Video: Gina Lollobrigida - 92: What Fans Don't Know About The Famous Actress
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
July 4 marks 92 years of the famous Italian actress, one of the most beautiful women in the world, Gina Lollobrigida. She played about 65 roles in films, the most striking of which were the work in the films "Fanfan Tulip" and "Notre Dame Cathedral". In the 1970s, having stopped acting in films, she tried herself as a photographer and sculptor. These are all well-known facts. But why La Lollo was in conflict with Sophia Loren and offered her to be naked in public, what kind of relationship the Italian connected with Yuri Gagarin, and whom she was going to marry at 79 years old, is hardly known to the general public.
At birth, she received the name Luigina, and later shortened it for sonority. But the name of Lollobrigida is real. When she found out that the French call a large bust "lollo", she decided that such a surname would bring her even more popularity. So she got the colorful nickname "La Lollo" in the media. The constant rivalry on the Italian screens of Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren was called "the war of the busts". Once Sophie decided to destroy a competitor and declared that she had silicone breasts. Then La Lollo invited them both to be naked in public, so that the audience itself decided which of them is more worthy. Unfortunately for the male half of the audience, this dispute was never brought to an end.
When she was later asked about the long-term competition with Sophia Loren, Gina replied: "". And at the same time, hinting at Sophie's husband, film producer Carlo Ponti, she added: "".
Gina Lollobrigida always got out of any curious situations with dignity. At the Moscow International Film Festival, she and Elizabeth Taylor appeared in identical dresses. According to one version, the famous couturier Yves Saint Laurent, for selfish reasons, did not refuse to sew identical outfits to both actresses, and according to the other, La Lollo simply borrowed the design and pattern of someone else's dress. Be that as it may, the stars not only were not embarrassed by this curiosity, but the whole evening did not leave each other, communicating like best friends.
The actress was credited with many novels with colleagues and men far from the world of cinema - they said that Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner and even Yuri Gagarin could not resist her! The Western press wrote that the Italian movie star secretly met with a Soviet cosmonaut in America and in Paris. In fact, they saw each other only once - at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1961. When Gina flew to the USSR, she was asked who she would like to meet. The actress later recalled: "".
About her novels with famous actors, Lollobrigida said: "".
When a long break came in her film career, the actress took it calmly. “”, - she explained. Her talents have always been multifaceted, and her work in cinema was replaced by other hobbies - photography, modeling and sculpting.
The Italian movie star was married only once - at the age of 22 she married the Yugoslav doctor Milko Skofić. After 8 years, the couple had a son. Having lived together for 22 years, the couple separated in 1971. In 1984, the actress met the Spaniard Javier Rigau, who was 34 years younger than her. Gina said about him: "". Their romance lasted more than 20 years, and at 79, Lollobrigida shocked the public with a statement: she was going to get married!
True, this wedding never took place. Without explaining the reasons, at the last moment the actress refused to register the marriage. In 2014, her son filed a lawsuit demanding to declare his mother incapacitated - according to him, she more than once fell into the networks of young swindlers who tried to take possession of her fortune. However, the judge refused to satisfy the claim, finding the actress sane and capable of managing her affairs.
When Gina Lollobrigida celebrated her 90th birthday, she was asked a question about her age, to which she replied: "".
In her years, she continues to lead an active lifestyle, travels a lot and does charity work. For her 90th birthday, she prepared a new sculptural composition and said that she was counting on another 20 years of bright and interesting life - after all, her aunt lived to be 113 years old! It remains only to wish her the implementation of all plans!
In Italy, exhibitions of her works are often held: Gina Lollobrigida is a talented sculptor and photojournalist.
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