Gina Lollobrigida

2023 - 1 - 16

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Gina Lollobrigida, post WWII Italian film diva, dies at 95 (Reuters)

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, a sultry Mediterranean diva who came to represent Italy's vibrant rebirth after World War Two, has died aged 95, ...

"Farewell to a diva of the big screen, protagonist of more than half a century of the Italian film history. Lollobrigida became a photographer and sculptor after stepping away from the movie world. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

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Gina Lollobrigida, Italian Movie Legend, Is Dead at 95 (The New York Times)

Known as “the most beautiful woman in the world,” the European sex symbol went on to American movie stardom, later enjoying a second career as an artist and ...

Lollobrigida appeared on television in Europe and the United States, including episodes of “Falcon Crest” and an American television movie, “Deceptions” (1985), in which she played an excitable duchess entertaining in Venice. “I was hungry, I was rich, the life changed again, and now I’m not rich, but I still have my mind.” In 1969 she suggested that women pretended to be stupid in front of men. After her film career wound down in the early 1970s, Ms. The next year she appeared in “Miss Italia,” inspired by her real-life experience: She had come in third in the 1947 Miss Italy pageant. She was one of four daughters of Giovanni Lollobrigida, a furniture maker, and Giuseppina (Mercuri) Lollobrigida. She ran unsuccessfully for the European Parliament in 1999. She wrote, directed and produced “Ritratto di Fidel,” a documentary based on her exclusive interview with Fidel Castro, the Communist leader of Cuba, which was shown at the 1975 Berlin film festival. Lollobrigida was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 1993. She published her first book of photographs, “Italia Mia,” in 1973. That film, and the attention she garnered in “Fanfan la Tulipe,” an Italian-French period comedy released in the United States the same year, were enough to put her on the cover of Time magazine in 1954. She won the Donatello twice more, for “Venere Imperial” (1962), in a tie with Silvana Mangano, and for “Buona Sera, Mrs.

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Gina Lollobrigida, Italian Bombshell, Movie Star, Dead at 95 (Variety)

According to Italian news agency Lapresse, Lollobrigida died in a clinic in Rome. No cause of death has been cited. In September she had had surgery to repair a ...

She won the Berlinale Camera at the Berlin Film Festival in 1986, a special prize for outstanding contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 1995 and the career award at the Rome Festival in 2008. Modelling work in her youth let to participation in a series of beauty contests, and she placed third in the Miss Italia pageant in 1947. Her first American movie, shot in Italy, was John Huston’s 1953 film noir spoof “Beat the Devil,” in which she starred with Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones. In 1961 she won the Golden Globes’ Henrietta Award for world film favorite — female. In September she had had surgery to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall, but she recovered and competed for a Senate seat in Italy’s elections held last year in September, though she did not win. [Gina Lollobrigida](https://variety.com/t/gina-lollobrigida/), the 1950s Italian bombshell who starred in films including “Fanfan la Tulipe,” “Beat the Devil,” “Trapeze” and “Buona Sera, Mrs.

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L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida est morte (Le Monde)

Coqueluche des paparazzi, héroïne de roman-photo au début de sa carrière, elle a accédé ensuite aux premiers rôles auprès des plus grands metteurs en scène ...

Et la séquestre plusieurs mois dans une chambre de l’Hôtel Town House sur Wilshire Boulevard, à Los Angeles. Gina Lollobrigida aura interprété plusieurs fois son propre rôle, dans Boum sur Paris, de Maurice de Canonge (1954), et dans Box-Office 3D, d’Ezio Greggio (2011), le premier film italien tourné en 3D. En 1968, elle fait un bref numéro d’autodérision dans La Marine en folie, de Franck Tashlin, pour se moquer de son image de brune volcanique. Un nouveau film à sketches lui vaut une condamnation à deux mois de prison en 1966, heureusement amnistiée, pour attentat à la pudeur dans Les Poupées, à cause de tenues osées. Une gorge généreuse en vérité et faite d’une matière à la fois marmoréenne et transparente qui fascine le regard et énerve la main. En 1952, dans un film à sketches d’Alessandro Blasetti, Heureuse époque, elle incarne une séduisante criminelle qui, le jour de son procès, use d’un argument déloyal (aux yeux de la justice) pour impressionner ses juges : une robe s’ouvrant en losange sous le col, comme si le tissu avait éclaté, dévoilant un corset blanc délicieusement rempli.

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Gina Lollobrigida: a life in pictures (The Guardian)

Actor, photographer, sculptor and style icon, Gina Lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. La Lollo's heyday was the 1950s and 60s and here we look back at ...

