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- Birth nameGiselda Lombardi
- Leda Gys was born on March 10, 1892 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for I figli di nessuno (1921), La Bohème (1917) and Christus (1916). She was married to Gustavo Lombardo. She died on October 2, 1957 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- SpouseGustavo Lombardo(1919 - March 15, 1951) (his death, 1 child)
- Mother of producer Goffredo Lombardo.
- Her stage name, Leda Gys, was created by poet Carlo Alberto Salustri by anagrammatizing her Christian name, Giselda.
- Her breakthrough role came in the epic Christus, which was shot in Palestine and Egypt.
- She acted in over 80 films, specializing in the Neapolitan genre, which had great success not only in southern Italy but also among emigrants in the United States of America . Her acting, breezy and spontaneous, broke away from the clichés of the Italian silent cinema of those years.
- She married the producer Gustavo Lombardo and worked for his Naples-based Lombardo Films, generally appearing in comedies that were often directed by Eugenio Perego.
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