Gina Lollobrigida
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Gina Lollobrigida in the 1960s
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| Born | Luigina Lollobrigida 4 July 1927 Subiaco, Kingdom of Italy |
| Occupation | Actress, photojournalist, sculptor |
| Years active | 1946–97 |
| Spouse(s) | Milko Skofic (1947–71) (divorced) |
| Children | Andrea Milko Skofic |
As her film career slowed, she established second careers as a photojournalist and sculptor. In the 1970s, she scooped the press by gaining an exclusive interview with Fidel Castro, the revolutionary Communist dictator of Cuba.
She has 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 jewelry collection, and donated the nearly $5 million from the sale to benefit stem cell therapy research.
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Youth
Born Luigina Lollobrigida in Subiaco, Italy, she was one of four daughters of a furniture manufacturer and his wife. Her sisters are Giuliana (b. 1924), Maria (b. 1929) and Fernanda (1930–2011). She grew up in a picturesque mountain village. In her youth, Lollobrigida did some modelling, and from that, she participated successfully in several beauty contests. At around this time, she began appearing in Italian films.In 1945, at age 18, she played a part in the comedy Santarellina by Eduardo Scarpetta at the Teatro della Concordia of Monte Castello di Vibio. (It is the smallest theatre all'italiana in the world.)[1]
In 1947, Lollobrigida entered the Miss Italia pageant and came in third place. It gave her national exposure. The contest was won by Lucia Bosé and second place by Gianna Maria Canale; they also became actresses but neither could approach Lollobrigida's success.
Career
Earlier films
In 1950, Howard Hughes invited Lollobrigida to work in Hollywood, but she refused, preferring to remain in Europe. Her performance in Bread, Love and Dreams (Pane, amore e fantasia, 1953) led to her receiving a BAFTA nomination and won a Nastro d'Argento award. Lollobrigida also appeared in Woman of Rome (1954). These were two Italian films, but she worked also in the French industry on such films as Fearless Little Soldier (Fanfan la Tulipe, 1952) and Beauties of the Night (Les Belles de nuit, also 1952).Her first widely seen English language film was Beat the Devil (1953), a film which was made in Europe. In this film, directed by John Huston, she played the wife of Humphrey Bogart, with Jennifer Jones as her rival. Her appearance in The World's Most Beautiful Woman (also known as Beautiful But Dangerous, 1955) led to her receiving the first David di Donatello for Best Actress award. She had the principal female lead in the circus drama Trapeze (1956) directed by Carol Reed co-starring with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis and in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1056), appeared as Esmeralda with Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo. The film was directed by Jean Delannoy.
The 1960s
In the romantic comedy Come September (1961), Lollobrigida had a leading role along with Rock Hudson, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. It was a film for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Around the same time she appeared with Ernest Borgnine and Anthony Franciosa in the drama Go Naked in the World (alao 1961).Jean Delannoy then directed her again, this time in Venere Imperiale (1962) and she received Nastro d'Argento and David di Donatello awards. She co-starred with Sean Connery in the thriller Woman of Straw (1964), with Rock Hudson again in Strange Bedfellows (1965) and appeared with Alec Guinness in Hotel Paradiso (1966).
She starred in Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) with Shelley Winters, Phil Silvers and Telly Savalas. For this role, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won a third David di Donatello award. Lollobrigida co-starred with Bob Hope in the comedy The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell and also accompanied Hope on his visits to military troops overseas.
Later roles and film festival judge
In the mid-1980s, she starred in the television series Falcon Crest as Francesca Gioberti, a role originally written for Sophia Loren, who had turned it down. For that role she received a third Golden Globe nomination. She also had a supporting role in the 1985 television miniseries Deceptions, co-starring with Stefanie Powers.
In 1986, she was invited to head the jury at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, which awarded the Golden Bear to Reinhard Hauff's film Stammheim. She said the decision was made for political reasons.[3]
In the 1990s, she made a few minor French film appearances and continued to participate and attend international film festivals.
