Gloria Milland (born Maria Fiè; 11 October 1940 – 27 August 1989) was an Italian actress of
peplum and
spaghetti Western films
This list of spaghetti Westerns includes Western films, primarily produced and directed by Italian production companies between 1913 and 1978. For a list of non-Italian produced European Westerns, see the list of Euro-Western films.
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Life
Born in
Cagliari
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, she debuted in 1959 with her real name, but changed it shortly after, following a fashion of the time for American-sounding stage names.
In 1960s she was very active in light comedies and adventure (
pepla) films, often in main roles, then did a few spaghetti westerns, but dissatisfied with her career, she chose to retire from show business in the late 1960s.
Milland died on August 27, 1989, in
Ladispoli, Italy.
Filmography
*1959: ''
Fantasmi e ladri''
*1959: ''
Girl at the club'' - Girl at the club
*1960: ''
La strada dei giganti''
*1960: ''
My Friend, Dr. Jekyll'' - Mara
*1960: ''
Rapina al quartiere Ovest''
*1960: ''
Ferragosto in bikini'' - Elena
*1961: ''
The Thief of Baghdad'' - Amina's Handmaid (uncredited)
*1961: ''
Goliath Against the Giants'' - Princess Elea
*1961: ''
Bellezze sulla spiaggia''
*1961: ''
Scandali al mare'' - Nicoletta
*1961: ''
Le magnifiche sette'' - Erika
*1962: ''
Ten Italians for One German'' - Assunta aka Nena - Ferroni's wife
*1962: ''
The Golden Arrow'' - Queen in the save
*1962: ''
The Fury of Achilles'' - Briseis
*1962: ''
The Rebel Gladiators'' - Marzia
*1962: ''
Twist, lolite e vitelloni'' - Elena
*1963: ''
The Black Duke'' - Caterina Sforza
*1963: ''
Goliath and the Rebel Slave'' - Zoé
*1963: ''
Le tre spade di Zorro'' - Virginia
*1964: ''
Revenge of the Musketeers'' - Olimpia Mancini
*1964: ''
Samson vs. the Giant King'' - Nadia
*1964: ''
Delitto allo specchio'' - Franca
*1964: ''
Hercules Against the Barbarians'' - Arias
*1964: ''
I tre spietati'' - Louise Walker
*1964: ''
The Seven from Texas'' - Maria
*1965: ''
Challenge of the Gladiator
''Challenge of the Gladiator'' () is a 1965 Italy, Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella.
Plot
Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his ...
'' - Livia
*1965: ''
Seven Hours of Gunfire'' - Calamity Jane
*1965: ''
Hands of a Gunfighter'' - Miriam Murphy
*1965: ''
Doc, Hands of Steel
''Doc, Hands of Steel'' (, , also known as ''The Man Who Came to Kill'' and ''Man with the Golden Pistol'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Alfonso Balcázar.
Cast
* Carl Möhner: Doc MacGregor
* Luis Dávila: ...
'' - Norma O'Connor
*1966: ''
The Tough One''
*1967: ''
...E divenne il più spietato bandito del sud'' - Mrs. Kathleen Bonney
*1967: ''
Aquí mando yo
''Aquí mando yo'' (''International Title:'' I Am The Boss) is a Chilean telenovela produced and broadcast by TVN.
Plot
Sofía Kuncar ( María Elena Swett) is a successful executive, who is promoted to regional manager for Latin America at the he ...
'' - Elisa
*1967: ''
Hate for Hate'' - Maria Consuelo Cooper
*1967: ''
Un uomo e una colt'' - Carmencita (final film role)
References
External links
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1940 births
1989 deaths
Actresses from Lazio
Italian actresses
Sardinian women
People from the Province of Frosinone