Gina Lollobrigida, one of the well-known actresses of European and Hollywood cinema within the Fifties and 60s, has died. She was 95.
The legendary film star, identified for her roles in movies corresponding to The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Beautiful But Dangerous, handed away on Monday (16 January) in Rome, as confirmed by the Italian information company ANSA.
Born on July 4, 1927, within the Italian city of Subiaco, Lollobrigida began her profession as a mannequin, profitable a number of magnificence contests. Around the identical time, she started taking over minor roles in Italian movies. She gained nationwide publicity in 1947 when she positioned third within the Miss Italia pageant.
Lollobrigida would proceed her performing profession all through the Fifties, regardless of signing a contract with movie producer Howard Hughes, stopping her from engaged on films filmed within the United States. Regardless, she discovered success in Europe along with her breakthrough function within the 1952 French characteristic Fearless Little Soldier.
She additionally gained reward and a spotlight for her roles within the Italian-language movies Bread, Love and Dreams, The Wayward Wife, and Woman of Rome. Then, in 1953, she performed Humphrey Bogart‘s wife in Beat the Devil, her first mainstream English-language film. She also starred alongside Errol Flynn in Crossed Swords, Burt Lancaster in Trapeze, and Frank Sinatra in Never So Few.
Lollobrigida’s star continued to rise all through the Sixties, profitable a number of awards, together with a Golden Globe in 1961 for World Film Favorite. Her profession slowed down over the following decade, however within the Eighties, she briefly returned to the limelight on the small display screen, starring within the TV soap-opera Falcon Crest, which earned her her third Golden Globe nomination.
She additionally starred in a supporting function within the 1985 TV miniseries Deceptions and appeared as a visitor star on the comedy-drama collection The Love Boat.
In latest years, Lollobrigida has devoted her time to pictures and artwork. She was additionally closely concerned in politics, having run as a candidate within the Italian basic elections in 2022 for the Sovereign and Popular Italy get together.