Alias: Lidia Zanussi, Lia Zanussi.
Lydia Zanussi was one of the most important character actresses in fotoromanzi during the 1950s, playing numerous important and credited roles in fotoromanzi published in magazines like Sogno, Cine Illustrato, Luna Park and Grand Hotel.
Lydia was also active in films, and during the 1960s, 70s and 80s, she was one of the most recognizable 'golden girls' of the generici scene. It seems the only film she was ever credited in was Grog (1982), but she played fairly large roles in some other films, too, such as La clinica dell'amore (1976).
Her daughter is Isabella Zanussi, who also worked as a generica for many years.
Lydia Zanussi was identified by Emiliano, who found her credited in the fotoromanzo "Io ho solo l'amore", with the help of Simone Ribeiro.
FILMOGRAPHY
- L'argine (uncredited) .... Villager at the inn
1951 - Senza bandiera (uncredited) .... Train passenger
1952 - Gli eroi della domenica (uncredited) .... Piero's wife
- Noi due soli (uncredited) .... Woman at bus stop
1953 - Il mondo le condanna (uncredited) .... Paolo's secretary
- Siamo tutti inquilini (uncredited) .... Woman watching the appartment
- Via Padova 46 (Lo scocciatore) (uncredited) .... Caffè Italia customer
1954 - Camilla (uncredited) .... Banquet guest
1965 - Fantomas minaccia il mondo (uncredited) .... Guest at Cavalieri Hilton hotel
1966 - Scusi lei è favorevole o contrario? (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Io, io, io... e gli altri (uncredited) .... Woman at the theatre
1967 - Arriva Dorellik (uncredited) .... One of the Duponts
- Assalto al tesoro di stato (uncredited) .... Woman on the train
- C'era una volta (uncredited) .... Donna Eugenia's handmaid
- Silenzio: si uccide (uncredited) .... guest at the Le Sexy Du West club
- Tutto Totò (TV series) - episode 9: "Premio Nobel" (uncredited) .... Woman at the Nobel ceremony
1968 - Brutti di notte (uncredited) .... Franco's aunt
- Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (uncredited) .... Woman at the fancy restaurant
- La famiglia Benvenuti (TV series) - episode 6 (uncredited) .... A mother
- La morte ha fatto l'uovo (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Odissea (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Woman of the court
- Sissignore (uncredited) .... Woman at the ship launching
1969 - Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova veneziano (uncredited) .... Woman standing at card table
- L'alibi (uncredited) .... Party guest
- La monaca di Monza (uncredited) .... Nun
- Giocando a golf una mattina (TV mini-series) (uncredited) .... Woman at the club
- Orgasmo (uncredited) .... Bar customer
1970 - F.B.I. - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (TV series) - episode 1: "Sparita il giorno delle nozze" (uncredited) .... Woman in film footage
- I racconti di Padre Brown (TV series) - episode 6: "Il re dei ladri" (uncredited) .... Audience member at the pantomime show
- Lacrime d'amore (uncredited) .... London hotel client
- Lady Barbara (uncredited) .... Woman at the drinking fountain
- Satiricosissimo (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
1971 - ...continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
- Il provinciale (uncredited) .... Woman at the nightclub
- In nome del popolo italiano (uncredited) .... Party guest
1972 - Avanti! / Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
- Il generale dorme in piedi (uncredited) .... Spectator
- Il terrore con gli occhi storti (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Incensurato, provata disonestà, carriera assicurata, cercasi (uncredited) .... Charity woman
- La prima notte di quiete (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
- Nonostante le apparenze... e purchè la nazione non lo sappia... all'onorevole piacciono le donne (uncredited) .... Woman at the table at party, view from the TV
- Roma (uncredited) .... Maîtresse
- Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
- Valeria dentro fuori (uncredited) .... Asylum patient
1973 - Anastasia mio fratello (uncredited) .... Woman in the court room
- Buona parte di Paolina (credits?) .... Roman noblewoman
- Io e lui (uncredited) .... Old woman on the stairs
- La Tosca (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Polvere di stelle (uncredited) .... Restaurant Alfredo's customer
- Qui squadra mobile (TV series) - episode 2: "Rapina a mano armata" (uncredited) .... Woman in the crowd
- Vogliamo i colonnelli (uncredited) .... Woman at the funeral
1974 - La poliziotta (uncredited) ...Woman at ceremony
- L'erotomane (uncredited) .... Woman in the palace
- Il bacio di una morta (uncredited) .... Woman in cabaret
- Il lumacone (uncredited) .... Woman at the conference (pic lost)
- Il poliziotto è marcio (uncredited) .... Woman at the art gallery
- Paolo il freddo (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Sistemo l'America e torno (uncredited) .... Airplane passenger
1975 - Ah sí? E io lo dico a Zzzorro! (uncredited) .... Faithful church attendee
- Attenti al buffone (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- Corruzione al palazzo di giustizia (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- L'esorciccio (uncredited) .... Sisto's mother
