
Person
Gina Lollobrigida
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 4, 1927
- Died
- Jan 16, 2023
- From
- Subiaco, Rome, Italy
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida OMRI (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, and sculptor. 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", 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. In 2013, she sold her jewellery collection and donated the nearly US$5 million from the sale to benefit stem-cell therapy research. She won the Henrietta Award at the 18th Golden Globe Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gina Lollobrigida, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Adventures of Pinocchio

Box Office 3D: The Filmest of Films

The Love Boat

Bread, Love and Dreams

Beat the Devil

Fan-Fan the Tulip

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Solomon and Sheba

Trapeze

Come September

The Oscars

Never So Few

One Hundred and One Nights

Falcon Crest

Frisky

Woman of Straw

Death Laid an Egg

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In