Alida ValliAKA:
Alida Maria Altenburger
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Nationality:
Italian Birthdate:
05/31/1921 Birthplace:
Pola, Italy (now Croatia) Death Date:
04/22/2006
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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
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1936
Film debut, "I Due Sergenti"
1947
First US film (for David O Selznick), "The Paradine Case"
Career survived temporary setback as result of her involvement in a drug, sex and murder scandal involving her husband and his mistress in the mid-1950s
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