The Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, known from her roles in “Notre-Dame de Paris” or “Fanfan la Tulipe”, died on January 16, 2023 at the age of 95. Update on her career.
It is an icon of cinema that has left us. Gina Lollibrigida died on Monday January 16, 2023. The Italian actress, who was particularly prolific in the 1950s and 1960s, was 95 and knew no health problems. In many feature films such as “Fanfan la Tulipe”, “Bread, Love and Fantasy” or “Notre-Dame de Paris” and “Stronger than the Devil” the general public was able to observe her development on the big screen. . However, since the 1970s she had become more discreet, she had actually converted to photography.
Born July 4, 1927 Gina Lollobrigida, whose real name is Luigina Lollobrigida, began her career in the 1940s with supporting roles. However, she was rAwakened in public in 1952, in the film “Fanfan la Tulipe” by Christian-Jaque, where she gave the answer to Gérard Philippe. She subsequently gained notoriety for her performance in 1953’s Bread, Love, and Imagination.
Gina Lollobrigida has toured with the biggest, especially in Hollywood Humphrey Bogart in Stronger Than the Devil and Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in Trapeze. She also played Esmeralda in the Jean Delannoy film Notre-Dame de Paris. She also shone in the dramatic register with “The Law”, “The Prey of the Vultures” or “Solomon and the Queen of Sheba”.
The most famous role of Gina Lollobrigida in France is in “Fanfan la Tulipe” by Christian-Jaque. The film was released in 1952. The Italian actress alongside Gérard Philippe in the title role. She plays Adeline La Franchise, the female lead, the daughter of the Sergeant-Recruiter who poses as a fortune teller who sets a trap for Fanfan by urging him to enlist in the French Army during the Seven Years’ War before he can kill him marries.
Gina Lollobrigida was born on July 4, 1927 and grew up in a humble working-class family who were forced to live in Rome. First known for her figure, she entered several beauty pageants before going to the movies. We could spot her in L’Aigle Noir in 1946, before she became famous in Fanfan la Tulipe, then Pain, Amour etfantasy and its sequel.
The legendary actress was then allowed to play with the biggest actors in Hollywood such as Franck Sinatra, Humphrey Bogart or Sean Connery. Gina Lollobrigida is known worldwide for her role in “Stronger than the Devil” and “Trapeze”. She also played Esmeralda in Jean Delannoy’s Notre-Dame de Paris (1956).
Gina Lollobrigida brutally slowed down her career in the 1970s, especially after her divorce from Milko Škofič in 1968, which caused her to lose her manager. In 1973 she stopped filming for good and took up a new passion, photography. After that, however, she performed punctually, notably at the 1986 Berlin International Film Festival, where she was jury president. She was also made a Knight of the Legion of Honor and an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters.
After a career in the world of cinema and the arts, Gina Lollobrigida entered politics in the 1990s, notably running for the European elections on the Democratic Party list before more recently appearing on the Sovereign and Popular Italy list Senate elections.
Gina Lollobrigida married Milko Skofic on January 15, 1949. The doctor at the time switched to his wife’s manager. Together they have a child, Milko Škofič Jr., born in 1957. Gina Lollobrigida and Milko Skofic divorce in 1968: the actress then loses her manager, which will gradually lead to the end of her career, the actress finally stops listening to herself turn 1973.
Gina Lollobrigida was arguing with her son Milko Škofič Jr. The latter has in fact filed a lawsuit against the actress’s personal assistant, Andrea Piazzolla, suspecting him of abuse of weakness and embezzlement of funds. A second trial was still ongoing at the time of the actress’ death. Gina Lollobrigida was appointed guardian by the Court of Cassation in 2018 to manage her inheritance.
Gina Lollobrigida died on January 16, 2023, Italian news agency Ansa said. The Italian actress was 95 years old, she was not aware of any major health problems. However, BFM TV informs us that she had been hospitalized a few months ago after breaking a femoral neck.
