Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida
OMRI
Publicity still for Trapeze (1956)
Born
Luigia Lollobrigida

(1927-07-04)4 July 1927
Subiaco, Italy
Died16 January 2023(2023-01-16) (aged 95)
Rome, Italy
Resting placeMunicipal Cemetery, Subiaco
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • photojournalist
Years active1946–1997
Spouse
Milko Škofič
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(m. 1949; div. 1971)​
PartnerJavier Rigau y Rafols (1984–2006)[1][2]
Children1
Awards
Signature

Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida[a] OMRI[3] (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, and photojournalist. 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",[4] 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.[5][6] In 2013, she sold her jewellery collection and donated the nearly US$5 million from the sale to benefit stem-cell therapy research.[7] She won the Henrietta Award at the 18th Golden Globe Awards.

  1. ^ Tom Kington. "Lollobrigida loses court case against toyboy lover." Archived 3 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine The Times. 25 March 2107. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. ^ Deirdre Pirro. Italian Sketches: The Faces of Modern Italy. The Florentine Press, 2009. p. 41. Archived 4 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 9788890243448
  3. ^ "Lollobrigida Sig. Luigia, Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" [Lollobrigida Mrs. Luigia, Insignia of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic] (in Italian). Presidency of the Italian Republic. 27 April 1987. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Gina Lollobrigida, Italian film legend dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world," dies at 95". CBS News. 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Legendary Actress Gina Lollobrigida to be Honored at Largest Italian-American Gala in Nation's Capital". The National Italian American Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. ^ Donadia, Rachel (24 October 2008). "Lifetime Honors Arrive as Life Goes On". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  7. ^ Demarco, Anthony (15 May 2013). "Gina Lollobrigida's jewels sell for nearly 5m; includes auction record for natural pearl ear pendants". Forbes. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2017.


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