La Lollo’s heyday was the 1950s and 60s and here we look back at her fabulous life. [has died at the age of 95](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/16/gina-lollobrigida-dies-la-lollo-beat-the-devil). Actor, photographer, sculptor and style icon, Gina Lollobrigida

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Mort de Gina Lollobrigida, le sex-symbol qui n'a jamais trouvé l'âme ... (Le Soleil)

Ses interprétations d'Esmeralda, de la reine de Saba ou d'Adeline dans Fanfan la Tulipe ont élevé au rang de sex-symbol l'actrice italienne Gina ...

Elle tentera en 2022, de nouveau en vain, d’obtenir un siège au Sénat italien. Mais elle a dû attendre février 2018 pour avoir son étoile à Hollywood. Dans le second, toujours en cours, son ex-homme à tout faire est accusé d’abus de faiblesse à son égard. Au cours d’une émission de télévision en novembre 2017, elle a aussi révélé, avec pudeur et dignité, avoir subi deux agressions sexuelles dans sa jeunesse. Ils me l’ont donné et j’ai commencé à faire du cinéma», avait-elle raconté à Vanity Fair Italie en 2007. Mais le couple s’est séparé dans la tourmente et les batailles d’avocats quelques mois plus tard.

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Gina Lollobrigida, Italian screen star, dead at 95 | CBC News (CBC.ca)

Gina Lollobrigida, who has died at the age of 95, shot to fame in the 1950s as a sultry Mediterranean sex symbol, then became a photographer, journalist and ...

Running as an independent, Eurosceptic candidate in a Lazio riding, she received just one per cent of the vote. She denied the move was to avoid Italian tax authorities, but by 1963 the couple were no longer spending time in Toronto. Born on July 4, 1927, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome to complete her education. Tempestuous and impulsive by nature, she made headlines again in 2006, when, at age 79, she announced that she would marry a man 34 years her junior. I am a cumbersome woman," she told an interviewer when she was 80. "All my life I wanted a real love, an authentic love, but I have never had one.

Gina Lollobrigida, Film Beauty Who Charmed Hollywood, Dies at 95 ... (BNN)

(Bloomberg) -- Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian-born film star who was among Hollywood's most sought-after female actresses in the 1950s and '60s and was ...

Other US hits followed, including “Trapeze” (1956) with Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” with Quinn the same year. Lollobrigida introduced herself to new audiences with her role as Francesca Gioberti in the mid-1980s US television series “Falcon Crest,” receiving her third Golden Globe nomination for the role. The actress made headlines in May 2013 when she raised almost $5 million for stem-cell research by selling jewelry from her collection. “I’ve had many lovers and still have romances. The daughter of a furniture manufacturer shared the screen with leading men such as Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra and Anthony Quinn. Her lens captured luminaries such as former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, singer Ella Fitzgerald and Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi.

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L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida s'éteint à 95 ans (TVA Nouvelles)

L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida, brune voluptueuse qui creva l'écran après guerre à Hollywood, est morte à l'âge de 95 ans, a annoncé lundi le ...

Elle n'est ensuite apparue qu'occasionnellement au cinéma et à la télévision. Ciao Lollo», a tweeté le ministre de la Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano. «Adieu à une diva du grand écran, protagoniste de plus d'un demi-siècle d'histoire du cinéma italien.

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L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida rend l'âme à 95 ans (Le Devoir)

« Adieu à une diva du grand écran, protagoniste de plus d'un demi-siècle d'histoire du cinéma italien. Son charme est éternel. Ciao Lollo », a tweeté le ...

Je me suis donnée au cinéma et je ne le regrette pas, mais quand le cinéma a changé, j’ai décidé de retrouver ma passion », confiait la vedette à l’occasion de l’inauguration à Paris de sa première exposition, qui avait également été présentée à Moscou et à Venise. Dans le second, toujours en cours, son ex-homme à tout faire est accusé d’abus de faiblesse à son égard. Au cours d’une émission de télévision en novembre 2017, elle a aussi révélé, avec pudeur et dignité, avoir subi deux agressions sexuelles dans sa jeunesse. N’avoir « jamais trouvé l’âme soeur » et n’avoir connu que des amours « à sens unique », déclarait-elle en 2007. Pendant quatre ans, de 1947 à 1951, elle n’obtient que des rôles secondaires, jusqu’à ce que Fanfan la tulipe, de Christian-Jaque, et ses 6,7 millions de spectateurs la consacrent en 1952. Révélée en 1952 dans Fanfan la tulipe, du réalisateur français Christian-Jaque, elle s’était fracturé le fémur en tombant à son domicile romain en septembre et avait dû être opérée.

