Lia Di Leo

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Lia Di Leo

Lia Di Leo (actually Alberta Alda Di Leo ; born May 15, 1924 in Foggia ) is a former Italian actress .

Life

Leo made his debut as a participant of choice for Miss Italia 1951 in the film in a small role as one of the slaves of Nero for Mervyn LeRoy in Italy turned Quo vadis? . This was followed by a short, five-year career in which the attractive, photogenic, but also cool-looking and often too controlled speaking brunette took on medium-sized and small tasks in mostly average films that did not give her a chance to stand out. Outstanding were her charming Arab woman of disturbing beauty in the superbly photographed Mizar (1953) and the film drama The Sun in the Eyes , in which Antonio Pietrangeli cast her in a smaller role.

After her film career, Di Leo was a member of the ensemble at the Piccolo Teatri di Palermo in the 1956/57 season; In the following years she left Italy with her husband, a US television producer, and moved to the United States.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1951: Quo vadis? (Quo vadis?)
  • 1952: One night's confession (La Minute de vérite)
  • 1952: Il bandolero stanco
  • 1953: Don Camillo's return (Le Retour de Don Camille)
  • 1953: Madame de ... (Madame de ...)
  • 1953: Mizar - spy in the Orient (Mizar)
  • 1953: The sun in your eyes (Il sole negli occhi)
  • 1954: Cose da pazzi
  • 1955: The Tower of Sinful Women (La Tour de Nesle)
  • 1955: Casanova - his love and adventure (Le avventure di Giacomo Casanova)
  • 1956: Occhi senza luce

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ the information to be found also Alberta Alda Di Leo ; * August 17, 1931 in Taranto probably belong to the artist of the same name who came to Hollywood at the beginning of the 1960s and created over 600 figures at the wax museum
  2. ↑ Enrico Lancoia: Article Lia Di Leo , in: Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. Rome 2003, p. 112
personal data
SURNAME Di Leo, Lia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Di Leo, Maria Stefania Adelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Foggia