Photojournalism
By the end of the 1970s, Lollobrigida had embarked on what she developed as a successful second career as a photographic journalist. She photographed, among others, Paul Newman, Salvador Dalí, Henry Kissinger, David Cassidy, Audrey Hepburn, Ella Fitzgerald and the German national football team. She scooped the world's press by obtaining an exclusive interview with Fidel Castro, leader of Communist Cuba. In 1973, a collection of her work was published under the title Italia Mia.Other interests
She has focused on other interests such as sculpting. She has shown her sculptures in Italy, France, Spain, Russia, the United States, Qatar, and China.Lollobrigida became a corporate executive for fashion and cosmetics companies.
Political activism
In 1999, she ran unsuccessfully for one of Italy's 87 seats in the elections for European Parliament with the center-left party The Democrats.Personal life
In 1949, she married a Slovenian physician, Milko Škofič. They had one child, Andrea Milko[4] (Milko Škofič, Jr.), born on 28 July 1957.[5] Škofič gave up the practice of medicine to become her manager.[6] They were divorced in 1971.In 1969, she was engaged for a short time to George Kaufman, a New York real estate heir. During the 1960s, she also had an affair with Christiaan Barnard, a South African doctor and pioneer in heart transplant surgery.[7]
In October 2006, at age 79, she announced to Spain's ¡Hola! magazine her engagement to a 45-year-old Spanish businessman, Javier Rigau y Rafols. They had met at a party in Monte Carlo in 1984 and had since become companions.[8] The engagement was called off on 6 December 2006, reportedly because of the strain of intense media interest.[9]
In January 2013, she started legal action against Javier Rigau y Rafols, claiming that her ex-boyfriend had staged a secret ceremony in which he "married" an imposter pretending to be her at a registry office in Barcelona. She said he intended to lay claim to her estate after her death. Lollobrigida accused Rigau of fraud, saying that he had earlier obtained the legal right to act on her behalf with a power of attorney, and carried out the plot to get extra power. "A while ago he convinced me to give him my power of attorney. He needed it for some legal affairs. But instead I fear that he took advantage of the fact that I don't understand Spanish ... Who knows what he had me sign."[10]
Now retired, Lollobrigida has not made a film since 1997. She told PARADE in April 2000: "I studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake ... I've had many lovers and still have romances. I am very spoiled. All my life, I've had too many admirers."
Lollobrigida has lived since 1949 at her home ranch and gardens in Sicily, Italy. The property contains her personal museum. In addition, she regularly stays at her house on Via Appia Antica in Rome and at a villa in Monte Carlo.[10] Since 2009, Lollobrigida has not allowed visitors to her home.[10]
In 2013, Lollobrigida sold her jewelry collection through Sotheby's. She donated the nearly $5 million to benefit stem cell therapy.[11]
Awards and nominations
Lollobrigida has won 6 David di Donatello, 2 Nastro d'Argento, and 6 Bambi Awards; she was nominated three times for the Golden Globe and won one in 1961 as World Film Favourite – Female; she was nominated once for a Bafta.In 1985, she was nominated as an officier of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Jack Lang because of her achievements in photography and sculpture.
In 1992, she was awarded the Légion d'honneur by François Mitterrand.
On 16 October 1999, Gina Lollobrigida was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).[12]
Books by Gina Lollobrigida
- Italia mia, 1973, a collection of photographs across Italy.
- Wonder of Innocence, 1994, a book of photographs.
- Sculptures, 2003.
