Valli's movie career suffered as a result of the infamous Wilma Montesi scandal, in which her lover and jazz musician Piero Piccioni (the son of the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs) was involved. Montesi was a fashion model. Her lifeless body was found on a public beach near Ostia; prolonged investigations resulted, involving sensational allegations of drug and sex orgies in Roman society. The accusation of Piccioni, of Ugo Montagna, and of Maurizio d'Assia (Moritz von Hessen, the son of Princess Mafalda di Savoia) were a major part of the scandal. Subsequently they were absolved from the accusations. The scandal inspired Federico Fellini's 1960 film La Dolce Vita.^{[citation needed]}

Alida Valli had two sons with her husband Oscar de Mejo: Carlo de Mejo, born in Rome (has a son Pier Paolo de Mejo) and Larry de Mejo, born in Los Angeles, now living in Rochester (has four children in the US).

Valli's death at her home on April 22, 2006, was announced by the office of the mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, whose statement read, "The Italian cinema has lost one of its most intense and striking faces". Another official statement by the Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi read, "La scomparsa di Alida Valli è una grave perdita per il cinema, il teatro e la cultura italiana".

Valli was buried at Rome's Verano Cemetery.

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Filmography

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Television

• I Figli di Medea (1959)
• Il caso Mauritius (1961)
• Doughboy (episode of Combat!, 1963)
• Desencuentro (series, 1964)
• Rome Will Never Leave You, three episodes of Dr. Kildare (1964)
• Il consigliere imperiale (1974)
• Les grandes conjurations: Le tumulte d'Amboise (1978)
• L'altro Simenon (series, 1979)
• L'eredità della priora (serial, 1980)
• Dramma d'amore (serial, 1983)
• Piccolo mondo antico (serial, 1989)
• Una vita in gioco 2 (serial, 1992)
• Delitti privati (1992)

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External links

• Istria on the Internet, Prominent Istrians
• Alida Valli at the Internet Movie Database
• Alida Valli at the TCM Movie Database
• Alida Valli at Reel Classics
• [1] Obituary in The Daily Telegraph (London), April 24, 2006
• [2] Obituary in The Guardian (London), April 24, 2006
• André Soares (7 June 2006). Alida Valli (1921 - 2006). Alternative Film Guide. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
• Alida Valli. filmreference.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-15.
• Photographs of Alida Valli

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