It is a great figure of Italian cinema who is passing away. Actress Gina Lollobrigida died at the age of 95, we learned on Monday, January 16.
Born in 1927 in Subiaco (Lazio), Gina Lollobrigida has had an extraordinary film career. Spotted for her figure at the end of the 1940s (she took part in the Miss Rome contest), she quickly entered the world of cinema, which first offered her secondary roles. She then toured with the greatest directors and actors of her time, from Gérard Philipe to Vittorio de Sica, Humphrey Bogart and Burt Lancaster. His roles in “Fanfan la Tulipe” (1952), “Notre-Dame de Paris” (1956) or “Solomon and the Queen of Sheba” (1959) consecrate his aura.
Her American career was concentrated between the 1950s and the beginning of the 1960s, when she returned to Italy, where she was a true national figure. Nicknamed “la Lollo”, the actress then became more discreet, especially in the face of competition from Sophia Loren. She then devoted herself to painting and sculpture. And even to politics, where she will make an incursion into the 1990s.
Gina Lollobrigida had fractured her femur when she fell at her Roman home in September, and had to be operated on.
