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Alida Valli
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Gregory Peck
, who worked with Alida in
The Paradine Case (1947)
, said of her, "Not only are her shapes and features perfect: from her eyes radiates an irresistible flashing of love."
Involved in an infamous drug, sex and murder scandal in 1954.
Her name Alida means "flies like a bird."
Voiced the character of "Dr. Constance Petersen" in a 1940s radio broadcast of
Alfred Hitchcock
's classic,
Spellbound (1945)
.
Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at
The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
.
Alida Valli was fluent in several languages,i.e. English, French, Italian and her primary language was Serbo-Croatian.
She is buried in the Cimitero Monumentale del Verano in Rome.
Her mother, Silvia Obrekar, was born in Pola, Italy (now Croatia).
Mother of actor
Carlo De Mejo
and of Lorenzo De Mejo.
Grandmother of actor-director
Pierpaolo De Mejo
.
Entered films at 15.
Appeared in many routine productions but soon became one of the Italian screens leading young stars due to her unusual beauty and natural charm..
The daughter of an Austrian journalist and an Italian mother.
Was engaged to
Piero Piccioni
in the fifties.
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