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Gina Lollobrigida, Movie Star and Sex Symbol, Is Dead at 95 (The New York Times)

She began her career in her native Italy and, although she achieved fame in America worked more often in Europe. She later had a second career as an artist ...

Lollobrigida appeared on television in Europe and the United States, including the “Falcon Crest” episodes and an American television movie, “Deceptions” (1985), in which she played an excitable duchess entertaining in Venice. The next year she appeared in “Miss Italia,” inspired by her real-life experience: She had come in third in the 1947 Miss Italy pageant. Campbell” in 1969 and for a recurring role on the prime-time television soap “Falcon Crest” in 1985. She was one of four daughters of Giovanni Lollobrigida, a furniture maker, and Giuseppina (Mercuri) Lollobrigida. She wrote, directed and produced “Ritratto di Fidel,” a documentary based on her exclusive interview with Fidel Castro, the Communist leader of Cuba, which was shown at the 1975 Berlin film festival. Lollobrigida was always considered more a sex symbol than a serious actress — at least by the American press — but she was also nominated for a BAFTA award as best foreign actress in “Pane, Amore e Fantasia” (1953). She ran unsuccessfully for the European Parliament in 1999. She published her first book of photographs, “Italia Mia,” in 1973. That film, and the attention she garnered in “Fanfan la Tulipe,” an Italian-French period comedy released in the United States the same year, were enough to put her on the cover of Time magazine in 1954. She won the Donatello twice more, for “Venere Imperial” (1962), in a tie with A 1955 film, “La Donna Più Bella del Mondo” (“The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” — a term some in Hollywood came to use about Ms. Lollobrigida had already appeared in more than two dozen European films when she made her first English-language movie: John Huston’s 1953 camp drama, “Beat the Devil,” in which she played Humphrey Bogart’s wife and partner in crime.

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Farewell to Gina Lollobrigida: Icon and Diva of Italian Cinema Dies (Vanity Fair)

The star of such masterpieces as Bread and Love and Dreams, dies at the age of 95.

Born in Subiaco, Italy on July 4, 1927 to a family of furniture manufacturers, Lollobrigida always felt a deep connection to the world of creativity. She was an idol and diva of a generation, alongside Sophia Loren, with whom she had a bitter rivalry that Gina Lollobrigida, an icon of Italian cinema who devoted her life to art, died Monday at the age of 95.

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Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95 (Hope Standard)

A drawn portrait of the diva graced a 1954 cover of Time magazine, which likened her to a “goddess” in an article about Italian movie-making. More than a half- ...

On her website, Lollobrigida recalled how her family lost its house during the bombings of World War II and went to live in Rome. Producer Mario Costa plucked her from the streets of Rome to appear on the big screen. In 1974, Fidel Castro hosted her as a guest in Cuba for 12 days as she worked on a photo reportage. More than a half-century later, Lollobrigida still turned heads with her brown, curly hair and statuesque figure, and preferred to be called an actress instead of a the gender-neutral term actor. Her male foil was Vittorio Gassman, one of Italy’s leading men on the screen. But Lollobrigida had surgery in September to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall.

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Décès de l'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida à 95 ans (La Presse)

L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida, brune voluptueuse qui partagea la vedette avec les plus grands acteurs dans les années 1950, est morte à l'âge de 95 ...

Dans le second, toujours en cours, son ex-homme à tout faire est accusé d’abus de faiblesse à son égard. Elle tentera en 2022, de nouveau en vain, d’obtenir un siège au Sénat italien. Au cours d’une émission de télévision en novembre 2017, elle a aussi révélé, avec pudeur et dignité, avoir subi deux agressions sexuelles dans sa jeunesse. Mais elle a dû attendre février 2018 pour avoir son étoile à Hollywood. Mais le couple s’est séparé dans la tourmente et les batailles d’avocats quelques mois plus tard. Elle n’est ensuite apparue qu’occasionnellement au cinéma et à la télévision. Elle tourne jusqu’en 1962 aux États-Unis puis finit par rentrer en Italie. Elle a tourné jusqu’en 1962 aux États-Unis puis a fini par rentrer en Italie. Ciao Lollo », a tweeté le ministre de la Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano. « J’ai toujours préféré la sculpture. « Adieu à une diva du grand écran, protagoniste de plus d’un demi-siècle d’histoire du cinéma italien. Ce n’était pas ce que je voulais.

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Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dies at age 95 (CTV News)

Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed 'the most beautiful woman in the world' after the ...

