Gina Lollobrigida Biography: Early Life, Timeline, Career, Death And Other Details

Italian actress and professional photographer, Gina Lollobrigida, or Luigina Lollobrigida, passed away at 95, this Monday, January 16, 2023, in Rome Italy.

According to reports, Lollobrigida passed away in a clinic in Rome. No cause of death has been cited yet

She was born on July 4, 1927, in Subiaco, Italy, and was one of the last icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood.  

The reports said that Lollobrigida had undergone an operation in a Rome clinic in September after breaking her femur. Her funeral is supposed to be held on Thursday in one of the churches in Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

actress Gina Lollobrigida is dead. The famous Italian died at 95 years old. #ginalollobrigida pic.twitter.com/XID8XnYKgq

— DW Culture (@dw_culture) January 16, 2023

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Gina Lollobrigida: Biography

Gina Lollobrigida: Early Life 

• Lollobrigida was a daughter of a furniture maker in Subiaco. 
• While World War II was going on her family moved to Rome. 
• Along with acting she also studied painting and sculpture.
• Due to her modeling career under the name Diana Loris, she caught the attention of Italian directors.

Gina Lollobrigida: Career

#RIP #GinaLollobrigida (1927 – 2023) pic.twitter.com/MBUuTMLyO5

— Neville F Chamberlain (@NevilleFChambe1) January 16, 2023

Lollobrigida’s notable films included:

•  La donna più bella del mondo (1955; Beautiful but Dangerous)
•  Carol Reed’s Trapeze (1956).
•  She starred with Anthony Quinn in Notre-dame de Paris (1956; The Hunchback of Notre Dame) 
•  with Yul Brynner in King Vidor’s Solomon and Sheba (1959)
•  In 1961 Lollobrigida appeared with Rock Hudson in the romantic comedy Come September.
•  She later earned praise for her performance in the comedy Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968).

After 1970, Lollobrigida’s film career slowed and she shifted focus to follow successful career paths as a photojournalist and a cosmetics-firm executive. 

Gina Lollobrigida: Timeline

Gina Lollobrigida:Books

• Italia mia, 1973, a collection of photographs across Italy
• The Philippines, 1976, a collection of photographs across the Philippines
• Wonder of Innocence, 1994, a book of photographs
• Sculptures, 2003

I will always remember Gina Lollobrigida proudly photographing her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019. RIP. https://t.co/mKa2H0Et45 pic.twitter.com/k80Q9RaZa6

— Matthew Rettenmund (@mattrett) January 16, 2023

Gina Lollobrigida:Cinema

Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida are delightful in Come September (1961). Especially in the dance scene. https://t.co/f4FuLoTfYL pic.twitter.com/FXUmF9HW9d

— Julia Kits (@JuliyaKits) January 16, 2023

Gina Lollobrigida:Television

We mourn the death of Italian film legend Gina Lollobrigida, who co-starred with Humphrey Bogart in Beat the Devil (1953). She had an amazing career and a fascinating life, and with her passing we lost one of the last remaining living links to Hollywood’s Golden Age. pic.twitter.com/lZmU3h8BT8

— BogartEstate (@HumphreyBogart) January 16, 2023

Gina Lollobrigida:Death

Lollobrigida died in a clinic in Rome and no cause of death has been cited according to reports

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also paid tribute to Lollobrigida, famed when younger for her biting wit and sensual beauty, describing the actor as a "great talent, passionate, intense, enthralling".

Lollobrigida had undergone an operation in a Rome clinic in September after breaking her femur, according to reports.  Her funeral will be held on Thursday in one of the churches in Piazza del Popolo in Rome as per reports.

My dearest #GinaLollobrigida
I consider it a privilege to have crossed paths with you so many times.
Whenever we met, the atmosphere was always joyful but I would still shake with nerves every time thinking about the person in front of me and knowing what you had achieved. pic.twitter.com/cy5cRN9rc3

— Andrea Bocelli (@AndreaBocelli) January 16, 2023

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