Gina Lollobrigida ( Italian. Gina Lollobrigida ; born in July 4, 1927 in Subiaco , Lazio , Italy ) - Italian actress , great officer of the Order “For Services to the Italian Republic” , holder of the Order of the Legion of Honor , officer of the Order of Arts and Literature . International fame Lollobrigida brought the role in the films " Fanfan-Tulip " (1952), directed by Christian-Jacques and " Notre-Dame de Paris " (1956), directed by Jean Delannoy .
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February 1, 2018, the Italian actress received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles [2] .
Biography
Early years
Luigina, who became known as Gina Lollobrigida, was born on July 4, 1927 in the city of Subyako , in the center of Italy, into a family of furniture makers. In addition to her, there were three other daughters in the family, Julian, Maria and Fernanda. She spent her childhood in a small picturesque mountain village. In 1945, her family moved to the outskirts of Rome, where Gina earned her first money as a street artist by drawing caricatures and cartoons. At the same time, she took opera vocal lessons and studied at drama school. Since childhood, Luigina had a dream: she passionately wanted to be a sculptor or an opera singer. Luigin was repeatedly invited to act in films, but at first she was not interested in her, and she refused. Mother's persuasion and earning prospects brought her to the cinema. In 1946, Luigina began to act in films in episodic roles in the films “Black Eagle”, “Love Drink”, “The Crime of Giovanni Episkopo”, “The Hats”, “Mad About the Opera”, “Young Caruso”. In 1947, she decided to try her strength in the contest "Miss Italy" and did not lose, taking third place. The first and second places were taken successively by Lucia Bose and Giana Maria Canale, who also became actresses in the future, but did not achieve such success as Luigina.
Career
Soon, in the career of an aspiring actress, the main roles appeared in the Italian films Alina (1950), “The City is Protected” (1951), “Danger, Bandits!” (1951). The first major success in the big cinema Lollobrigida brought the main role of Adeline in the film of the famous French film director Christian-Jacques " Fanfan-Tulip " (1952) with the great French theater and film actor Gerard Philip in the lead role. The French film “ Fanfan-Tulip ” won prizes at the Cannes and Berlin film festivals and immediately reached the screens of unprecedented international popularity, and Gina Lollobrigida, along with her great partner in the film Gerard Philip , became very popular.
After the phenomenal unprecedented international success of the French film “ Fanfan-Tulip ”, Hollywood directors turned their attention to Jean Lollobrigida, and in 1953 the actress starred in the first American film in her career - “ Shit the Devil ” (1953), where Lollobrigida starred with Humphrey Bogart . With the increasing popularity of Gina even got the nickname "The most beautiful woman in the world." She also had notable roles in Trapezium (1956), where she starred with Bert Lancaster and Tony Curtis . In 1959, she starred in the lead role in the film “So Little Never” with Frank Sinatra , in the same year she starred in the lead role in the film “ Solomon and the Queen of Sheba ” with Yul Brynner , and in 1961 starred in the film “ Come in September With Rock Hudson .
Meanwhile, in Europe, Lollobrigida still remained very popular, she was pleased to be invited to star by leading European directors, her work in the cinema was favorably received by the critics, and her roles became popular and loved by the audience for many years. In 1952, Gina Lollobrigida starred in the film “Night Beauties”, where she again played in a pair with Gerard Philip .
In 1953, Gina Lollobrigida starred in the drama “Provincial” (after the eponymous novel by the famous Italian writer Alberto Moravia ), along with Garbiel Feretti, who won the prize of the guild of Italian film critics for this role for the best male role. This film was nominated for the Golden Palm branch of the Cannes Film Festival . In 1954, Lollobrigida starred in the Italian film “The Roman”. In the same year, Gina starred in the Italian film “The Master of Don Juan” (“Crossed Swords”), in which she played along with Errol Flynn , who starred in those years in Europe.
In 1953, Lollobrigida starred by director Luigi Comencini in the romantic comedy Bread, Love and Fantasy , along with Vittorio de Sica . This film has become very successful and popular. In 1954, Lollobrigida for the main role in this film was awarded the prize of Italian film critics "Silver Ribbon". In the same year, the film received the Berlin Silver Film Festival Award, 2 nominations for the BAFTA Award in the nomination “Best Actress” (Gina Lollobrigida) and in the nomination “Best Foreign Film” (1955), nominated for an Oscar for best screenplay ( 1955). This film marked the beginning of the collaboration of the actress with director Luigi Komenchini . Subsequently, Gene Lollobrigida successfully shot with this director in the film “Bread, love and jealousy” (1954), in which the story started in the previous film continued.