On her website, Lollobrigida recalled how her family lost its house during the bombings of the Second World War and went to live in Rome. slashed prices dramatically Friday on several versions of its electric vehicles, making some of its models eligible for a new federal tax credit that could help spur buyer interest. As Ontario moves to allow private clinics to perform more surgeries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he'll be watching to ensure the principles of Canada's universal public system are respected. Now he is classified as a 'foreign agent' and faces criminal investigation. After more than 20 years of dating, in 2006, the then-79-year-old Lollobrigida announced that she would marry Rigau, but the wedding never happened. Producer Mario Costa plucked her from the streets of Rome to appear on the big screen. Gossip columnists commented on alleged rivalries between her and Sophia Loren, another Italian film star celebrated for her beauty, Lollobrigida also was an accomplished sculptor, painter and photographer, and eventually essentially dropped film for the other arts. Her male foil was Vittorio Gassman, one of Italy's leading men on the screen. More than a half-century later, Lollobrigida still turned heads with her brown, curly hair and statuesque figure, and preferred to be called an actress instead of the gender-neutral term actor. Campbell," which won Lollobrigida Italy's top movie award, a David di Donatello, as best actress in 1969. Lollobrigida had surgery in September to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall.

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L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida s'éteint à 95 ans (Le Journal de Montréal)

L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida, brune voluptueuse qui creva l'écran après-guerre à Hollywood, est morte à l'âge de 95 ans, a annoncé lundi le ...

Elle n’est ensuite apparue qu’occasionnellement au cinéma et à la télévision. Ciao Lollo», a tweeté le ministre de la Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano. «Adieu à une diva du grand écran, protagoniste de plus d’un demi-siècle d’histoire du cinéma italien.

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Screen legend Gina Lollobrigida dead at 95 (Black Hills Pioneer)

Gina Lollobrigida has died. The Italian actress - who was best known for her roles in the likes of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Solomon and Sheba' ...

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Gina Lollobrigida: From post-war film legend to artist (Reuters)

Gina Lollobrigida, who has died at the age of 95, shot to fame in the 1950s as a sultry Mediterranean sex symbol, then became a photographer and sculptor ...

"Jewels are meant to give pleasure and for many years I had enormous pleasure wearing mine," she said. They separated after nearly 17 years, and Lollobrigida said later she had no intention of remarrying. Tempestuous and impulsive by nature, she made headlines again in 2006, when, at age 79, she announced that she would marry a man 34 years her junior. I am a cumbersome woman," she told an interviewer when she was 80. I am more used to having falsehoods written about me." (The winner that year was Lucia Bose.) "All my life I wanted a real love, an authentic love, but I have never had one. In 1975 she made a documentary film "Portrait of Fidel Castro," and for years was surrounded by rumours that she had had an affair with the Cuban leader. In 2013, when she was 85, an auction of her jewellery by Sotheby's in Geneva fetched $4.9 million and set a record for a pair of diamond and pearl earrings, which sold for $2.37 million. In her later years she returned to her first love, sculpting, keeping a summer home in the Tuscan city of Pietrasanta, an artist's colony where she worked with sculptors such as Bottero. She burst to fame in Italy with the leading roles in two Italian comedies by Luigi Comencini - "Bread, Love and Dreams," and "Bread, Love and Jealousy". A role opposite Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's 1954 film "Beat the Devil," sealed her worldwide fame and in 1955 she made what became one of her signature films, "The World's Most Beautiful Woman".

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Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida dead at age 95 (Globalnews.ca)

Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved international stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world,” died in Rome.

On her website, Lollobrigida recalled how her family lost its house during the bombings of World War II and went to live in Rome. Producer Mario Costa plucked her from the streets of Rome to appear on the big screen. In 1974, Fidel Castro hosted her as a guest in Cuba for 12 days as she worked on a photo reportage. More than a half-century later, Lollobrigida still turned heads with her brown, curly hair and statuesque figure, and preferred to be called an actress instead of the gender-neutral term actor. Her male foil was Vittorio Gassman, one of Italy’s leading men on the screen. Lollobrigida had surgery in September to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall.

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L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida s'éteint à 95 ans (La Presse)

L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida, brune voluptueuse qui creva l'écran après-guerre à Hollywood, est morte à l'âge de 95 ans, a annoncé lundi le ...

Elle n’est ensuite apparue qu’occasionnellement au cinéma et à la télévision. Mais elle a dû attendre février 2018 pour avoir son étoile à Hollywood. Ciao Lollo », a tweeté le ministre de la Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano. « Adieu à une diva du grand écran, protagoniste de plus d’un demi-siècle d’histoire du cinéma italien. Cette satire fantaisiste de Christian-Jaque obtient en 1952 à Cannes le prix de la mise en scène et attire 6,7 millions de spectateurs. De 1947 à 1951, elle n’obtient que des rôles secondaires, jusqu’à ce que Fanfan la tulipe de Christian-Jaque et ses 6,7 millions de spectateurs ne la consacrent en 1952.

