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Alida Valli

Alida Valli

Actor · Died April 22, 2006, aged 84 · Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]

Alida Valli (May 31, 1921 – April 22, 2006), sometimes simply credited as Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films, including Mario Soldati's Piccolo mondo antico, Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case, Ayn Rand's We the Living, Carol Reed's The Third Man, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido, Luchino Visconti's Senso, and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 31, 1921
Died
April 22, 2006 (aged 84)
From
Pola, Istria, Italy [now Pula, Istria, Croatia]
Works as
Actor
Titles
35 on MovieCove · 116 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 11% in 30 days

What are Alida Valli's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 32nd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
19%
Bonds
19%
Morality
17%
Survival
16%
Ideas
11%
Society
9%
Power
8%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma4 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMemory3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 30 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 4 · Serious 4 · Dark 22

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 13 · Intense 14

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 14 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 24 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 19 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 14

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 16 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 8

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 5 of 17 analyzed roles.

Shadow
5 of 17
Ally
4 of 17
Shapeshifter
3 of 17
Hero
2 of 17
Trickster
1 of 17
Threshold guardian
1 of 17
Mentor
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Melancholic
15
Dread
11
Contemplative
5
Hopeful
5
Other
21

How their films linger

Haunting13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 8 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Alida Valli's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Alida Valli's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

116 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Akai Ito (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Actor

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen(2012)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Angel of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Doña Catalina

  • Vino Santo – Es lebe die Liebe, es lebe der Wein (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Sveva Salvini

  • The Sweet Sounds of Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Nonna di Sofia · as Sofia's grandmother

  • Fatal Frames(1996)

    as Countess Alessandra Mirafiori

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • A Month by the Lake(1995)

    as Signora Fascioli

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Final Scoop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Caterina, Andrea's mother

  • The Long Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Carla's Mother

  • Private Crimes(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · as Matilde Pierboni

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Zitti e mosca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Clara

  • Silent Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Countess Bianca Rospigliosi

  • To Our Late Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Catarina

  • Manuela's Loves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Bacha

  • Secrets Secrets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Gina

  • Forbidden Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Madre di Marina

  • Aspern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Juliana Barther

  • The Fall of the Rebel Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Bettina

  • Season of Peace in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Actor

  • Illa - Punto d'osservazione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Maria Dal Ponte

  • Illa - Punto di osservazione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 3 episodes · as Maria Dal Ponte

  • Aquella casa en las afueras(1980)

    as Isabel

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Towards Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Lady Camilla Tressilian

  • The Bailiff of Greifensee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Marianne

  • Inferno(1980)

    as Carol

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Luna(1979)

    as Giuseppe's Mother

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Killer Nun(1979)

    as Mother Superior

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Zoo zéro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Yvonne, la mère

  • Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Actor

  • The Perfect Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Lady Clementine De Revere

  • Dirty World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Teresina

  • Berlinguer: I Love You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Mamma di Mario

  • A Simple Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Mrs. Obin

  • Suspiria(1977)

    as Miss Tanner

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Cassandra Crossing(1976)

    as Mrs. Chadwick

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Game of Solitaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Germaine

  • 1900(1976)

    as Signora Pioppi

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Cher Victor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Anna

  • The House of Exorcism (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Countess (archive footage)

  • The Flesh of the Orchid(1975)

    as la folle de la gare

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Lisa and the Devil(1973)

    as Contessa

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Antichrist(1974)

    as Irene

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Tender Dracula, or Confessions of a Blood Drinker(1974)

    as Héloïse

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Beyond Erotica(1974)

    as Louise

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Indian Summer(1972)

    as Marcella Abati - Vanina's mother

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Eye in the Labyrinth(1972)

    as Gerda

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Spider's Stratagem(1970)

    as Draifa

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Killer Strikes at Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Linda Benson

  • Oedipus Rex(1967)

    as Merope, Queen of Corinth

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Black Humor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as The Widow - segment 3 'La cornacchia'

  • The Other Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Annabel

  • The Paper Man(1963)

    as La Italiana

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Castilian(1963)

    as Reina Teresa

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Ophélia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Claudia Lesurf

  • The Getaway Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Combat!(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Marie

