Alida Valli

Alida Valli is the kind of performer I find endlessly compelling: a Croatian-born baroness who became one of Italian cinema's most enigmatic faces across a seventy-year career. What strikes me is not just her longevity or her hundred-plus films, but her ability to project intelligence and melancholy in the same glance, as she did so unforgettably in The Third Man. The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement feels earned. I admire artists who refuse to coast on beauty alone, and Valli always brought a quiet, controlling gravity to the screen that I keep coming back to.

Name (English)

Alida Valli

Name (Japanese)

アリダ・ヴァリ

Reading

ありだ・ゔぁり

Born

May 31, 1921 – April 22, 2006

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Origin

Pula, Croatia

Occupation

singer / film director / actor

Awards & achievements

• 1991 David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 1990 Gamajun International Award
• 1997 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
• Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
• Premio Eleonora Duse
• 1955 Grolla d'oro for Best Leading Actress

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alida%20Valli
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106940

Tags

• singer
• film director
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

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