Gloria Guida (; born 19 November 1952) is an Italian actress and model. She is best known for starring in commedia erotica all'italiana, particularly the ''

La liceale ''La liceale'' (internationally released as ''The Teasers'', ''Under-graduate Girls'', ''Sophomore Swingers'' and ''Teasers'') is a 1975 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Michele Massimo Tarantini. The film is considered the real breakout t ...

'' series, and also in erotic

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-drama films in the mid-1970s.

Life and career

Gloria Guida was born in

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, Trentino-Alto Adige, to a family from

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. She moved with her family to

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as a child. She first began a singing career, starting in her father's dancing place on the

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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 ''

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'', both shot in the summer of 1974, are stories of young female characters discovering their sexuality. She made her real breakthrough in 1975 with ''

'' (''Teasers''). Another film of particular success was ''

Avere vent'anni ''Being Twenty'' ( it, Avere vent'anni, also known as ''To Be Twenty'') is a 1978 Italian erotic-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gloria Guida and Lilli Carati. Plot Lia (Gloria Guida) and Tina (Lilli Carati) are two beau ...

'' ("To Be Twenty") in 1978, where she starred with

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. She considers herself

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Partial filmography

*'' Monika'' (1974) – Monica *''

'' (1974) – Valeria Sanna *''

La novizia ''La novizia'' (''The novice''), is a 1975 Italian erotic comedy-drama film directed by Giuliano Biagetti (here credited as Pier Giorgio Ferretti). Cast * Gloria Guida: Maria aka Sister Immacolata * Gino Milli: Vittorio * Lionel Stander: Don ...

'' (1975) – Maria, Sister Immacolata *'' So Young, So Lovely, So Vicious...'' (1975) - Angela Batrucchi *''

'' (1975) – Loredana *'' Il gatto mammone'' (1975) – Marietta *''

That Malicious Age ''That Malicious Age'' (Italian: ''Quella età maliziosa'') is a 1975 Italian erotic drama film co-written and directed by Silvio Amadio. It features Nino Castelnuovo and Gloria Guida. Plot Napoleone (Castelnuovo) is an artist bored of his ...

'' (1975) – Paola *''

Il solco di pesca ''Il solco di pesca'' (translates in English to "The Furrow of the Peach" although often mis-translated as "Groove Fishing" or "Fishing Hole" due to the word "pesca" ("peach" in Italian) is "fishing" in Spanish)) is a 1976 Italian erotic-drama fil ...

'' (1975) - Tonina *''

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'' (1975) – Daniela 'Blue Jeans' Anselmi *''

Scandalo in famiglia ''Scandalo in famiglia'' (''Scandal in the family'') is a 1976 Italian commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Marcello Andrei. Plot Elena loves her uncle, but she is forced to marry a nobleman. The only solution is the adultery. So she still ke ...

'' (1976) – Elena *''

Ragazza alla pari ''Ragazza alla pari'' (internationally released as ''The Best'' and ''Au-Pair Girl'') is a 1976 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mino Guerrini. Plot Domenica, a farmer girl from Val Brembana, becomes the au pair girl of the Chiocchietti f ...

'' (1976) – Domenica Schlutzer *'' Il medico... la studentessa'' (1976) – Claudia Raselli *'' Maschio latino... cercasi'' (1977) – Gigia (segment "Stanotte o mai più") * (1977) – Tarpeia *''

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'' (1978) – Michelle *''

Being Twenty ''Being Twenty'' ( it, Avere vent'anni, also known as ''To Be Twenty'') is a 1978 Italian erotic-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Gloria Guida and Lilli Carati. Plot Lia (Gloria Guida) and Tina (Lilli Carati) are two beauti ...

'' (1978) – Lia *''

La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti ''La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti'' (literally ''The high school girl in the class of repeaters'') is a 1978 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti. It is the second chapter in the "Liceale" film-series and was followed by ...

'' (1978) – Angela *'' The Perfect Crime'' (1978) – Polly *'' Travolto dagli affetti familiari'' (1978) – Eliana *'' Night Nurse'' (1979) – Angela Della Torre *''

How to Seduce Your Teacher ''How to Seduce Your Teacher'' ( it, La liceale seduce i professori, lit=The High School Girl Seduces the Teachers) is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti. It is the third instalment in the "Liceale" film series and was ...

'' (1979) – Angela Mancinelli *''

La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta ''La liceale, il diavolo e l'acquasanta'' (''The high school student, the devil and the holy water'') is a 1979 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Nando Cicero. It is the fourth chapter in the "Liceale" film-series and the last starred by Glor ...

'' (1979) – Luna *''

L'affittacamere ''L'affittacamere'' is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti and starring Gloria Guida. Plot Giorgia and Angela Mainardi are two sisters: the first is very beautiful, and the second is fat and has problems with sleepwalking. On ...

'' (1979) – Giorgia Mainardi *''

Fico d'India ''Prickly Pears'' ( it, Fico d'India) is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. Plot Lorenzo Millozzi is the mayor of a small town. One night, coming home, he surprises the notorious playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his wife: ...

'' (1980) – Lia Millozzi *''

Bollenti spiriti ''Bollenti spiriti'' is a 1981 Italian fantasy-comedy film directed by Giorgio Capitani. Cast * Johnny Dorelli as Giovanni Guiscardo * Gloria Guida as Marta * Lia Tanzi as Nicole * Alessandro Haber Alessandro Haber (born 19 January 1947) i ...

'' (1981) – Marta Sartori *'' La casa stregata'' (1982) – Candida *''

Sesso e volentieri ''Sesso e volentieri'' is a 1982 Italian anthology-comedy film directed by Dino Risi. The film consists in ten segments, all starred by Johnny Dorelli and all having sex and sexual perversions as main theme.Paolo D'Agostini, ''Dino Risi'', Editri ...

'' (1982) * (1988, TV Mini-Series) – Linda / Wife of Luca / Susanna / Luisella / Armanda / Susy *'' Fratelli Benvenuti'' (2010, TV Series) – Doris (final appearance)

Discography

;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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guida, Gloria 1955 births Living people People from Merano Italian film actresses Italian female models 20th-century Italian actresses Italian women singers Italian Roman Catholics