Actor
Alida Valli
Born 31 May 1921 · Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia] — died 22 April 2006
Alida Valli (1921–2006) was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films. She rose to fame in 1940s Italian cinema, worked in Hollywood, and is best remembered as Anna in The Third Man. Her later career spanned European art cinema and horror.
Key films
Piccolo mondo antico (1941)
Early Italian starring role that made her a leading screen name in her home country.
The Third Man (1949)
Her most celebrated international role, as Anna Schmidt in Carol Reed's classic.
Senso (1954)
Lead in Luchino Visconti's lavish period drama, a high point of her Italian work.
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Key role in Georges Franju's influential and poetic French horror film.
Suspiria (1977)
Late-career role in Dario Argento's landmark horror film, introducing her to a new generation.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 117
- 1935Three Cornered HatActor
- 1937I Was to Blame · as LaurettaActor
- 1937Il feroce saladino · as Dora Florida / La bella SulamitaActor
- 1938La casa del peccato · as GirlActor
- 1938L'amor mio non muore! · as Maria D'AlbaActor
- 1938Il trovatello · as MariaActor
- 1939A Thousand Lire a Month · as MagdaActor
- 1939Ballo al castello · as Greta LarsenActor
- 1939You Love Me, I Love You · as Vera FabbriActor
- 1940La prima donna che passa · as GabriellaActor
- 1940Manon Lescaut · as Manon LescautActor
- 1940Beyond Love · as Vanina VaniniActor
- 1940Taverna rossa · as Susanna SormaniActor
- 1941Piccolo mondo antico · as Luisa MaironiActor
- 1941Schoolgirl Diary · as Anna CampolmiActor
- 1941L'amante segretaActor
- 1941Luce nelle tenebre · as Marina FerriActor
- 1942We the Living, Part One · as Kira ArgounovaActor
- 1942We the Living, Part Two · as Kira ArgounovaActor
- 1942Catene invisibiliActor
- 1942Le due orfanelle · as EnrichettaActor
- 1942Stasera niente di nuovo · as MariaActor
- 1943Apparizione · as AndreinaActor
- 1943I'll Love You Forever · as Adriana RoséActor
- 1943Laugh Pagliacci · as GiuliaActor
- 1945Life Begins Anew · as Patrizia MartiniActor
- 1945Il canto della vita · as GiovannaActor
- 1946Eugenia Grandet · as Eugenia GrandetActor
- 1947The Paradine Case · as Mrs. ParadineActor
- 1948The Miracle of the Bells · as Olga TreskovnaActor
- 1949The Third Man · as Anna SchmidtActor
- 1949The Za-Bum Circus · as (segments "Gelosia", "Il postino" and "Galop finale al circo")Actor
- 1950Walk Softly, Stranger · as Elaine CorelliActor
- 1950The White Tower · as Carla Alton (as Valli)Actor
- 1951Miracles Only Happen Once · as ClaudiaActor
- 1951Last Meeting · as Lina CastelliActor
- 1953We, the Women · as Alida (segment "Alida Valli")Actor
- 1953The World Condemns Them · as Renata GiustiniActor
- 1953The Lovers of Toledo · as Doña Inés de Arévalo BlasActor
- 1954Senso · as La Contessa Livia SerpieriActor
- 1954The Stranger's Hand · as Roberta GleukovitchActor
- 1957Il Grido · as IrmaActor
- 1957The Wide Blue Road · as Rosetta, the WifeActor
- 1957This Angry Age · as ClaudeActor
- 1958The Night Heaven Fell · as Aunt FlorentineActor
- 1958L'uomo dai calzoni corti · as CarolinaActor
- 1959Signed, Arsène Lupin · as Aurélia ValéanoActor
- 1959The Sons of Medea · as Medea / Alida ValliActor
- 1960Eyes Without a Face · as LouiseActor
- 1960The Dialogue of the Carmelites · as Mother Thérèse of Saint-AugustinActor
- 1960The Gigolo · as AgatheActor
- 1960Il peccato degli anni verdi · as madre di ElenaActor
- 1961The Long Absence · as Thérèse LangloisActor
- 1961The Happy Thieves · as Duchess BlancaActor
- 1962Disorder · as Carlo's MotherActor
- 1962Homage at Siesta Time · as Constance FischerActor
- 1962La Fille du torrent · as Livia BoissièreActor
- 1962Al otro lado de la ciudadActor
- 1963The Paper Man · as La ItalianaActor
- 1963Ophélia · as Claudia LesurfActor
- 1963The Getaway FaceActor
- 1963The Castilian · as Reina TeresaActor
- 1964The Other Woman · as AnnabelActor
- 1965Black Humor · as The Widow - segment 3 'La cornacchia'Actor
- 1967Oedipus Rex · as Merope, Queen of CorinthActor
- 1970The Spider's Stratagem · as DraifaActor
- 1970The Killer Strikes at Dawn · as Linda BensonActor
- 1972Indian Summer · as Marcella Abati - Vanina's motherActor
- 1972Eye in the Labyrinth · as GerdaActor
- 1974Lisa and the Devil · as ContessaActor
- 1974The Antichrist · as IreneActor
- 1974Tender Dracula · as HéloïseActor
- 1974It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game · as LouiseActor
- 1975Flesh of the Orchid · as la folle de la gareActor
- 1975The House of Exorcism · as Countess (archive footage)Actor
- 1975Cher Victor · as AnnaActor
- 19761900 · as Signora PioppiActor
- 1976The Cassandra Crossing · as Mrs. ChadwickActor
- 1976The Game of Solitaire · as GermaineActor
- 1977Suspiria · as Miss TannerActor
- 1977Berlinguer: I Love You · as Mamma di MarioActor
- 1977A Simple Heart · as Mrs. ObinActor
- 1978The Perfect Crime · as Lady Clementine De RevereActor
- 1978Dirty World · as TeresinaActor
- 1979Luna · as Giuseppe's MotherActor
- 1979Killer Nun · as Mother SuperiorActor
- 1979Zoo zéro · as Yvonne, la mèreActor
- 1979Lycanthropus, the Son of the NightActor
- 1980Inferno · as CarolActor
- 1980That House in the Outskirts · as IsabelActor
- 1980Towards Zero · as Lady Camilla TressilianActor
- 1980The Bailiff of Greifensee · as MarianneActor
- 1981The Fall of the Rebel Angels · as BettinaActor
- 1981Season of Peace in ParisActor
- 1981Illa - Punto d'osservazione · as Maria Dal PonteActor
- 1982Forbidden Dreams · as Madre di MarinaActor
- 1982Aspern · as Juliana BartherActor
- 1985Secrets Secrets · as GinaActor
- 1987Manuela's Loves · as BachaActor
- 1988To Our Late Husband · as CatarinaActor
- 1991Zitti e mosca · as ClaraActor
- 1991Silent Love · as Countess Bianca RospigliosiActor
- 1993The Long Silence · as Carla's MotherActor
- 1994The Final Scoop · as Caterina, Andrea's motherActor
- 1995A Month by the Lake · as Signora FascioliActor
- 1996Fatal Frames · as Countess Alessandra MirafioriActor
- 1997The Making of Fatal Frames · as selfActor
- 1999The Sweet Sounds of Life · as Nonna di SofiaActor
- 2001Suspiria 25th Anniversary · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2001Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein · as Sveva SalviniActor
- 2001Probably Love · as HerselfActor
- 2002Angel of Death · as Doña CatalinaActor
- 2008Come diventai Alida Valli · as Self (Archive)Actor
- 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2017Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts · as Self - Actress (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Akai ItoActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.