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."
Grandmother of actor-director Pierpaolo De Mejo.
Her mother was shot by anti-fascists in 1945.
Her name Alida means "flies like a bird."
Involved in an infamous drug, sex and murder scandal in 1954.
Mother of actor Carlo De Mejo and of Lorenzo De Mejo.
Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV).
She is buried in the Cimitero Monumentale del Verano in Rome.
Voiced the character of "Dr. Constance Petersen" in a 1940s radio broadcast of Alfred Hitchcock's classic, Spellbound (1945).