In 1956, the famous French film director Jean Delannoy invited Lollobrigida to the main role in the film based on the novel “Notre-Dame de Paris” by Victor Hugo , where she starred with Anthony Quinn and Alain Kyuni . This film is recognized as the best and most reliable adaptation of the novel, and the role of Esmeralda performed by Gina Lollobrigida is considered the best on-screen embodiment of the image of Esmeralda.
In 1956, Gina Lollobrigida starred in the film “ The Most Beautiful Woman in the World ” with Vittorio Gassman , who became very popular. In this film, Lollobrigida successfully demonstrated the different facets of her talent, performing all the songs and aria from the opera Tosca by J. Puccini . In the same year, for the lead role in this film, Gina Lollobrigida was awarded the prestigious Italian film award "David di Donatello" in the nomination "Best Actress".
In 1960, Gina Lollobrigida starred by renowned Italian film director Renato Castellani in the film "Stormy Sea" with Jean-Paul Belmondo .
In 1963, Gina Lollobrigida re-starred with the famous French filmmaker Jean Delannoy - in the film “ Imperial Venus, ” which became prominent in her career, where she starred with Stephen Boyd and Raymond Pellegrin. In the same year, Lollobrigida received two prestigious awards for the lead role in this film: the David di Donatello award and the Nastri d'argento award (both in the Best Actress nomination), and in 1964 the Imperial Venus film with her participation became the winner of the film award “Silver Ribbon”, which is awarded by the Italian Association of Film Critics. In the same year, she starred in the UK with Sean Connery in detective Basil Dearden's “The Straw Woman”.
In 1969, Gina Lollobrigida starred in the Italian-French drama “Beautiful November,” directed by Mauro Bolognini based on the novel by Ercole Patti.
In 1972, Gina Lollobrigida starred in the international drama “King, Queen, Jack,” directed by Jerzy Skolimovskii based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov .
Subsequent years
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In the 1960s , Lollobrigida became less likely to act in films, explaining that she didn’t want to repeat, in her interviews the actress said that each subsequent role should be better than the previous one, but this is almost impossible due to the abundance of standard scenarios. In addition, in her interviews, Lollobrigida said that she would prefer to act in films of directors, telling the truth from the screen, looking for something of their own, and not in expensive action films. All this led to the fact that in the 1970s , Lollobrigida's career began to decline and almost ended in 1973 with the participation in the film Mortal Sin. After that, over the next decades, she starred in just a couple of films and several times accepted offers of filming on television.
At this time, Gina took up photojournalism , and among the celebrities whose photographs she took were Paul Newman , Salvador Dali , Fidel Castro , as well as the German national football team . In 1973, a photo album of her photographs titled “My Italy” (“Italia Mia”) was published. In addition to photo essays, she spent some time engaged in sculpting sculptures , her work performed in bronze and marble . The statuette created by her “Girl holding a pearl in her palm” became the prize of the International Film Festival “Baltic Pearl”. In 1976, the actress decided to try herself as a director and shot a documentary film about Cuba , for which she interviewed Fidel Castro .
In 1973, Lollobrigida was a member of the jury of the VIII Moscow Film Festival , and in 1997 at the XX Moscow Film Festival she was awarded a prize for her contribution to cinema . In 1986, Gina acted as a jury chairman at the 36th Berlin Film Festival . In 1992, her sculpture "Living together", symbolizing the harmony between childhood and nature, represented Italy at the World Exhibition in Seville in Spain . In the same year, for this work, Lollobrigida was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor from the hands of French President François Mitterrand personally. In 1999, Gina, although unsuccessfully, ran for the European Parliament from the Italian center-left Democrats . On a voluntary basis cooperates with UNESCO and UNICEF .
Gina is engaged in a lot of photography , holds photo exhibitions, works in an art workshop. Her photo album "My Italy", repeatedly reprinted, has become a kind of Italian encyclopedia. One of her latest photo albums is called “Children and Animals”, and her paintings and sculptures are readily bought by connoisseurs of beauty. The exhibition of the sculptural works of the famous Italian actress was successfully held at the Museum of Fine Arts. A. Pushkin in Moscow in 2003, which was visited by tens of thousands of people.
Thanks to the mind and beauty, versatile talents, willpower and hard work of Jean Lollobrigida, she always and in all succeeded. Currently, it is almost not removed, but she still admired. The actress lives alone in her luxurious villa near Rome , in her garden, in which she invested a lot of work of the hostess herself, there are about 600 different species of birds. Gina Lollobrigida adores her grandson, leads an active social life, participates in charity events , still prefers bright low-fashioned dresses, travels a lot, she is a frequent guest in Russia .
Family
In 1949, Gina Lollobrigida married the Yugoslav doctor Milko Skofich. On July 28, 1957, their only son, Milko Jr., was named after his father. In 1971, the couple divorced. In 1979, her ex-husband was killed in a car accident.
