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Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023) was an Italian actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood movies in the 1950s and 1960s. Her IMDb page shows 67 acting credits from 1946-1997. This page will rank 15 Gina Lollobrigida movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her many television appearances and her many movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. Our page on “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” was requested by Lupino and seconded by Pierre.
Gina Lollobrigida Movies Ranked In Chronological Order with Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Gina Lollobrigida Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Gina Lollobrigida By Lupino
- Luigina Lollobrigida was born in Subiaco, Italy in 1927. She was the second of 4 sisters.
2. Gina Lollogridia won her first beauty contest in 1930 as Italy’s cutest/most beautiful toddler.
3. When Gina Lollogrigida’s father’s furniture factory was destroyed near the end of WWll, the family moved to Rome. In 1946 she started to study painting and sculpture on a scholarship.She also began to take opera lessons. To support herself, she took on modeling and became a regular in italian photonovellas.
4. By 1948, she had been discovered by Italian producer Mario Costa and worked as an extra. She also took part in various beauty contests and was not unsuccessful in their final results.
5. In 1952 her career took off with the female lead in Fanfan la Tulipe and Les Belles de la Nuit. From then on, the Italians proudly called her “Gina Nazionale”, the rest of Europe was happy with “La Lollo”.
6. From 1956 on, she worked on both sides of the Atlantic in starring roles. Even at the height of her Hollywood success, she returned to Europe for movies like Anna di Brooklyn and La Legge.
7. Between 1949 and 1971 Lollobrigida was married to a Yugoslavian doctor.They have one son, born in 1957. After her divorce, she began a totally new career as a professional photographer and became very successful- famous models were, amongst others, Paul Newman, Salvador Dali, Fidel Castro. She published 4 books as a photographer, one on her native Italy.
8. In 1990 La Lollo returned to her first love– at 60 plus years she started to take sculpture lessons. After a rough beginning, she had a successful exhibition in Paris in 2003. She dedicated this exhibition to Marilyn Monroe and…Liza Minnelli. She was invited to join the Academy of the Arts in Florence.
9. Her ongoing rivalvry with Sophia Loren kept both their names in the media for years.
10. Gina Lollobrigida has been very active doing charitable work– coming from a poor backround herself, she supported the likes of Ärzte ohne Grenzen (“Doctors Without Borders”), UNESCO or UNICEF.
10A. In 2007, at age 79, Gina wanted to marry again. Her companion for many years was 45 year old spanish Javier Rigau Rifols- and, as La Lollo stated after she refused to marry him on short notice, was nothing but a marriage dodger. The story became very wild, with Rifols marrying Lollo without her knowing and presence in Barcelona, trying to pass a veiled woman as Gina…I remember that incident from the coverage the “wedding that never was” got in the German media at the time- and not just in the yellow press.
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A great thing about Cogerson’s In Memoriam is that it allows us to pay our early final respects to just-deceased performers who have entertained us down the years and I am pleased, albeit with sadness, to be able to do that in Gina’s case.
Gina was one of the very first major actresses with whom as a boy I grew-up in the early 1950s. She and of course Sophia Loren were the two biggest Italian female SEX stars in the Hollywood of those days;
but my impression was that Anna Magnani was perceived as the most prestigious star from Italy in terms of acting, having to compete on with two of Hollywood’s acting powerhouses in heavy Tennessee Williams dramas – Lancaster and Brando in respectively The Rose tattoo and The Fugitive Kind – wow!
Being the ‘sexier’ two of that trio Sophia and Gina -nicknamed La Lollo initially – naturally became the greatest of rivals. I think that Sophia was the first to get into a prestigious Hollywood movie -an uncredited role in 1951’s Quo Vadis;
but Gina was first to get a lead role and star billing above the title in a Tinsel Town flick – Bogie’s 1953 Beat the Devil as Bruce has mentioned in his post to me today. Then of course in 1956 she was i my own fave La Lollo film alongside her Rock Hudson pairing in 1961’s Come September-Trapeze with Lancaster and Curtis
An impressive start but Sophia made up for lost time by playing the female leads with star billing in 3 major Hollywood movies all in 1957 with her male co-stars spread across the 3 being Ladd and Clifton Webb (Boy on a Dolphin) Sinatra and Archie Leach (The Pride and the Passion) and Duke Wayne (Legend of the Lost -gosh Steve’s mentioned a lot this week!)
Loren and Magnani actually got into ferocious rows, not with each other but with Brando over whom each of them demanded top billing – Anna in The Fugitive Kind and Sophia in Chaplin’s 1967 flop A Countess from Hong Kong. No prizes for guessing who won those arguments – and indeed Magnani was reduced to throwing a screaming tantrum on the set when Marlon would not “let me have top billing even in my native Italy!”
Loren of course ultimately became the biggest legend of those 3 Italian firebrands being the only one of the 3 to be ranked in AFI’s 50 Greatest Hollywood Legends of All Time male and female [and in fact is the only one of the entire 50 stars still alive I think].
SPOLIER: At least Sophia was in the Legendary 50 list when I last looked; but The Work Horse spent some time a few years back unilaterally squeezing other stars out of those lists so that he could insert actresses of his own choosing. It actually seemed a ruse to get Myrna Loy on board as one of the 50 so that for all I know The Thin Woman may have replaced Sophia on the lists.
Anyhow RIP La Lollo – we go back exactly 70 years now you and I. I vividly remember as if it were yesterday remember sitting in my local Belfast Strand one afternoon in 1953 seeing you for the 1st time – up there on the screen with Bogie and Jennifer Jones.
Sad to hear that Gina Lollobrigida died. I don’t think that I have added any films seen since the page was published. She had a great run and I hope that TCM pays tribute to her. TCM will be doing tributes to both Irene Papas and Jean-Luc Goddard later this month. Rest in peace.
Hey Flora. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Gina. This is a sad day, but she left an awesome collection of movies and seems to lead a happy long life. I was hoping Lupino would pop up today…as he was a huge Gina fan. The fact that he has not makes me think he is no longer with us. I was hoping he would prove me wrong today. Good feedback.
Hello Bruce,
I am so sorry to learn that to day, Gina lollobrigida passed away.
She was an actress a photograph and a sculptor that means a lot of talents in one person.
The only things to write is:
RIP Gina / Esmeralda for ever…..
Pierre
Hey Pierre. Sad news about Gina Lollogbrigida. I did a quick update on her page and added in some new information. I see in the page that you and Lupino both requested a page on her. Lupino even added in the Interesting Facts part. Sadly I think Lupino is no longer with us. His comment, many years ago said he had been very ill and was hoping to recover. So rest in peace to Lupino and Gina. Sad day. Stay safe and healthy!
Gina Lollobrigida is the # 13 most connectible actor of the 1950’s.
Hello everybody,
Gina Lollobrigida is the best Esmeralda for ever and in the french film Notre Dame de Paris from a Famous Victor Hugo novel. Even if The real star in fact is Notre Dame.
I hope Lupino is reading that little comment on Gina Lollobrigida.
Notre Dame de Paris to day is injured and for a long time so now we have to rebuild with the hope that she will be more beautiful ….if it is possible..
Bye
Pierre
Hey Pierre….great comment. That was a sad day indeed when the fire broke out. I am hoping Lupino is still recovering from his illness. His movie thoughts have been greatly missed. Notre Dame will be back to it’s glory days before you know it. Good to hear from you.