Gina Lollobrigida

About

Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida OMRI (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, and sculptor. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. Dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world", at the time of her death she was among the last surviving high-profile international actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. As her film career slowed, Lollobrigida established a second career as a photojournalist. In the 1970s she achieved a scoop by gaining access to Fidel Castro for an exclusive interview. Lollobrigida continued as an active supporter of Italian and Italian-American causes, particularly the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). In 2008 she received the NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation's Anniversary Gala. In 2013, she sold her...

Known for

The Love BoatSeries • 1977Falcon CrestSeries • 1981The Hunchback of Notre DameMovie • 1956Solomon and ShebaMovie • 1959TrapezeMovie • 1956Come SeptemberMovie • 1961Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellMovie • 1968Beat the DevilMovie • 1953The Adventures of PinocchioMovie • 1972Never So FewMovie • 1959FriskyMovie • 1954One Hundred and One NightsMovie • 1995Death Laid an EggMovie • 1968Fan-Fan the TulipMovie • 1952Bread, Love and DreamsMovie • 1953Bad Man's RiverMovie • 1971Box Office 3D: The Filmest of FilmsMovie • 2011Woman of StrawMovie • 1964Strange BedfellowsMovie • 1965That Splendid NovemberMovie • 1969Flesh Will SurrenderMovie • 1947Beauties of the NightMovie • 1952Beautiful But DangerousMovie • 1955Me, Me, Me... and the OthersMovie • 1966