Alida Valli

Alida Valli , sometimes simply credited as Valli, stage name of Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein u. Frauenberg, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films, including Mario Soldatis Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcocks The Paradine Case, Carol Reeds The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonionis Il Grido, Luchino Viscontis Senso, Bernardo Bertoluccis 1900 and Dario Argentos Suspiria.

Valli was born in Pola, Istria, Italy . Her paternal grandfather was the Baron Luigi Altenburger , an AustrianItalian from Trento, a descendant of the Counts dArco her paternal grandmother was Elisa Tomasi from Trento, a cousin of the Roman senator Ettore Tolomei. Vallis mother, Silvia Oberecker della Martina, born in Pola, was the daughter of Felix Oberecker from Laibach, Austria her mother was Virginia della Martina from Pola, Istria . Vallis maternal granduncle, Rodolfo, was a close friend of Gabriele DAnnunzio. Valli was christened Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von MarckensteinFrauenberg. During her lifetime she also gained the titles Dr.h.c. of the III. University of Rome, Chevalier of Arts of France and Cavaliere of the Italian Republic.

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