Matron and dance instructor at the academy, part of the witch coven overseeing the students.
Czech actress and Harry Lime's girlfriend. She mourns Lime's death with Martins, helps investigate the circumstances, and later discovers her passport is forged. After being persuaded by Martins to warn Lime, she catches a train to Paris but later coldly ignores Martins at the cemetery.
The infertile queen of Corinth who raises the rescued infant as her own son alongside the king. Oedipus grows up believing that she is his biological mother.
Dr. Génessier's loyal assistant who helps lure young women to the mansion under false pretenses. She assists in the illegal facial graft surgeries and participates in disposing of the victims' bodies. Her complicity ends when Christiane stabs her to death.
An Italian countess trapped in an unhappy marriage, Livia becomes completely devoted to Franz after meeting him in Venice. She finances his evasion of military service with money intended for the Italian partisans, discovers his betrayal with Clara, and retaliates by exposing him to the Austrian authorities.
A beautiful enigmatic Italian woman accused of poisoning her wealthy blind husband. Initially appearing devoted, she later confesses in court that she committed the murder to be with her lover, André Latour, and expresses intense hatred toward Keane for his role in Latour's death.
The Contessa is a blind noblewoman who lives at the villa with Max and is connected to Carlo as his wife and to Max as his mother. She chastises Max, reveals the history behind Carlo's affair, and offers to conceal his crimes. Max ultimately stabs her, after which she returns in an undead form.
An aspiring actress from Coaltown who is chosen to replace a temperamental film star and is cast as Joan despite having no film experience. Though suffering from fatal tuberculosis, she continues filming in hopes of restoring pride to her hometown. She dies after the shoot, with Bill Dunnigan at her side.
A member of the holiday gathering at Villa Barbianello, Signora Fascioli attends Major Wilshaw's conjuring performance alongside the other guests. She also acknowledges being frightened by the uncertain political disturbances surrounding them, providing a more anxious perspective on the otherwise relaxed social atmosphere.
The authoritative head of the convent and hospital who dismisses Gertrude's fears as mere hypochondria and ultimately orders her transfer to an isolation cell.
Juliana is the former mistress of the late novelist Jeffrey Aspern and lives reclusively with her niece, Tita. Believed to possess Aspern's unpublished papers, she rents a room to Jean Decaux, who is secretly trying to find them. She catches Jean searching her belongings, and after her death Tita reveals that the manuscripts are in her possession.
The girlfriend who accompanies the electronic engineer to Budapest in the story's central couple.
Alida Valli has 115 screen credits in a career dating back to 1935. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Argento Three Mothers with 1 titles. Signature works include The Third Man, Suspiria, Oedipus Rex. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
Universe traveler — spans 3 universes
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