Gina Lollobrigida Overview:

Legendary actress, Gina Lollobrigida, was born Luigina Lollobrigida on Jul 4, 1927 in Subiaco, Italy. Lollobrigida died at the age of 95 on Jan 16, 2023 in Rome, Italy .

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Raven-haired Italian actress with beauty-queen figure, who became Italy's first post-war sex symbol. A number of homegrown films as slinky flirt got her known internationally as "La Lollo" and appearances in Hollywood movies made her a worldwide pin-up. Kept going fairly strongly until the early seventies, although long before that overtaken in popularity by Sophia Loren.

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Lollobrigida was never nominated for an Academy Award.

Gina Lollobrigida BlogHub Articles:

Warner Archive: Ladies of the Night Gina Lollobrigida and Ava Gardner

By KC on Mar 16, 2016 From Classic Movies

Go Naked in the World (1961) is a glossy, glamorous mass of big feelings. It's obsessed with horrible, naughty, glorious sex. The pre-code era is limping away though, so it's okay to talk about it, and even to indulge in eroticism, but somebody is going to pay. Gina Lollobrigida is high-priced pros... Read full article


Happy Birthday: Gina Lollobrigida! Sex symbol of the 1950s.

By Dawn on Jul 4, 2011 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Gina Lollobrigida, born 4 July (1927), was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She started out modelling, and around this time, she also began performing in Italian films. In 1950, Howard Hughes wanted her to perform in Hollywood films, but she refused, wanting t... Read full article


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Gina Lollobrigida Quotes:

Nikko Regas: Now, let me dwell just for one moment on the American male. They're absolutely insidious, Carla. They're full of the lonesome prairie and the smell of tumbleweed. They're sincere and dedicated, and your Tom Reynolds...
Carla Vesari: Really, Nikko, he's not 'my Tom Reynolds.'
Nikko Regas: Your Tom Reynolds is no exception. A regular Abe Lincoln in North Burma. A girl like you with a sophisticated palate... is a pushover for the type.
Carla Vesari: What a terribly civilized man you are. You never lose your balance.


Lisa Helena Fellini: Robert?
Robert L. Talbot: Mhm?
Lisa Helena Fellini: When you get to the terrace, would you do me a favour?
Robert L. Talbot: Sure.
Lisa Helena Fellini: Jump off.


Lisa Helena Fellini: Where's the telephone?
Anna: I put him in the dish. Don't let him out. While he's in there, you're safe.
Lisa Helena Fellini: I am safe whether he is in or out!


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Gina Lollobrigida Facts
She placed third in the Miss Italy competition 1947 behind Lucia Bosé and Gianna Maria Canale.

Was considered for the role of Asunción Olazábal in "Beyond the Horizon" (1994). The part went to Luisa Kuliok.

£10,000 worth of her jewels was stolen from a bag in November 1998. This happened at a hotel reception in Munich, Germany, while she was waiting for a taxi to the airport. [11/98]

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