- 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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