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 The Missing Treaty (1933) – Anna – sua figlia The Three-Cornered Hat (1935) – Carmela, moglie di Luca Territorial Militia (1936) – Martina Beggar's Wedding (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 The Black Panther (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 The Baker of 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