Luciana Gilli (born 1944) is a former Italian

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

. During the 1960s she starred in a number of Italian films or European co-productions, particularly

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.Weisser p.237 Her film debut was the role of Luciana in the movie ''Wir Frauen'' in 1953. Ten years later she was seen in

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's German-Italian adventure film ''The Black Panther of Ratana'' with

Marianne Koch Marianne Koch (; born 19 August 1931) is a German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in Spaghetti Westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician. Career Betwe ...

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. In the following years she acted in several spaghetti westerns, such as ''Eine Bahre für den Sheriff'', ''Stirb aufrecht, Gringo!'', ''Jonny Madoc rechnet ab'' and ''Der Tod zählt keine Dollar''. She also appeared under the stage name Gloria Gilli, Luciana Gillj, and Judy Gilly.

Selected filmography

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Adua e le compagne ''Adua and Her Friends'' ( it, Adua e le compagne), also known as ''Hungry For Love'', is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and ...

'' (1960) * ''

Leoni al sole ''Leoni al sole'' is a 1961 Italian comedy drama film. It is the directorial debut of Vittorio Caprioli. In 2008, the film was selected to enter the list of the 100 Italian films to be saved. In 2008, it was restored and shown as part of the ret ...

'' (1961) * ''

Ghosts of Rome ''Ghosts of Rome'' ( it, Fantasmi a Roma) is a 1961 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli. It was released in the UK in 1964 as ''The Phantom Lovers''. Plot Count di Roviano refuses to sell his palace to a developer, despite havin ...

'' (1961) * ''

The Four Monks ''I 4 monaci'' (also ''I quattro monaci''), internationally released as ''The Four Monks'', is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. Plot A group of four petty criminals, hoping to collect some money as a donation, ma ...

'' (1962) * ''

Seven Seas to Calais ''Seven Seas to Calais'' (in Italy ''Il dominatore dei sette mari'') is a 1962 Italian adventure film in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, produced by Paolo Moffa, directed by Rudolph Maté (his final film) and Primo Zeglio, that stars Rod Taylor, K ...

'' (1962) * '' The Swindlers'' (1963) * ''

Ursus in the Land of Fire ''Ursus in the Land of Fire'' ( it, Ursus nella terra di fuoco), released directly to U.S. television as ''Son of Hercules in the Land of Fire'', is a 1963 Italian peplum film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Ed Fury as Ursus, and Adrian ...

'' (1963) * ''

The Black Panther of Ratana ''The Black Panther of Ratana'' (german: Der schwarze Panther von Ratana) is a 1963 West German-Italian adventure film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Marianne Koch, Heinz Drache, and Horst Frank. The film's sets were designed by the a ...

'' (1963) * ''

The Thief of Damascus ''The Thief of Damascus'' (Italian: ''Il ladro di Damasco'') is a 1964 Italian adventure film directed by Mario Amendola and starring Tony Russel, Luciana Gilli and Gianni Solaro. It was released in the US as ''Sword of Damascus'' at a running ti ...

'' (1964) * '' A Coffin for the Sheriff'' (1965) * '' Conqueror of Atlantis'' (1965) * ''

Jungle Adventurer ''Jungle Adventurer'' ( it, La montagna di luce, lit=The Mountain of Light) is an Italian adventure film. It starred Richard Harrison. The film is loosely based on Emilio Salgari's 1902 adventure novel ''La montagna di luce'' (''The Mountain ...

'' (1965) * ''

Mexican Slayride "Mexican Slayride" is the feature-length pilot episode of the Action film, action Adventure film, adventure television series ''The A-Team.'' The pilot aired in its complete form originally, airing in North America on January 23, 1983. In syndicat ...

'' (1967) * '' La morte non conta i dollari'' (1967) * ''

Pecos Cleans Up ''Pecos è qui: prega e muori'' (internationally released as ''Pecos Cleans Up'') is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Maurizio Lucidi. The film is the immediate sequel of '' Due once di piombo''; differently from the first chapt ...

'' (1967)

References

Bibliography

* Thomas Weisser. ''Spaghetti Westerns--the Good, the Bad and the Violent: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography of 558 Eurowesterns and Their Personnel, 1961–1977''. McFarland, 2005.

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* 1944 births Living people Italian film actresses Actresses from Rome {{Italy-film-actor-stub