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Al otro lado de la ciudad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • Disorder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Carlo's Mother

  • La Fille du torrent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Livia Boissière

  • Homage at Siesta Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Constance Fischer

  • The Happy Thieves(1961)

    as Duchess Blanca

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Dr. Kildare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Show 3 episodes · as Luisa Brabante

  • The Long Absence(1961)

    as Thérèse Langlois

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Il peccato degli anni verdi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as madre di Elena

  • The Gigolo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Agathe

  • Le dialogue des Carmélites(1960)

    as Mother Thérèse of Saint-Augustin

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Eyes Without a Face(1960)

    as Louise

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Signé: Arsène Lupin(1959)

    as Aurélia Valéano

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The Sons of Medea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Medea / Alida Valli

  • L'uomo dai calzoni corti (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Carolina

  • The Night Heaven Fell(1958)

    as Aunt Florentine

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Wide Blue Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Rosetta, the Wife

  • This Angry Age (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Claude

  • Il Grido (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Irma

  • Senso(1954)

    as La Contessa Livia Serpieri

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Stranger's Hand(1954)

    as Roberta Gleukovitch

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • We, the Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Alida (segment "Alida Valli")

  • The World Condemns Them (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Renata Giustini

  • The Lovers of Toledo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Doña Inés de Arévalo Blas

  • Last Meeting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Lina Castelli

  • Miracles Only Happen Once (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Claudia

  • Walk Softly, Stranger(1950)

    as Elaine Corelli

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The White Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Carla Alton (as Valli)

  • The Third Man(1949)

    as Anna Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Za-Bum Circus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as (segments "Gelosia", "Il postino" and "Galop finale al circo")

  • The Miracle of the Bells(1948)

    as Olga Treskovna

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Paradine Case(1947)

    as Mrs. Paradine

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Eugenia Grandet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Eugenia Grandet

  • Il canto della vita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Giovanna

  • Life Begins Anew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Patrizia Martini

  • Apparizione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Andreina

  • I'll Love You Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Adriana Rosé

  • Laugh Pagliacci (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Giulia

  • We the Living, Part Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Kira Argounova

  • We the Living, Part One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Kira Argounova

  • Le due orfanelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Enrichetta

  • Catene invisibili (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Actor

  • Stasera niente di nuovo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Maria

  • L'amante segreta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Actor

  • Schoolgirl Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Anna Campolmi

  • Luce nelle tenebre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Marina Ferri

  • Piccolo mondo antico (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Luisa Maironi

  • La prima donna che passa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Gabriella

  • Taverna rossa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Susanna Sormani

  • Manon Lescaut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Manon Lescaut

  • Beyond Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Vanina Vanini

  • Ballo al castello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Greta Larsen

  • You Love Me, I Love You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Vera Fabbri

  • A Thousand Lire a Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Magda

  • La casa del peccato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Girl

  • L'amor mio non muore! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Maria D'Alba

  • Il trovatello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Maria

  • Il feroce saladino (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Dora Florida / La bella Sulamita

  • I Was to Blame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Lauretta

  • Three Cornered Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Actor

  • La macchina da scrivere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · as Solange

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 116 titles, 115 of them dated from 1935 to 2025; peak year 1960.

Biggest box office

A Month by the Lake (1995)

$2.1M worldwide

Highest rated

The Third Man (1949)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Suspiria (1977)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19352025

Peak 1960 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1947Screen debut· The Paradine Case
  • 1949Breakout· The Third Man
  • 1961First top-billed film· The Long Absence

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting116 of 116: 116 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

By decade

1930s9 · acting1940s23 · acting1950s16 · acting1960s19 · acting1970s23 · acting1980s13 · acting1990s8 · acting2000s2 · acting2010s1 · acting2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 4% of 24 roles
476777

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Alida Valli's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 33; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Approval · how many liked their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Reach · how many have seen their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 30

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

The Castilian (1963)

66th percentile spread · 39% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Third Man (1949)

Midcredits 98th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Alida Valli's work okay for kids?

Across up to 10 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles31–90 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity10 titles8–55 · median 44 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles2–33 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles29–45 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles34–91 · median 76 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Alida Valli work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alida Valli's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gilbert Natot shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles