Leda Gys

Leda Gys
Born	Giselda Lombardi 10 March 1892 Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died	2 October 1957 (aged 65) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1913 - 1929 (film)

Giselda Lombardi better known by her screen name Leda Gys (March 10, 1892 – October 2, 1957) was an Italian film actress of the silent era. The poet Carlo Alberto Salustri gave the aspiring actress her new name and introduced her to the film business in 1913. Her breakthrough role came in the epic Christus, which was shot in Palestine and Egypt. She then married the producer Gustavo Lombardo and worked for his Naples-based Lombardo Films, generally appearing in comedies that were often directed by Eugenio Perego.^[1]

Selected filmography

• Pierrot the Prodigal (1914)
• The Wedding March (1915)
• Christus (1916)
• Naples is a Song (1927)

References

1. Abel p.292

Bibliography

• Abel, Richard. Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis, 2005.

External links

• Leda Gys at the Internet Movie Database