Maria Fiè (11 October 1940 – 27 August 1989), also known professionally as Gloria Milland was an Italian actress of peplum and

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Life

Born in

Cagliari Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitan ...

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, she debuted in 1959 with her real name, but changed it shortly later, following a fashion of the time for American-sounding stage names. In 1960s she was very active in light comedies and adventure (

pepla Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget ...

) 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: ''

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'' *1960: ''

My Friend, Dr. Jekyll ''My Friend, Dr. Jekyll'' ( it, Il mio amico Jekyll), is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. It is a parody of the Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''. The film deals with the c ...

'' - Mara *1960: '' Rapina al quartiere Ovest'' *1960: ''

Ferragosto in bikini ''Ferragosto in bikini'' is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. The film is named after a hit song of musical group Quartetto Cetra, who also makes a brief cameo appearance. Cast * Walter Chiari: Walter * Ennio Girolami: Dar ...

'' - Elena *1961: '' The Thief of Baghdad'' - Amina's Handmaid (uncredited) *1961: ''

Goliath Against the Giants ''Goliath Against the Giants'' ( it, Goliath contro i giganti) is a 1961 Italian film directed by Guido Malatesta. It was Brad Harris's debut as a lead actor. Cast * Brad Harris: Goliath * Gloria Milland: Princess Elea * Fernando Rey: Bo ...

'' - Princess Elea *1961: '' Bellezze sulla spiaggia'' *1961: '' Scandali al mare'' - Nicoletta *1961: '' Le magnifiche sette'' - Erika *1962: ''

Ten Italians for One German ''Ten Italians for One German'' ( it, Dieci italiani per un tedesco (Via Rasella)), is a 1962 Italian historical war drama film directed by Filippo Walter Ratti. It is a dramatization of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre. Cast * Gino Cervi as Duk ...

'' - Assunta aka Nena - Ferroni's wife *1962: '' The Golden Arrow'' *1962: ''

The Fury of Achilles ''L'ira di Achille'', internationally released as ''The Fury of Achilles'', is a 1962 Italian historical drama set in the ninth year of the Trojan War and is based primarily on Homer's ''Iliad''. The film was directed by Marino Girolami and starre ...

'' - Briseis *1962: ''

The Rebel Gladiators ''The Rebel Gladiators'' ( it, Ursus il gladiatore ribelle/ ''Ursus, the Rebel Gladiator'') is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella starring Dan Vadis, Josè Greci and Alan Steel. Plot The newly crowned emperor Commodus kid ...

'' - Marzia *1962: '' Twist, lolite e vitelloni'' - Elena *1963: ''

The Black Duke ''The Black Duke'' ( it, Il duca nero) is a 1963 Italian historical adventure film directed by Pino Mercanti. Plot The domain of the cruel Cesare Borgia is opposed by Caterina Sforza, who gives the assignment to the beautiful Geneva to assassin ...

'' - Caterina Sforza *1963: ''

Goliath and the Rebel Slave ''Goliath and the Rebel Slave'' ( it, Goliath e la schiava ribelle), also known as ''The Tyrant of Lydia Against the Son of Hercules'', is a 1963 Eastmancolor adventure peplum film directed by Mario Caiano. Plot Cast * Gordon Scott as Goliath ...

'' - Zoé *1963: '' Le tre spade di Zorro'' - Virginia *1964: ''

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'' - Olimpia Mancini *1964: ''

Samson vs. the Giant King ''Samson vs. the Giant King'' ( it, Maciste alla corte dello zar, also known as ''Giant of the Lost Tomb'' and ''Atlas Against the Czar'') is a 1964 Italian fantasy-peplum film directed by Amerigo Anton. The czar Nicolas sends a secret mission ...

'' - Nadia *1964: '' Delitto allo specchio'' - Franca *1964: ''

Hercules Against the Barbarians ''Hercules Against the Barbarians'' ( it, Maciste nell'inferno di Gengis Khan, lit=Maciste in Genghis Khan's Hell) is a 1964 Italian ''peplum'' film directed by Domenico Paolella. When the Mongols invade Europe, they are defeated at Krakow for ...

'' - Arias *1964: '' I tre spietati'' - Louise Walker *1964: ''

The Seven from Texas ''The Seven from Texas'' ( es, Antes llega la muert, it, I sette del Texas, also known as ''Seven Guns from Texas'' and ''Hour of Death'') is a 1964 Spanish-Italian western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent. It was shown as part o ...

'' - Maria *1965: ''

Challenge of the Gladiator ''Challenge of the Gladiator'' ( it, Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero) is a 1965 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella. Plot Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary tre ...

'' - Livia *1965: ''

Seven Hours of Gunfire ''Seven Hours of Gunfire'' ( es, Aventuras del Oeste, it, Sette ore di fuoco) is a 1965 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent (as José Hernandez). Cast *Rik Van Nutter as Buffalo Bill (as Clyde Roger ...

'' - Calamity Jane *1965: ''

Hands of a Gunfighter ''Hands of a Gunfighter'' ( es, Ocaso de un pistolero, it, Il destino di un pistolero, also known as ''Hands of Gunman'') is a 1965 Spanish-Italian western film The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associ ...

'' - Miriam Murphy *1965: ''

Doc, Hands of Steel ''Doc, Hands of Steel'' ( es, Doc, manos de plata, it, L'uomo dalla pistola d'oro, 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. ...

'' - Norma O'Connor *1966: ''

The Tough One ''The Tough One'' (Spanish: ''El aventurero de Guaynas'') is a 1966 Spanish/Italian spaghetti Western directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent and starring John Richardson. External links * ''The Tough One''at Spaghetti Western 1966 film ...

'' *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 ''Hate for Hate'' ( it, Odio per odio) is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Domenico Paolella Domenico Paolella (18 October 1915 - 7 October 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter and journalist. Born in Foggia, between 193 ...

'' - Maria Consuelo Cooper *1967: '' Un uomo e una colt'' - Carmencita (final film role)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Milland, Gloria 1940 births 1989 deaths People from Cagliari Italian actresses Sardinian women