Six thousand covers, 70 films, 22 international awards, 3 careers. Gina Lollobridge was a phenomenal woman
Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida he left us at the age of 95. One could say that she deservedly competed with Sophia Loren for the title of Europe’s sexiest movie idol. Undoubtedly, he was one of the biggest stars of Italian cinema, while he enjoyed huge success abroad.
Her unique curves, her flawless face and her deep cleavage established her as the ultimate symbol of eroticism and femininity. But the unique “Lolo” was a woman, who was never limited to her image. That’s why, after shining as a movie star in the 50s and 60s, she switched gears and dabbled first in photography and then in sculpture, expressing her artistic and social sensibilities, unafraid of taking risks.
In the case of Gina Lollobrigida, her film titles really say it all: ‘Wife for a Night’, ‘The Unfaithfuls’, ‘The Wayward Wife’, ‘Beautiful But Dangerous’, ‘Go Naked in the World’, ‘Strange Bedfellows”, “Curious Way to Love” etc.
He was born on July 4, 1927 in Subiaco, a picturesque village on the outskirts of Rome. Her father was a cabinetmaker who lost his fortune to a bombing during World War II. The beautiful, but always unruly and uncompromising Gina took painting and sculpting lessons from her school years, while at the same time she was engaged in modeling.
In 1944, the family moved to Rome and she enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At the same time, she works as a model in photo romances of the time, but also in filmed operas. In the spring of 1947, a friend convinces her to enter the Miss Roma pageant at the last minute. Even though she didn’t have the right dress, she won second place and made such an impression that she was eventually invited to participate in the finals of Miss Italy, where she came third.
From 1946 to 1953 he will appear in 27 Italian and French films, most of which were huge successes. An important moment for her was the film “The most beautiful woman in the world”, which was based on the biography of soprano Lina Cavalieri. With this performance, she won the David di Donatello Award for Best Actress, proving that she was not only beautiful, while in 1959 Gilles Dassin chose her to star in the film “The Law”, alongside Melina Mercouri, Marcello Mastroianni and Vice Montand.
Following her instincts, she refused to succumb to the pressures of the producers who required her to do nude scenes, so in 1977 she decided to retire from cinema and devote herself to photography. Among the important personalities who passed through her lens were Henry Kissinger, Audrey Hepburn, Ella Fitzgerald, and also the German soccer team. Her big success, however, was when she managed to interview Fidel Castro, with whom she maintained a long friendship.
Six thousand covers, 70 films, 22 international awards, 3 careers. Gina Lollobridge was a phenomenal woman. Not only because she was stunningly beautiful and unusually talented, but because her career was not built on provocative photo shoots and scandalous romances, but on her uncompromising character. He chose the right time to retire from the limelight and managed not to decline, faithfully following the tripartite “work, love, fantasy”.
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