The secret of 93-year-old Gina Lollobrigida's youth: What helps a brilliant actress not lose her good spirits

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

She is still called an icon of beauty and style, although the famous Italian actress is already 93 years old. She was always distinguished not only by her beauty, but also by a variety of talents, a sharp mind, an ardent disposition and the ability to "keep her posture" under any circumstances. Gina Lollobrigida is an actress, model, artist, sculptor, and at the same time a strong personality who gladly shares her secrets of youth and good spirits.

Sometimes Gina Lollobrigida confessed in her interviews that she became an actress by mistake, and initially she was going to do photography and sculpture. However, she managed everything: she played many bright roles in the cinema, conquered the world with her beauty and femininity, broke thousands of men's hearts and devoted herself to what she had long dreamed of.

Main lessons

The childhood of the famous actress fell on the years of the Second World War, which later determined her attitude to life. Gina Lollobrigida confesses: she never forgot about the horrors that she had to endure. But it was this experience that became the most important in her fate. A person who survived in that meat grinder, according to the actress, has a kind of wisdom, which neither fame, nor wealth, nor power can have any influence on.

Gina was never spoiled. Mom and grandmother, who were engaged in her upbringing, kept her and her three sisters in strictness and even dreamed that all the girls would become nuns. But little Gina had her own outlook on life. Already at the age of 17, she began to bring the first money to the family, which she received as royalties for her drawings.

She was a street artist, and young Gina's cartoons and cartoons were a success. And at that time she began to study opera vocals and study at the theater school, although she dreamed not of an acting career at all, but of the glory of a famous sculptor or opera singer.

Nevertheless, having refused several roles offered to her, Lollobrigida still heeded the voice of reason and was able to assess the prospects of working in cinema. At the very least, this would allow her to significantly increase her well-being. But even when the most beautiful woman in the world, as she was called at the height of her film career, became famous, she appreciated the feeling of freedom more than anything else. It was this that became fundamental in her life. Freedom allowed her to preserve herself and understand: the main thing in this life is never to depend on anyone.

Recipe for youth

The actress is sure that she inherited numerous talents from her mother, and her task was only not to waste them. Having started acting in films, she was able to conquer the whole world, but at the same time she could afford to choose the most interesting roles. Therefore, when the proposals from the directors began to come in less and less, and the heroines offered to her were not interesting to Gina Lollobrigida, she directed her efforts in a new direction, taking up photojournalism.

She has photographed many famous personalities, including Salvador Dali and Fidel Castro, and her stunning photo album "My Italy", reprinted countless times, has become a kind of illustrated encyclopedia of Italy.

In addition to photography, Gina Lollobrigida took up sculpture and was able to achieve success in this field. Even today she does not stop doing the things that she loves.

And it is recognized that the main secret of her youth and keeping her cheerfulness is creativity. It allows the actress to maintain a sharp mind, feel the breath of time and remain always in the ranks, regardless of her very venerable age.

She never got hung up on her own appearance, quite rightly considering beauty to be too fickle. Gina Lollobrigida has repeatedly shared her opinion that true beauty is inaccessible to a simple look, because it is hidden inside a person, and the screens should show hearts, but not naked bodies. Beauty comes from within, and its manifestation is influenced by thoughts and feelings.

And the actress generously shares with everyone the secret of her longevity. She never allowed herself to lose interest in life, because it is he who does not allow her brain to grow old. And she also did not allow herself to be idle, she always took pictures or sculpted sculptures, sang, played, listened to birdsong and was able to find beauty every day and hourly. She has no time to grow old and reflect on the frailty of life.

She always adhered to several rules that allowed her to always be in shape. She tried, even with the most stressful schedule, to allocate time for good rest, avoided excesses in food and tried to observe moderation in everything, whether it concerned makeup, entertainment or drinking.

Perhaps Gina Lollobrigida intends to break the longevity record set by her own aunt, who lived to be 113 years old in her right mind.

The personal life of the film star was no less bright than her professional career. She was married only once, but legends could be made about her hobbies and novels. Recently, Gina Lollobrigida, answering a question from Flavia Amabile for La Stampa, called her two Russian filmmakers "the man of her life".