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Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg, professionally known as Alida Valli or simply Valli was an acclaimed Italian actress. She had an illustrious 70-year long career in cinema from the 1930s to the early 2000s, which saw her appear in over 100 films. During the fascist era, she was one of Italy's biggest cinema stars even being hailed as the 'most beautiful woman in the world' by Benito Mussolini. Post World War II, she gained international stardom by working with directors like Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, Luchino Visconti, and many more. She was bestowed with the honour of a Knight of the Italian Republic and received the Lifetime Achievement Golden Lion at the 1997 Venice Film Festival for her cinematic contributions. Her initial Hollywood career saw her acting in defining films like The Paradine Case and The Third Man, the latter being recognised as one of the best films ever made. However, she was not content with Hollywood's strict rules on actors which made her return to Europe in the early 1950s where she starred in numerous French and Italian films. Her last movie was Semana Santa (2002). Apart from film, Valli was also known for her stage appearances in famous plays like Ibsen's Rosmersholm and Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.
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Given Name: Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg
Born: Pola, Kingdom of Italy (now Croatia)
Citizenship: Italian
Birthday: May 31, 1921
Occupations: Actress, Singer
Years Active: 1936–2002
Children: 2
Spouses: Oscar de Mejo, Giancarlo Zagni
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Movies Featuring Alida Valli
The Third Man
La grande strada azzurra
Suspiria
Inferno
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Angel of Death
Season of Peace in Paris
Forbidden Dreams
Zitti e mosca
That House in the Outskirts
Manuela’s Loves
Secrets Secrets
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Aspern
Zoo zéro
Miracles Only Happen Once
The Stranger’s Hand
The Final Scoop
The Spider’s Stratagem
Oedipus Rex
Eye in the Labyrinth
Private Crimes
Berlinguer: I Love You
The Antichrist
Three Cornered Hat
Life Begins Anew
Lisa and the Devil
Eugenia Grandet
Piccolo mondo antico
The Long Silence
Luna
Killer Nun
The White Tower
The Castilian
The Paradine Case
The Perfect Crime
Tender Dracula
Walk Softly, Stranger
It’s Nothing Mama, Just a Game
A Month by the Lake
Flesh of the Orchid
We the Living, Part One
We, the Women
The Paper Man
Signed, Arsène Lupin
The Wide Blue Road
The Miracle of the Bells
The House of Exorcism
Homage at Siesta Time
This Angry Age
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
Disorder
Ophélia
Indian Summer
Fatal Frames
The Happy Thieves
Eyes Without a Face
We the Living, Part Two
The Long Absence
Senso
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