Gina Lollobrigida: a life in pictures

16 Jan 2023
Pagliacci, 1948

Luigina Lollobrigida was born in Subiaco in Italy on 4 July 1927

Gina Lollobrigida in Pagliacci, 1948

Lollobrigida wearing an evening dress, photographed in 1952 for a feature in Picture Post entitled Stars Bring Fashions From Italy

Gina Lollobrigida wearing an evening dress, photographed on 5 July 1952 for a feature in Picture Post entitled Stars Bring Fashions From Italy

Lollobrigida in the 1950s

Gina Lollobrigida in the 1950s
Beat 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 filming

Gina Lollobrigida leads two donkeys carrying actors Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre along a street in Ravello, Italy on 30 March 1953, while taking a break from filming Beat the Devil

A wardrobe assistant helps Gina Lollobrigida get into her corset in 1954

A wardrobe assistant helps Gina Lollobrigida get into her corset in 1954

Sophia Loren, left, Yvonne de Carlo, centre, and Lollobrigida at the Ball of Stars at the Berlin film festival in 1954

Sophia Loren, Yvonne de Carlo and Gina Lollobrigida at the Ball of Stars at the Berlin Film Festival on 28 June 1954
Woman of Rome, 1954

Pictured with Renato Tontini

Renato Tontini and Gina Lollobrigida in Woman of Rome, 1954

Lollobrigida in 1955

Gina Lollobrigida in 1955

Lollobrigida prepares to photograph Salvador Dali in his studio at the St Regis hotel in New York in 1955

Gina Lollobrigida prepares to photograph Salvador Dali in his studio at the St. Regis hotel in New York, which adjoined his suite, on 15 June 1955
The Most Beautiful Woman in the World, 1955

Lollobridgida won the David di Donatello award for best actress

Gina Lollobrigida in La donna più bella del mondo, 1955

Hundreds of fans, mostly teenagers, halt Lollobrigida’s car as she arrives in Stuttgart, Germany in 1957.

Original Caption: Hundreds of Germans, mostly teenagers, halt the car of Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, centre, as she arrives in Stuttgart, Germany on 19 March 1957 for a personal appearance. Police escort cars, upper center, also were stopped by the mob. Gina, who arrived in the South German city after being named West Germany’s most popular star, reached her hotel unscathed. Many persons in the crowd, however, suffered minor injuries or had their clothes torn
Never So Few, 1959

Pictured with Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra and Gina Lollobrigida in Never So Few, 1959
Solomon and Sheba, 1959

Pictured with Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner and Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba, 1959

Lollobrigida 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.

Gina Lollobrigida with her husband Mirko Skofic and their son Mirko Skofic, Jr, circa 1952

Lollobrigida in Genova on 20 September 1960.

Film star Gina Lollobrigida in Genoa on 20 September 1960 having returned to Italy for the filming of the romantic comedy Come September
Come September, 1961

Pictured with Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida in Come September, 1961
Venere Imperiale, 1962

Winner of the David di Donatello award for best actress for her portrayal of Napoleon’s sister, Pauline Bonaparte

Gina Lollobrigida in Venere Imperiale, 1962
Woman of Straw, 1964

Pictured with Sean Connery

Sean Connery and Gina Lollobrigida in Woman of Straw, 1964

Lollobrigida 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

Gina Lollobrigida with her camera at her home on the ancient Appian Way on the outskirts of Rome on 2 July 1964
Hotel Paradiso, 1966

Pictured with Alec Guinness

Gina Lollobrigida and Alec Guinness in Hotel Paradiso, 1966
La morte ha fatto l’uovo, 1968

Gina Lollobrigida on set

Gina Lollobrigida on the set of La morte ha fatto l’uovo, 1968

Lollobrigida poses wearing a Pucci design in 1968

Gina Lollobrigida poses wearing a Pucci design in 1968
Falcon Crest, 1984

Pictured with Lorenzo Lamas

Gina Lollobrigida and Lorenzo Lamas in Falcon Crest, 1984

Lollobrigida on the red carpet at the opening of the Gina Lollobrigida Fotografa exhibition at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in 2009

Lollobrigida on the red carpet at the opening of the Gina Lollobrigida Fotografa exhibition at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome on 25 June 2009

Lollobrigida admires her 90th birthday cake at the official Gina Lollobrigida Birthday Celebrations in Rome on 4 July 2017

Lollobrigida admires her 90th birthday cake at the official Gina Lollobrigida Birthday Celebrations in Rome on 4 July 2017
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