Alida Valli, 84; Italian Actress Made More Than 100 Films

Alida Valli, 84, one of Italy’s great actresses, who costarred with Orson Welles in Carol Reed’s 1949 film “The Third Man” and with Gregory Peck in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1947 movie “The Paradine Case,” died Saturday in Rome, the mayor’s office said.

A cause of death was not announced for Valli, who appeared in more than 100 films over 60 years. She worked with some of the greats of Italian cinema, including Luchino Visconti and Michelangelo Antonioni.

Valli was born Alida von Altenburger in 1921 in Pola, in what is now Croatia. She made her film debut in Italy in the mid-1930s but moved to Hollywood a decade later after being discovered by producer David O. Selznick, who thought he had found another Ingrid Bergman.

Valli retained her thick Italian accent during her brief time in Hollywood, and she returned to Italy, where she starred in Visconti’s 1954 movie “Senso” (Sense) and also appeared on stage.

In 1991 Valli was honored with a career achievement prize at the David di Donatello awards, the Italian equivalent of the Oscars.