Elegant Italian leading lady of the 50's and 60's, born Bruna Bovi, the youngest of five siblings in Rome. As a youth she was noted for her prowess as a gymnast, a fact which contributed to her discovery for the screen by the director 彼得罗·弗兰西奇 in 1952. Possessed of luminous eyes and a spirited personality, Leonora was rarely cast as anything other than eye-candy in spaghetti westerns or sword-and-sandal epics. A couple of exceptions stand out: first, her titular role as Balkis, 示巴女王 (1952) (co-starring 吉诺·塞尔维, as King Solomon); secondly, -- arguably her best performance -- as Sandra Rubini, wife of an irresponsible ne'er-do-well and inveterate womanizer (played by 佛朗哥·法布里齐) in 费德里科·费里尼's masterpiece 浪荡儿 (1953). She also romped through a couple of mildly diverting horror flics. As Gordon Scott's girlfriend she battled faceless robots and vampires in Samson vs. the Vampires (1961). In the off-beat 马里奥·巴瓦 offering 力士地心历险记 (1961), she was held on the island of the Hesperides under the control of a demon (克里斯托弗·李 at his menacing best). Leonora's sporadic career as a movie actress was done and dusted by 1961 and she retired from acting at the end of the decade.
Mother of producer Gianluca Curti and composer/producer Stefano Curti.
