenia GrandetEugenia Grandet
- 1945Il canto della vitaGiovanna
- 1945Life Begins AnewPatrizia Martini
- 1943ApparizioneAndreina
- 1943I'll Love You ForeverAdriana Rosé
- 1943Laugh PagliacciGiulia
- 1942We the Living, Part TwoKira Argounova
- 1942We the Living, Part OneKira Argounova
- 1942Le due orfanelleEnrichetta
- 1942Catene invisibili
- 1942Stasera niente di nuovoMaria
- 1941L'amante segreta
- 1941Schoolgirl DiaryAnna Campolmi
- 1941Luce nelle tenebreMarina Ferri
- 1941Piccolo mondo anticoLuisa Maironi
- 1940La prima donna che passaGabriella
- 1940Taverna rossaSusanna Sormani
- 1940Manon LescautManon Lescaut
- 1940Beyond LoveVanina Vanini
- 1939Ballo al castelloGreta Larsen
- 1939You Love Me, I Love YouVera Fabbri
- 1939Mille lire al meseMagda
- 1938La casa del peccatoGirl
- 1938L'amor mio non muore!Maria D'Alba
- 1938Il trovatelloMaria
- 1937Il feroce saladinoDora Florida / La bella Sulamita
- 1937I Was to BlameLauretta
- 1935Three Cornered Hat
- —La macchina da scrivereSolange
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