Filmography
Cinema
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1946 | Lucia di Lammermoor | ||
| 1946 | This Wine of Love | ||
| 1946 | Black Eagle | ||
| 1947 | When Love Calls | ||
| 1947 | Pagliacci | Nedda | |
| 1947 | Flesh Will Surrender | ||
| 1947 | Vendetta nel sole | young girl | |
| 1948 | Mad About Opera | Dora | |
| 1949 | Campane a martello | Agostina | |
| 1949 | The Bride Can't Wait | ||
| 1949 | The White Line | Donata Sebastian | |
| 1950 | A Dog's Life | Rita Buton | |
| 1950 | Miss Italy | Lisetta Minneci | |
| 1950 | Children of Chance | Agostina | |
| 1950 | Alina | Alina | |
| 1951 | A Tale of Five Cities | Maria Severini | |
| 1951 | The Young Caruso | Stella | |
| 1951 | Four Ways Out | Daniela | |
| 1951 | Love I Haven't... But... But | Gina | |
| 1951 | Attention! Bandits! | Anna | |
| 1952 | Wife For a Night (Moglie per una notte) | Ottavia | |
| 1952 | Times Gone By | Mariantonia Desiderio | |
| 1952 | Fanfan la Tulipe | Adeline La Franchise | |
| 1952 | Beauties of the Night | Leila, Cashier | |
| 1953 | The Wayward Wife | Gemma Vagnuzzi | |
| 1953 | Bread, Love and Dreams | Maria De Ritis | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress |
| 1953 | Le infedeli | Lulla Possenti | |
| 1953 | Beat the Devil | Maria Dannreuther | UK-USA-Italy |
| 1954 | Woman of Rome | Adriana | |
| 1954 | Bread, Love and Jealousy | Maria De Ritis | |
| 1954 | Crossed Swords | Francesca | |
| 1954 | Le Grand Jeu | Sylvia Sorrego, Helena Ricci | |
| 1955 | The World's Most Beautiful Woman | Lina Cavalieri | David di Donatello for Best Actress |
| 1956 | Trapeze | Lola | |
| 1956 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Esmeralda | |
| 1958 | Anna of Brooklyn | Anna | |
| 1959 | The Law | Marietta | |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Carla Vesari | |
| 1959 | Solomon and Sheba | Queen of Sheba | |
| 1961 | Go Naked in the World | Giulietta Cameron | |
| 1961 | Come September | Lisa Helena Fellini | Golden Globe Henrietta Award, World Film Favorite – Female |
| 1962 | Lykke og krone (documentary) | ||
| 1962 | La bellezza di Ippolita | Ippolita | |
| 1963 | Venere Imperiale | Paulette Bonaparte | David di Donatello for Best Actress Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress |
| 1963 | Mad Sea | Margherita | |
| 1964 | Woman of Straw | Maria Marcello | |
| 1965 | Me, Me, Me... and the Others | Titta | |
| 1965 | Le Bambole (The Dolls) | Beatrice | |
| 1965 | Strange Bedfellows | Toni Vincente | |
| 1966 | Pleasant Nights | Domicilla | |
| 1966 | The Sultans | Liza Bortoli | |
| 1966 | Hotel Paradiso | Marcelle Cotte | |
| 1967 | Cervantes | Giulia Toffolo | |
| 1968 | Stuntman | Evelyne Lake | |
| 1968 | A Curious Way to Love | Anna | |
| 1968 | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Maria | |
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Carla Campbell | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy David di Donatello for Best Actress |
| 1969 | That Splendid November | Cettina | |
| 1971 | Bad Man's River | Alicia | |
| 1972 | King, Queen, Knave | Martha Dreyer | |
| 1973 | No encontre rosas para mi madre | ||
| 1983 | Wandering Stars (documentary) | ||
| 1995 | Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | L'épouse médium du professeur Bébel | |
| 1997 | XXL | Gaby | |
| 2011 | Box office 3d | herself | (cameo appearance) |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Le avventure di Pinocchio | The Fairy with Turquoise Hair | |
| 1984 | Falcon Crest | Francesca Gioberti | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 1985 | Deceptions | ||
| 1986 | The Love Boat | ||
| 1988 | Woman of Rome | Adriana's mother | television remake |
| 1996 | Una donna in fuga |
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