Alida Valli
Acting1921Pola, 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
Acting History
2025
2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2008
Come diventai Alida Valli
as Self (Archive)
2002
Angel of Death
as Doña Catalina
2001
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein
as Sveva Salvini
Probably Love
as Herself
1999
The Sweet Sounds of Life
as Sofia's grandmother
1996
Fatal Frames
as Countess Alessandra Mirafiori
1995
A Month by the Lake
as Signora Fascioli
1994
The Final Scoop
as Caterina, Andrea's mother
1993
The Long Silence
as Carla's Mother
Private Crimes
TVas Matilde Pierboni• 4 eps
1991
Zitti e mosca
as Clara
La bocca
as Countess Bianca Rospigliosi
1988
To Our Late Husband
as Catarina
1987
Manuela's Loves
as Bacha
1985
Secrets Secrets
as Gina
1982
Forbidden Dreams
as Madre di Marina
Aspern
as Juliana Barther
1981
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
as Bettina
Illa - Punto d'osservazione
as Maria Dal Ponte
1980
Towards Zero
as Lady Camilla Tressilian
Inferno
as Carol
That House in the Outskirts
as Isabel
The Bailiff of Greifensee
as Marianne
1979
1978
Dirty World
as Teresina
The Perfect Crime
as Lady Clementine De Revere
1977
1976
1975
The House of Exorcism
as Countess (archive footage)
Flesh of the Orchid
as la folle de la gare
Cher Victor
as Anna
1974
1973
Lisa and the Devil
as Contessa
1972
Eye in the Labyrinth
as Gerda
Indian Summer
as Marcella Abati - Vanina's mother
1970
The Spider's Stratagem
as Draifa
The Killer Strikes at Dawn
as Linda Benson
1967
Oedipus Rex
as Merope, Queen of Corinth
1965
1964
The Other Woman
as Annabel
Dr. Kildare
TVas Luisa Brabante• 3 eps
1963
Ophélia
as Claudia Lesurf
The Castilian
as Reina Teresa
The Paper Man
as La Italiana
Combat!
TVas Marie• 1 eps
1962
Disorder
as Carlo's Mother
Homage at Siesta Time
as Constance Fischer
La Fille du torrent
as Livia Boissière
1961
The Long Absence
as Thérèse Langlois
The Happy Thieves
as Duchess Blanca
1960
The Gigolo
as Agathe
Eyes Without a Face
as Louise
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Mother Thérèse of Saint-Augustin
Il peccato degli anni verdi
as madre di Elena
1959
Signed, Arsène Lupin
as Aurélia Valéano
The Sons of Medea
as Medea / Alida Valli
1958
The Night Heaven Fell
as Aunt Florentine
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
as Carolina
1957
1954
The Stranger's Hand
as Roberta Gleukovitch
Senso
as La Contessa Livia Serpieri
1953
We, the Women
as Alida (segment "Alida Valli")
The Lovers of Toledo
as Doña Inés de Arévalo Blas
The World Condemns Them
as Renata Giustini
1951
Miracles Only Happen Once
as Claudia
Last Meeting
as Lina Castelli
1950
The White Tower
as Carla Alton (as Valli)
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Elaine Corelli
1949
The Za-Bum Circus
as (segments "Gelosia", "Il postino" and "Galop finale al circo")
The Third Man
as Anna Schmidt
1948
The Miracle of the Bells
as Olga Treskovna
1947
The Paradine Case
as Mrs. Paradine
1946
Eugenia Grandet
as Eugenia Grandet
1945
Life Begins Anew
as Patrizia Martini
Il canto della vita
as Giovanna
1943
1942
We the Living, Part One
as Kira Argounova
We the Living, Part Two
as Kira Argounova
Le due orfanelle
as Enrichetta
Stasera niente di nuovo
as Maria
1941
Piccolo mondo antico
as Luisa Maironi
Schoolgirl Diary
as Anna Campolmi
Luce nelle tenebre
as Marina Ferri
1940
Beyond Love
as Vanina Vanini
Manon Lescaut
as Manon Lescaut
La prima donna che passa
as Gabriella
Taverna rossa
as Susanna Sormani
1939
1938
1937
I Was to Blame
as Lauretta
Il feroce saladino
as Dora Florida / La bella Sulamita