Leda Gloria
1908–1997 · Italian film and stage actress
Biography
Leda Gloria, born Leda Nicoletti, was an Italian actress who worked in film and theatre from the late 1920s to the mid-1960s. Sources differ on her birth year: most give 1908, though some list 1912. She is best remembered for playing Peppone's wife, opposite Gino Cervi, in the Don Camillo films starring Fernandel.
She began appearing in films as a young woman, in silent productions shot in Rome in the late 1920s, after leaving her musical studies as a harpist. In 1931 she met Alessandro Blasetti, who cast her in Mother Earth and launched a long career. She played leads during the expansion of Italian cinema under Fascism and moved to supporting roles after the war. She also acted on stage, with Giulio Donadio's company and in revue shows in the mid-1940s. She died in Rome in 1997.
Key films
- Don Camillo (1952)
- The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
- Three Girls from Rome (1952)
- Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
- The Law Is the Law (1958)
Trivia
From harp to screen
Before acting, she studied music as a harpist, a path she left behind to start in the silent films made in Rome.
Spotted by Blasetti
In 1931 Alessandro Blasetti chose her for Mother Earth, the role that marked the start of her career in sound film.
On Cinematopedia
The Little World of Don Camillo1952
The Return of Don Camillo1953Don Camillo's Last Round1955Don Camillo's Last Round1955The Law Is the Law1958The Law Is the Law1958Don Camillo: Monsignor1961Don Camillo: Monsignor1961Don Camillo in Moscow1966Don Camillo in Moscow1966It Happened in the Park1953It Happened in the Park1953
Three Girls from Rome1952The Three-Cornered Hat1934The Three-Cornered Hat1934
The Mill on the Po1950Side Street Story1950Side Street Story1950
The Eternal Chain1952- Figaro and His Great Day 1931 · cast
- Palio 1932 · cast
- The Table of the Poor 1932 · cast
- The Three-Cornered Hat 1934 · cast
- The Three Wishes 1937 · cast
- The Marquis of Ruvolito 1939 · cast
- The Cavalier from Kruja 1940 · cast
- Antonio Meucci 1940 · cast
- Souls in Turmoil 1942 · cast
- The Mill on the Po 1950 · cast
- Side Street Story 1950 · cast
- Last Meeting 1951 · cast
- The Little World of Don Camillo 1952 · cast
- Three Girls from Rome 1952 · cast
- The Eternal Chain 1952 · cast
- The Baker of Valorgue 1952 · cast
- The Return of Don Camillo 1953 · cast
- It Happened in the Park 1953 · cast
- Don Camillo's Last Round 1955 · cast
- New Moon 1955 · cast
- The Virtuous Bigamist 1956 · cast
- Guendalina 1957 · cast
- The Law Is the Law 1958 · cast
- Don Camillo: Monsignor 1961 · cast
- Cocagne 1961 · cast
- Don Camillo in Moscow 1966 · cast
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