Milko Jr. is currently an economist. His wife is a journalist and son Dimitri.
Gina's cousin granddaughter ( Francesca Lollobrigida , born in 1991) is the champion of Italy in speed skating.
Creativity
Filmography
- 1946 - Black Eagle - Una ragazza alla festa
- 1946 - Love Potion - Adina
- 1947 - Man in the house
- 1948 - Clowns - Nedda
- 1949 - Bells beating the alarm - Agostina
- 1949 - Crazy about opera - Dora Scala
- 1949 - Wife Can't Wait - Donat
- 1950 - Miss Italy - Lisette Minnechi
- 1950 - Alina - Alina
- 1950 - Limitless Hearts - Donata Sebastian
- 1950 - Dog Life - Margherita "Rita But"
- 1951 - Young Caruso - Stella
- 1951 - The history of the five cities - Maria Severini
- 1951 - The city is protected - Daniela
- 1951 - Danger, bandits! - Anna
- 1951 - Amor non ho ... pero ... pero ... - Gina
- 1952 - Fanfan Tulip - Adeline La Franchise
- 1952 - One Night Bride - Ottavia
- 1952 - Other times - Marie-Antonia
- 1952 - Night beauties - Leila
- 1953 - The Infidels - Lulla Possenti
- 1953 - Provincial - Gemma
- 1953 - Defeating the Devil (Beat the Devil) - Maria Danreiter
- 1953 - Bread, love and fantasy - Maria de Rytis
- 1954 - The Big Game - Helena Ricci
- 1954 - Teacher Don Juan (Crossed Swords) - Francesca
- 1954 - The Roman - Adriana
- 1954 - Bread, love and jealousy - Maria de Ryitis
- 1955 - The most beautiful woman in the world (Beautiful but dangerous) - Lina Cavalieri
- 1956 - Trapeze - Lola
- 1956 - Notre Dame de Paris - Esmeralda
- 1958 - Anna from Brooklyn (Swift and Sexy) - Anna
- 1959 - Law - Marietta
- 1959 - Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (Solomon and Sheba) - Sheba, the Queen of Sheba
- 1959 - So Little Never - Carla Vezari
- 1961 - Go naked to the world - Juliet Cameron
- 1961 - Come in September (When September comes) - Lisa Helena Fellini
- 1962 - Beauty Hippolyta - Hippolyta
- 1963 - Imperial Venus - Pauline Bonaparte
- 1963 - Mad Sea - Margherita
- 1964 - The Straw Widow - Maria Marcelo
- 1965 - Dolls - Beatrice
- 1965 - Strange Spouses - Tony Vincente
- 1966 - I, I, I and others - Titta
- 1966 - Sultans (Italian lover) - Lisa
- 1966 - Hotel Paradiso - Marcella Cote
- 1966 - Pleasant Nights - Domichilla
- 1967 - Cervantes (The Last Knight) - Julia
- 1968 - The death that laid an egg - Anna
- 1968 - Sergeant O'Farrell Private Fleet - Maria
- 1968 - Good evening, Mrs. Campbell - Carla Campbell
- 1968 - Stuntman - Eveline Lake
- 1969 - Beautiful November - Chettina
- 1971 - River of Scoundrels (Bad Man's River) - Alicia
- 1972 - King, Queen, Jack - Martha Dreyer
- 1972 - The Adventures of Pinocchio - Fatina Azzurra
- 1973 - Mortal Sin - Netty
- 1985 - Deceptions (TV) - Princess Alexandra
- 1988 - Roman (TV) - Marterita, mother
- 1995 - One Hundred and One Night Simone Cinema - L'epouse medium du professeur Bebel
- 1996 - Una Donna in fuga
- 1997 - XXL - Gabi Berrebi
Television works
- 1977 - 1986 - The Boat of Love / Love Boat, The (TV series) - Carla Lucci (series number 382)
- 1981 - 1990 - Falcon Crest / Falcon Crest (TV series) - Francesca Gioberti (series number 143)
Writer, Director, Producer
- 1975 - Ritratto di Fidel (short, chronicle) - screenwriter, director, producer (no credits indicated)
Documentary films
- 1994 - In Search of the Lost: Gina Lollobrigida
- 2007 - The Legends of World Cinema: Gina Lollobrigida
- 2010 - Rock Hudson: The Beautiful and Mysterious Stranger / Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger ... Lisa Helena Fellini - (chronicle, no credits indicated)
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118728954 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Gina Lollobrigida awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Links
- Sites and resources, articles
- Gina Lollobrigida (official site)
- Gina Lollobrigida (Eng.) On the Internet Movie Database
- A photo
- There are media files on Wikimedia Commons on Gene Lollobrigida.
- Photos of Gina Lollobrigida
- Video