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La légende du cinéma Gina Lollobrigida est décédée (iHeartRadio)

L'actrice Gina Lollobrigida, surnommée «la plus belle femme du monde» d'après le titre d'un de ses films, est décédée à Rome. Elle avait 95 ans.

Avec son appareil photo, elle a parcouru le monde, de l'Union soviétique à l'époque, jusqu'à l'Australie. Mais son image sexy l'a rapidement propulsée vers des rôles dans de grands films italiens et internationaux. Elle avait 95 ans.

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L'actrice italienne Gina Lollobrigida meurt à 95 ans (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)

Gina Lollobrigida a joué avec les plus grands noms de son époque dans les années 1950 et 1960.

Elle a tenté en 2022, de nouveau en vain, d'obtenir un siège au Sénat italien. Mais le couple s'est séparé dans la tourmente et les batailles légales quelques mois plus tard. Ciao Lollo, a tweeté le ministre de la Culture italien, Gennaro Sangiuliano. J'ai toujours préféré la sculpture. Adieu à une diva du grand écran, protagoniste de plus d'un demi-siècle d'histoire du cinéma italien. Ce n'était pas ce que je voulais.

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Mort de Gina Lollobrigida, le sex-symbol qui n'a jamais trouvé l'âme ... (Le Soleil)

Ses interprétations d'Esmeralda, de la reine de Saba ou d'Adeline dans Fanfan la Tulipe ont élevé au rang de sex-symbol l'actrice italienne Gina ...

Elle tentera en 2022, de nouveau en vain, d’obtenir un siège au Sénat italien. Mais elle a dû attendre février 2018 pour avoir son étoile à Hollywood. Dans le second, toujours en cours, son ex-homme à tout faire est accusé d’abus de faiblesse à son égard. Au cours d’une émission de télévision en novembre 2017, elle a aussi révélé, avec pudeur et dignité, avoir subi deux agressions sexuelles dans sa jeunesse. Ils me l’ont donné et j’ai commencé à faire du cinéma», avait-elle raconté à Vanity Fair Italie en 2007. Mais le couple s’est séparé dans la tourmente et les batailles d’avocats quelques mois plus tard.

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Italian film star Gina Lollobrigida dead at 95 (CBC.ca)

Iconic Italian film actress Gina Lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. Born to a working class family, she rose to fame in the 1950s to become one of ...

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Gina Lollobrigida, known as the face of Italian film, dies (Los Angeles Times)

Gina Lollobrigida, the high-spirited actor who had dual careers in Hollywood and Europe but may be more fondly remembered in her native Italy for ...

She dabbled in sculpture and pursued a second career as a photographer, producing five books of photos. It marked Lollobrigida’s first English-speaking film and — as would become her fate — called for her to play the role of a seductress. She was studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome when a talent agent spotted her and offered her a modeling and acting contract. The film, shot in Paris, was a financial success. She never made a film with Hughes and, tired of his advances and erratic behavior, returned to Italy, where her career bloomed. Born in Subiaco, Italy, in 1927 (though she sometimes claimed it was 1928), Lollobrigida was the second of four daughters of Giovanni and Giuseppina Lollobrigida.

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Gina Lollobrigida obituary (The Guardian)

Film actor of the 1950s and 60s who went from early Italian roles to become an international star.

In 2011 she was a guest artist in a film directed by an Italian TV comedian, Ezio Greggio, called Box Office 3D, about the excesses of American cinema. In 1972 she was much appreciated in a rare TV appearance as the Blue Fairy in an adaptation of Pinocchio for Italian television by Comencini. Comencini directed Lollobrigida again as La Bersagliera in Bread, Love and Jealousy, a sequel that was as successful as the first film, but both she and Comencini declined to make a third film, and Loren eagerly took her place. In Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell (1968), she played on her early peasant image, as an Italian woman who convinces each of three former American GIs (Phil Silvers, Peter Lawford and Telly Savalas) that he is the father of her daughter, and won best actress at the David di Donatello awards for her performance. The movie that launched her as a sex symbol was Altri Tempi (Infidelity, 1952), an anthology film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, in which Vittorio De Sica was the lawyer who defends the honour of a woman (Lollobrigida) accused of being too sexy. Her character La Bersagliera’s sincere love for the shy but honest young cop in preference to the extrovert sergeant major played with panache by De Sica made her popular with audiences everywhere, and a pin-up around the world, although the film was panned by most critics.

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