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Leading Italian actress of all media, born Lydia (or Lidia) Alfonsi in Parma, the daughter of well-to-do middle class parents. She briefly trained in accountancy before venturing on to the stage as a member of student amateur theatrical troupes. With "Gli amici della prose" she performed a play by Luigi Pirandello which won her a best actress competition in Pesaro. Having attracted the attention of one of the judges, the director Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Alfonsi was invited to join his company and duly made her professional theatrical debut in 1946. From 1950, she also appeared on screen, wrote and recited poetry, as well as writing and working in radio as a voice 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 peplum and swashbuckler films like Hercules (1958), Morgan the Pirate (1960) and The Trojan Horse (1961) (all starring muscleman Steve Reeves). Alfonsi also co-starred alongside Boris Karloff in Mario Bava 's atmospheric psycho- thriller Black Sabbath (1963) (her character coming to a sticky end at the hands of Milo Quesada). This was originally shot with the cast voicing their lines in English, only for the dialogue to be wiped, dubbed into Italian and subtitled. She had another first-billed role in Lady Dynamite (1973) as the eponymous heroine, exacting Sicilian-style vendetta in Palermo on the local Mafia don responsible for the murder of her husband. For the small screen, Alfonsi essayed the ill-fated 18th century aristocrat Luisa Sanfelice in a seven-episode miniseries.

Alfonsi was named a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic by then-president of Italy Alessandro Pertini. She retired from screen acting in 1997.

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Angelo Campori was born on 5 March 1934 in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy. He is known for Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Manon Lescaut (1985) and 'Rigoletto' di Giuseppe Verdi (1987). He died on 23 November 2013 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Raffaele Cutolo was born on 4 November 1941 in Ottaviano, Campania, Italy. He was married to Immacolata Iacone. He died on 17 February 2021 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Umberto Cocchi was an actor and director, known for Chiaro di luna (1930), Dai frantumi dell'idolo (1921) and Bufera (1926). He died on 1 January 1950 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Wernher Buck was an actor, known for Götz von Berlichingen (1967), Sonderdezernat K1 (1972) and Tatort (1970). He died on 24 July 1982 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Flavio Kampah was born on 6 November 1962 in Parma, Emilia Romagna, Italy. He was a director, known for Felino (2009), American Gladiators (1989) and Night Glory (2011). He died on 26 August 2021 in Parma, Emilia Romagna, Italy.

Giancarlo Bignardi was born on 14 May 1938 in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. Giancarlo was a costume designer, known for Valentina, una ragazza che ha fretta (1977). Giancarlo was married to Mercedes Raffaghello. Giancarlo died on 8 February 1978 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Gustavo Marchesi was born on 13 December 1933 in Guastalla, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer, known for Giuseppe Verdi (2000) and Il Regio nel paese del melodramma (2015). He died on 8 February 2021 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Vittorio Adorni was born on 14 November 1937 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was married to Vitaliana Erbetta. He died on 24 December 2022 in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.