Alida Valli
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Also Known As
Alida Maria Altenburger
Birth Place
Pola, Italy (now Croatia)
Born
May 31, 1921
Died
April 22, 2006
Biography
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Strikingly beautiful Italian actress who began her career in the mid-1930s at the age of 15. Valli starred in mostly uninspired works until her temporary retirement in 1944, due to her refusal to appear in Fascist propaganda films (in 1945 her mother was shot as a collaborator). Following the war, Valli landed a contract with David O Selnzick, but her career did not really take off until...
Filmography
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L' Amore Probabilmente
(2001)
Il Dolce rumore della vita
(1999)
A Month By The Lake
(1995)
The Long Silence
(1993)
Zitti e Mosca
(1991)
La Bocca
(1991)
Family & Companions
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Oscar de Mejo
Husband
Pianist, composer. Married in 1944; separated; wrote "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth".
Biography
Strikingly beautiful Italian actress who began her career in the mid-1930s at the age of 15. Valli starred in mostly uninspired works until her temporary retirement in 1944, due to her refusal to appear in Fascist propaganda films (in 1945 her mother was shot as a collaborator). Following the war, Valli landed a contract with David O Selnzick, but her career did not really take off until her appearance as Harry Lime's faithful paramour in the Carol Reed classic "The Third Man" (1949). Often billed simply as "Valli," she shone in films including Visconti's "Senso" (1954), Henri Colpi's "Une Aussi longue absence" (1962), Bertolucci's "The Spider's Stratagem" (1970) and, more recently, in John Irvin's "A Month by the Lake" (1995).
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
L' Amore Probabilmente
(2001)
Il Dolce rumore della vita
(1999)
A Month By The Lake
(1995)
The Long Silence
(1993)
Zitti e Mosca
(1991)
La Bocca
(1991)
Oedipus Rex
(1990)
A notre regrettable epoux
(1988)
Le Jupon rouge
(1987)
Segreti Segreti
(1984)
Sogni Mostruosamente Proibiti
(1983)
Aspern
(1981)
Aquella Casa En Las Afueras
(1980)
Inferno
(1980)
Luna
(1979)
Der Landvogt von Griefensee
(1979)
Zoo-Zero
(1978)
L' Anti Cristo
(1978)
Un Cuore Semplice
(1978)
The Cassandra Crossing
(1977)
Suspiria
(1977)
1900
(1977)
Ce Cher Victor
(1975)
Le Jeu de Solitaire
(1975)
La Casa dell'Exorcismo
(1975)
La Grande Trouille
(1974)
La Chair de l'orchidee
(1974)
Diario di un Italiano
(1972)
La Prima Notte di Quiete
(1972)
The Spider's Stratagem
(1970)
Senso
(1968)
Contessa Livia Serpieri
Ophélia
(1964)
Claudia Lesurf
Disorder
(1964)
The Mother
The Castilian
(1963)
Queen Teresa
The Long Absence
(1962)
Thérèse Langlois
Il grido
(1962)
Irma
The Happy Thieves
(1961)
Duchess Blanca
The Carmelites
(1960)
Eyes Without a Face
(1959)
Louise
This Angry Age
(1958)
Claude
The Night Heaven Fell
(1958)
The Wide Blue Road
(1956)
Walk Softly, Stranger
(1950)
Elaine Corelli
The White Tower
(1950)
Carla Alten
The Third Man
(1949)
Anna [Schmidt]
The Paradine Case
(1948)
Maddalena Anna Paradine
The Miracle of the Bells
(1948)
Olga [Treskovna, previously known as Olga Trocki
We the Living
(1942)
Kira Argounova
Life Events
1936
Film debut, "I Due Sergenti"
1947
First US film (for David O Selznick), "The Paradine Case"
Photo Collections
9 Photos
The Third Man - Lobby Card Set
Here is a set of Lobby Cards from The Third Man (1949). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
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Family
Carlos de Mejo
Son
Born 1945.
Companions
Oscar de Mejo
Husband
Pianist, composer. Married in 1944; separated; wrote "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth".