- La novizia (uncredited) .... Woman in church
- La poliziotta fa carriera (uncredited) .... Woman outside Gianna's home
- Le orme (uncredited) .... Chairwoman at the international congress
- Lezioni private (uncredited) .... Woman at funeral
- Mondo candido (uncredited) .... Hippie woman
- Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista (uncredited) ...Old woman on the train
- Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Roma drogata: la polizia non può intervenire (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Salon Kitty (uncredited) .... Client at Salon Kitty
1976 - Bluff - Storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (uncredited) .... Casino gambler
- Colpita da improvviso benessere (uncredited) .... Spectator at the hippodrome
- Il secondo tragico Fantozzi (uncredited) .... Fish shop customer
- La clinica dell'amore (uncredited) .... Gianni Solaro's mother
- Maestro di violino (uncredited) .... Bar customer at polo club
- Mark colpisce ancora (uncredited) .... Woman at street café
- Natale in casa d'appuntamento (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Roma, l'altra faccia della violenza (uncredited) .... Party guest who is robbed
- Spogliamoci così senza pudor (uncredited) .... Friend of the Partibon family
1977 - Gran bollito (uncredited) .... Woman in church
1978 - Emanuelle e le porno notti (uncredited) .... Horny woman sitting on dildo-chair
- I gabbiani volano basso (uncredited) .... Old woman getting on the airplane
- La cage aux folles / Il vizietto (uncredited) .... Nightclub client
- Le témoin / Il testimone (uncredited) .... Woman at the hotel
- Poliziotto senza paura (uncredited) .... Restaurant diner
1979 - Caro papà (uncredited) .... Old woman at the cello concert
- Mani di velluto (uncredited) .... One of the Minister's relatives
- Martin Eden (TV mini series) .... Passerby on the street
1980 - Arrivano i gatti (uncredited) .... Old woman at the notary's office
- Fico d'India (uncredited) .... Old woman on the balcony
- L'avvertimento (uncredited) .... Wedding guest
- La cage aux folles II / Il vizietto II (uncredited) .... Guest at Manderstam's birthday party
- Sbamm! (uncredited) .... Woman at the park
- Sono fotogenico (uncredited) .... Extra at Cinecittà
1981 - Fracchia la belva umana (uncredited) .... Signora Franchini, an old neighbor
- L'assistente sociale tutto pepe... (uncredited) .... Nun
- Occhio alla penna! (uncredited) ... Old woman in the train dining car
- Ricomincio da tre (uncredited) .... Bar customer
- The Salamander (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Una vacanza del cactus (uncredited) .... Casino player
1982 - Grog (credited as Lidia Zanussi) .... Game show contestant in wheelchair
- La sconosciuta (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Woman at the auction
- Liszt Ferenc (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Audience member at the concert
1983 - Benvenuta (uncredited) .... Restaurant guest
- Massimamente folle (uncredited) .... role?
1984 - La bella Otero (TV mini series) (uncredited) .... Woman at the casino
1985 - Caccia al ladro d'autore (TV series) - episode 6: "Il calice di Murano" (uncredited) .... Countess Jaszewski, a guest of the countess
OTHER WORKS
- "Femministe" (1972) (TV spot for Birra Peroni) .... Feminist
- La sberla (1978) (TV variety show) - ep. 3, sketch "L'atelier" .... Woman at the fashion show
FOTOROMANZI
- "Il mio prigioniero" (Published in Sogno from May to October 1950)
- "Principessa in esilio" (Published in Sogno from July to December 1951)
- "Noi che ci amiamo" (Published in Sogno from December 1951 to May 1952)
- "Il nostro amore impossibile" (Published in Sogno from October 1952 to March 1953)
- "Ho scelto il tuo amore" (Published in Sogno from November 1953 to April 1954)
- "Desiderio d'amore" (Published in Sogno from April to August 1954) - credited
- "Io ho solo l'amore" (Published in Grand Hotel from May to October 1954) - credited
- "Amore e inganno" (Published in Sogno from October 1954 to February 1955) - credited
- "Alla conquista di un cuore" (Published in Cine Illustrato from February to July 1955) - credited
- "L'incatenata" (Published in Luna Park from April to September 1955) - credited as Lidia Zanussi
- "Il prezzo dell'onore" (Published in Cine Illustrato from July to November 1955)
- "Un fiore tra le spine" (Published in Sogno from August 1955 to January 1956)
- "La voce del sangue" (Published in Cine Illustrato from March to August 1956)
- "La figlia dell'assassino" (Published in Sogno from July to December 1956) - credited
- "Una donna si ribella" (Published in Sogno from October 1956 to March 1957) - credited as Lia Zanussi
- "La donna del sogno" (Published in Polvere di Stelle from April to July 1957) - credited as Lidia Zanussi
- Luna Park N. 39: "Jimmy Lord, metti, un giorno alle Bermude" (August 1969)
- "I giorni dell'odio e dell'amore" (Published in Sogno from January to June 1970)
- Le sexy avventure di Clegg Moore N. 1: "I venerdì di Madame" (1 October 1971)
- Cineromanzo N. 6: "Nancy nel deserto" (June 1974)
- Le avventure di Jacques Douglas N. 108: "Susan e Ken: Un amore unico al mondo" (September 1974)
- "I fratelli Zaccheo" (Published in Grand Hotel from April to November 1984)