Lidia Alfonsi
ActingParma, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyLydia Alfonsi, born Lidia (Parma, 27 April 1928 - Parma, 21 September 2022), was an Italian actress. An actress of great expressiveness, her name is linked above all to the golden age of television dramas in the 1960s, with works such as La Pisana; Mastro Don Gesualdo; Luisa Sanfelice and Il segreto di Luca. In 1970, she received the French critics' award for best Italian television actress. Though acclaimed for her roles on the classical stage (including as Medea, Phaedra and Electra) she is probably best known abroad as a protagonist of films like Hercules (1958), Morgan the Pirate (1960) and The Trojan Horse (1961) (all starring Steve Reeves). Alfonsi also co-starred alongside Boris Karloff in Mario Bava 's atmospheric psycho- thriller Black Sabbath (1963). Alfonsi was named a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic by then-president of Italy Alessandro Pertini. She retired from screen acting in 1997.
Giuliana Lojodice
ActingBari, ItalyEspecially renowned actress of theater and television , has shot a few films, some of them famous, however, as the sweet life of Federico Fellini , Life is Beautifulby Roberto Benigni , Out of this world of Giuseppe Piccioni , and reconciled to Rosalia Polizzi . In 2004, lends his voice to the "Dream" on tour "Catch the Dream" by Renato Zero. In life and on stage, was the girlfriend of actor Harold Tieri , after the end of her marriage to the actor and impresario Mario Chiocchio from whom he had two sons.
Amerigo Fontani
ActingFlorence, italyBorn in Florence , a graduate of the stage actor's theater workshop Vittorio Gassman in 1979 . He also starred in the movies films Life is Beautiful of 1997 (where he plays Rodolfo, his rival in love with Roberto Benigni ), the third star in the 2004 hunting season in 2008 and "The Suite" 2010 On television he played the role of Claudius in the Mercalli soap operas live in 2003 and, since November 2008 , to Mauritius in the soap opera Bassani Centovetrine until the early months of 2010. The actor in the soap back in April 2011.
Frank Finlay
ActingFarnworth, Lancashire, England, UKFrank received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for his performance as William Shakespeare’s Iago in Stuart Burge’s 1965 film of Laurence Olivier’s staging of Othello. He also won the Best Actor Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.He later essayed the definitive screen portrayal of Alexandre Dumas’ musketeer Porthos in three movies for director Richard Lester: The Three Musketeers (1974), The Four Musketeers (1975) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). Frank’s many other films include The Longest Day; Tony Richardson’s The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner; Martin Ritt’s The Molly Maguires; Bob Clark’s Murder by Decree; Alan Bridges’ The Return of the Soldier (for which he recieved a BAFTA Award nomination); Franco Zeffrelli’s Sparrow; and Eric Styles’ Dreaming of Joseph Lees; and most recently Roman Polanski’s multi-award winning The Pianist and Norma Jewison’s The Statement.His similarly extensive television projects have earned him two BAFTA Awards, for his performances in The Death of Adolf Hitler (starring as Hitler, with Rex Firkin directing); The Adventures of Don Quixote (as Sancho Panza, opposite Rex Harrison, for director Alvin Rakoff); the ground breaking Bouquet of Barbed Wire and Another Bouquet; 84 Charing Cross Road; and recently the critically acclaimed series The Sins. Born in Farnworth, Lancashire, Finlay had already begun performing on stage when he earned the Sir James Knott Scholarship at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Since then he has led theatre companies in London and on Broadway.He was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1984 New Year’s Honours List, and was presented with his CBE by the Queen in February1984.
Maureen Lipman
ActingHull, Yorkshire, England, UKDame Maureen Diane Lipman (born 10 May 1946) is an English actress, columnist and comedian.