Gina Lollobrigida | |
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Born | Luigia Lollobrigida 4 July 1927 |
Died | 16 January 2023 Rome, Italy | (aged 95)
Resting place | Cimitero Comunale – Subiaco, Lazio, Italy |
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Years active | 1946–1997 |
Spouse |
Milko Škofič
(m. 1949; div. 1971) |
Partner(s) | Auld Eric Craiglang (1943) Javier Rigau y Rafols (1984–2006)[1][2] |
Children | 1 |
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Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida[a] OMRI[3] (4 July 1927 – 16 January 2023) was an Italian actress, model, and photojournalist. 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",[4] 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.[5][6] In 2013, she sold her jewellery collection and donated the nearly US$5 million from the sale to benefit stem-cell therapy research.[7] She won the Henrietta Award at the 18th Golden Globe Awards.
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