Gloria Guida (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɡlɔːrja ˈɡwiːda]; born 19 November 1955) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for starring in commedia sexy all'italiana, particularly the La liceale series, and also in erotic coming-of-age-drama films in the mid-1970s.

Gloria Guida
Guida in the movie La liceale (1975)
Born (1955-11-19) 19 November 1955 (age 69)
Merano, Italy
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1974–present
Spouse
(m. 1987)
Children1 (daughter)

Life and career

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Gloria Guida was born in Merano, Italy, to a family from Emilia-Romagna. She moved with her family to Bologna as a child. She first began a singing career, starting in her father's dancing place on the Romagna coast. Then she took up modeling, becoming Miss Teenage Italia in 1974.

Guida subsequently went on to star in many sexy comedies. Two of her early films, La ragazzina (Monika in English-language release) and La minorenne, both shot in the summer of 1974, are stories of young female characters discovering their sexuality. She made her real breakthrough in 1975 with La liceale (The Teasers). Another film of particular success was Avere vent'anni ("To Be Twenty") in 1978, where she starred with Lilli Carati.

She considers herself Roman Catholic.[1]

Selected filmography

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Gloria Guida in La minorenne (1974)
 
Gloria Guida in La liceale (1975)

Discography

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Singles
  • 1972 – L'uomo alla donna non può dire no/Pioggia nell'anima (CBS, CBS-8015)
  • 1972 – Cuore, fatti onore/Pioggia nell'anima (CBS, CBS-8375)
  • 1979 – La musica è/Gloria around the clock (CAM, AMP-219)

References

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  1. ^ Giordano, Lucio (5 November 2022). "Credo in Dio, ma temo che la vita eterna non esista". Dipiù (in Italian). No. 44. pp. 86–89.

Sources

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  • Lupi, Gordiano (2005). Le dive nude (in Italian). Rome: Profondo Rosso/Mondo ignoto. ISBN 88-89084-39-1.
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