Leda Gloria

Leda Gloria (30 August 1908 – 16 March 1997) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 66 films between 1929 and 1965. During the expansion of Italian cinema of the Fascist era of the 1930s and early 1940s she appeared in starring roles, later transitioning into character parts after the Second World War. She appeared in the Don Camillo series of films, playing the wife of Gino Cervi's Giuseppe Bottazzi.
Selected filmography
Girls Do Not Joke (1929)
There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You (1930)
Ninna nanna delle dodici mamme (1930)
Mother Earth (1931) – Emilia
Figaro and His Great Day (1931) – Nina
Palio (1932) – Fiora
The Table of the Poor (1932) – Giorgina Fusaro
The Blue Fleet (1932) – Olga Rosati
Il trattato scomparso (1933) – Anna – sua figlia
The Three-Cornered Hat (1935) – Carmela, moglie di Luca
Territorial Militia (1936) – Martina
Nozze vagabonde (1936) – Diana
Just Married (1936) – Lucia
Sette giorni all'altro mondo (1936) – Elena Santarelli
The Ambassador (1936)
King of Diamonds (1936)
The Three Wishes (1937) – Dora Corelli, la cantante
Bayonet (1938)
Duetto vagabondo (1939) – La vedova
The Marquis of Ruvolito (1939) – Lily Gordon
La grande luce - Montevergine (1939) – Sabina
L'aria del continente (1939)
The Palace on the River (1940)
Antonio Meucci (1940) – Ester Meucci, sua moglie
The Cavalier from Kruja (1940) – Alidjé
Lucky Night (1941) – La sorella del principale
La pantera nera''' (1942) – Sonya Harkaneck
Souls in Turmoil (1942) – Anna
La signorina (1942)
Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1943) – Maria Ansaldi, sua madre
Redenzione (1943)
La moglie in castigo (1943)
Vietato ai minorenni (1944)
The Mill on the Po (1949) – La Sniza
Ring Around the Clock (1950) – Rosa
Side Street Story (1950) – Amalia, la moglie di Gennaro
Strano appuntamento (1950) – Signora Rossi
Last Meeting (1951) – Bianca, amica di Lina
Red Moon (1951) – Donna Amalia (uncredited)
Three Girls from Rome (1952) – Rosa, Elena's mother
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952) – Madame Botazzi
The Eternal Chain (1952) – Donna Teresa, madre di Maria
Ergastolo (1952) – Rosa Lulli
Rosalba, la fanciulla di Pompei (1952) – House Neighbour
Le boulanger de Valorgue (1953) – Mme Zanetti, l'épicière
It's Never Too Late (1953) – Anna Colussi
The Return of Don Camillo (1953) – Signora Bottazzi
It Happened in the Park (1953) – Signora Ventrella – la moglie di Donato (segment: Il paraninfo)
Cuore di mamma (1954) – Donna Elvira
Tragic Ballad (1954) – Signora Barone
The Boatman of Amalfi (1954) – Rita Selva
New Moon (1955) – madre di Giovanni
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955) – Madame Botazzi
Torna piccina mia! (1955) – Esther
The Virtuous Bigamist (1956) – Lucia – la mère de Maria
Amaramente (1956) – Madre di Marco
Ciao, pais... (1956) – Amala
Guendalina (1957) – Madre di Oberdan
Serenata a Maria (1957) – Pupella's and Maria's mother
Il cocco di mamma (1958) – Aldo Manca's Mother
The Law Is the Law (1958) – Antonietta La Paglia
La sposa (1958) – Susanna
The Woman of Ice (1960) – Zia Agata
Cocagne (1961) – Mélanie
Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) – Madame Botazzi
Don Camillo in Moscow'' (1965) – Madame Botazzi
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1908 births
1997 deaths
Italian film actresses
Actresses from Rome
20th-century Italian actresses