The Italian film icon from the 1930s onwards, Alida Valli, who has died aged 84, was described by Benito Mussolini as the most beautiful woman in the world after Greta Garbo. He was not her only fan.

Alida Hubele (Olthouse), age 91, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 30, 2021, after a short illness. Alida was born on Nov. 16, 1929, in the town of Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Alida was born Alida Rienstra, the youngest of three children, on February 1, 1925, in Whitinsville, Massachusetts. She moved to Clifton, New Jersey with her family when she was two years old. Alida ...