Gina Lollobrigida – a life in pictures
Actor, photographer, sculptor and style icon, Gina Lollobrigida has died at the age of 95. La Lollo’s heyday was the 1950s and 60s and here we look back at her fabulous life
Main image: Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba, 1959 Photograph: United Artists/Kobal/ShutterstockMon 16 Jan 2023 07.41 EST Last modified on Tue 4 Apr 2023 05.43 EDT
Pagliacci, 1948
Luigina Lollobrigida was born in Subiaco in Italy on 4 July 1927Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida wearing an evening dress, photographed in 1952 for a feature in Picture Post entitled Stars Bring Fashions From Italy Photograph: Haywood Magee/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida in the 1950s Photograph: Henry Gris/FPG/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterBeat the Devil, 1953
Lollobrigida leads donkeys carrying actors Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre along a street in Ravello, Italy in 1953, during a break from filmingPhotograph: AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterA wardrobe assistant helps Gina Lollobrigida get into her corset in 1954 Photograph: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSophia Loren, left, Yvonne de Carlo, centre, and Lollobrigida at the Ball of Stars at the Berlin film festival in 1954 Photograph: Popperfoto
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWoman of Rome, 1954
Pictured with Renato TontiniPhotograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida in 1955 Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida prepares to photograph Salvador Dali in his studio at the St Regis hotel in New York in 1955 Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHundreds of fans, mostly teenagers, halt Lollobrigida’s car as she arrives in Stuttgart, Germany in 1957. Photograph: AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterNever So Few, 1959
Pictured with Frank SinatraPhotograph: MGM/Allstar
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterSolomon and Sheba, 1959
Pictured with Yul BrynnerPhotograph: www.ronaldgrantarchive.com
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida with her husband, physician Milko Skofic, and their son Andrea Milko on the set of Come September in 1960. The couple were married in 1949 and divorced in 1971. Andrea was born in 1957. Photograph: Henry Gris/FPG/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida in Genova on 20 September 1960. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterCome September, 1961
Pictured with Rock HudsonPhotograph: Universal Pictures/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterVenere Imperiale, 1962
Winner of the David di Donatello award for best actress for her portrayal of Napoleon’s sister, Pauline BonapartePhotograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWoman of Straw, 1964
Pictured with Sean ConneryPhotograph: Warner Bros/Allstar
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida at her home on the ancient Appian Way on the outskirts of Rome in 1964. She was an accomplished photographer and a book of her work called Italia Mia was published in 1974 Photograph: Girolamo di Majo/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHotel Paradiso, 1966
Pictured with Alec GuinnessPhotograph: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLa morte ha fatto l’uovo, 1968
Gina Lollobrigida on setPhotograph: Jim Pringle/AP
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida poses wearing a Pucci design in 1968 Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterFalcon Crest, 1984
Pictured with Lorenzo LamasPhotograph: Lorimar/Allstar
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida on the red carpet at the opening of the Gina Lollobrigida Fotografa exhibition at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in 2009 Photograph: Marilla Sicilia/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterLollobrigida admires her 90th birthday cake at the official Gina Lollobrigida Birthday Celebrations in Rome on 4 July 2017 Photograph: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images
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