Lidia Alfonsi: Lidia Alfonsi. Actress: Life Is Beautiful. Leading Italian actress of all media, born Lydia (or Lidia) Alfonsi in Parma, the daughter of well-to-do middle class parents. She briefly trained in accountancy before venturing on to the stage as a member of student amateur theatrical troupes. With "Gli amici della prose" she performed a play by Luigi Pirandello which won her a best actress competition in Pesaro. Having attracted the attention...
Known For: Life Is Beautiful (Guicciardini(as Lydia Alfonsi)), Black Sabbath (Mary (segment "Il telefono")(as Lydia Alfonsi)), Mastro Don Gesualdo (Donna Bianca Trao(as Lydia Alfonsi)), The Trojan Horse (Cassandra(as Lydia Alfonsi))