Gina Lollobrigida
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: July 4, 1927
Place of Birth: Subiaco, Rome, Italy
Known For
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Bambi
The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.
Cinépanorama
La Romana
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and after trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, decides to build himself a puppet to keep him company.
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.
Mad About Opera
This story took place during World War II. A group of Italians living in London are raising funds to rebuild a Catholic cathedral that was bombed by the Nazis. To this end, they organized a concert, the proceeds of which would go toward the construction. The project was led by journalist Carlo Scala. He faced and overcame many difficulties in organizing the event, but he handled them with honor, and the performance by leading Italian singers took place. He was assisted in this by the incomparable Dora Scala.
Flesh Will Surrender
Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with the crook. Giulio soon laid hands on Giovanni's money, ruined his career and manhandled him into marrying his own mistress, the beautiful Ginevra. It was of course an unhappy marriage but Giovanni found a little solace when his son Ciro was born. Seven years later though, Wanzer resurfaced...
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastero Cherry, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Gina Lollobrigida
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Gaby Berrebi
as Professor Bébel's Medium Wife
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Margherita
as Self
as Princess Alessandra
as Princess Alessandra
as Self
as Francesca Gioberti
as Self
as Carla Lucci
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Self
as Netty, aka "Tani", the photographer
as Fata
as Martha Dreyer
as Fata dai capelli turchini
as Fata
as Alicia
as Self
as Self
as Cettina
as Evelyn Lake
as Carla Campbell
as Self - Guest
as Self (uncredited)
as Anna
as Domicilla
as Lisa
as Marcelle Cotte
as Titta
as (Archive Footage)
as Toni Vincente
as Beatrice (segment "Monsignor Cupido")
as Maria Marcello
as Margherita
as Paulette Bonaparte
as Ippolita
as Self
as Lisa Helena Fellini
as Guilietta Cameron
as Carla Vesari
as Sheba
as Self
as Self
as Marietta
as Anna
as Esmeralda
as Lola
as Self
as Lina Cavalieri
as Bersagliera
as Adriana
as Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci
as Francesca
as Self
as elle-même
as La Bersagliera
as Maria Dannreuther
as Self
as Gemma Foresi
as Lulla Possenti
as Leila
as Mariantonia Desiderio (segment "Il processo di Frine")
as Ottavia
as Adeline
as Gina
as Anna
as Stella
as Daniela
as Maria Severini
as Margherita 'Rita Buton'
as Donata Sebastian
as Alina
as Lisetta Minneci
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Donata
as Agostina
as Nedda
as Dora Scala - la fidanzata di Guido
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as (uncredited)
as Young girl
as Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
as Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
as Una ragazza alla festa