Gina Lollobrigida, Film Beauty Who Charmed Hollywood, Dies at 95

[MissMillie]

Source: Bloomberg via MSN

(Bloomberg) -- Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian-born film star who was among Hollywood’s most sought-after female actresses in the 1950s and ’60s and was frequently described as one of the world’s most beautiful women, has died. She was 95.

She died in Rome after a long illness, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported.

The daughter of a furniture manufacturer shared the screen with leading men such as Humphrey Bogart, Rock Hudson, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra and Anthony Quinn. She carved out a movie career that landed her on the cover of Time Magazine in 1954 and earned a Golden Globe award in 1961 for the romantic comedy “Come September.” The men in her personal life were no less illustrious, including billionaire Howard Hughes and heart-transplant pioneer Christiaan Barnard.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/gina-lollobrigida-film-beauty-who-charmed-hollywood-dies-at-95/ar-AA16oBCt?pc=U483&cvid=40a2bba7fc1645aeb64db46d8f8a22a8

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I can honestly say I don't think I've ever seen any of her work, but I recognized the name immediately.

[Joinfortmill]

1. Gorgeous woman.

[Siwsan]

2. She was absolutely stunning

'Come September' was such a fun movie. It is one of those films I will watch, every time it shows up.

[News Junkie]

31. Yup

[oswaldactedalone]

3. RIP

Gina Lollo Jupiter. When The Jetsons did the Gina Lollo Jupiter send up, I had heard of Lollobrigida but didn’t realize just what a stunning woman she was. Years later, I saw the movie “Trapeze” with Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster and realized what all the fuss was about.

https://thejetsons.fandom.com/wiki/Gina_Lolajupiter

[Rocknation]

8. On the Stone Age side, an episode of The Flintstones

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made reference to a "Gina Load-A-Bricks." And I remember seeing her on the Flip Wilson Show.


Rocknation

[BumRushDaShow]

10. I was just thinking about that

Her name was unique enough to be parodied in a bunch of cartoons.

(Sylvester and Tweety)




Gina Lollo Jupiter (Jetsons)




Gina Lolabrickida (Flintstones)

[hlthe2b]

4. Why do MSN links never include photos, but only unrelated videos? (rhetorical ??)

That's why I don't use MS Edge much. It is infuriating.

From the Guardian:


https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jan/16/gina-lollobrigida-dies-la-lollo-beat-the-devil

[MissMillie]

25. wow... stunning indeed (n/t)

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[OLDMDDEM]

5. She was beautiful. My friends and I went to some of her movies.

[Croney]

6. Really good article here...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17563970

[liberalla]

26. Yes, that was an excellent article. Thank you!

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Wow

Saw that in GD.

She used to be in the entertainment news ALL the time and I haven't heard her name mentioned in years. Didn't even know she was still around.

I know there were several Italian "beauties" including Sophia Loren (who was younger and who was a bit of a competitor) who overlapped with Gina at the time. And they were also running alongside other actresses including Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ingrid Bergman, all who played parts with those same "leading men".

R.I.P.

[PatSeg]

12. Yes, I hadn't heard her name in a long time,

so I had assumed that she was no longer with us. I remember her from films when I was young.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. She was part of that whole (pre-internet) gossip-laden Hollywood scene

with the Gabor sisters (Ava and Zsa Zsa), Audrey Hepburn, Doris Day, Joan Collins, Debbie Reynolds, etc. Some are still around.

[PatSeg]

17. As a kid, I loved my movie magazines

and I practically lived at the movie theater. The stars were larger than life back then.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. I think as TV became more prolific

that really started to amplify that "larger than life" thing - particularly with the "next generation" after this group - the Raquel Welches and George Hamiltons and Claudia Cardinales and Charros. They were often showing up as "guest stars" on TV series while still dong films.

[PatSeg]

20. Yes and late night talk show interviews

It was a way to keep their brand alive, though they started to become more life-size and real over time. The magic started to wear off with the small screen.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. And I used to stay up to watch those too!

I imagine if they were "hip" enough (old term) they would keep it going on Instagram, which is where the current "Hollywood crowd" hangs out now.

[PatSeg]

24. Yes, it was a lot more difficult

and labor intensive to stay in the public eye all the time back then. It took a lot of effort and money.

[LeftInTX]

29. Eww...Charro...

I just found out her stage name is actually Charo and not Charro..LOL

Charro is a fancy cowboy..like Vincente Fernandez

I always thought her name was Charro...

[BumRushDaShow]

30. I've seen it spelled both ways

I remember her as a frequent guest on Hollywood Squares. "Coochie coochie"!

[CTyankee]

19. Me, too. I was in love with Marlon Brando for a while.

I was so star struck!

[PatSeg]

21. I can't count the many crushes

I had over the years. I'd watch them on the big screen and then devour movie magazines to get more info. Tab Hunter, Sal Mineo, Tony Curtis, Paul Newman, etc. Often a new heartthrob every month!

[highplainsdem]

9. Very beautiful woman who could also act. She had a Golden Globe nomination for Falcon Crest in

the 1980s, for Best Supporting actress, and you might have seen her on that.

And no, I didn't watch that prime-time soap or any of the other prime-time soaps including Dallas. I think I looked at a couple of episodes only because I'd met writer-producer Ernie Wallengren online then (nice guy, tried to help me locate a NY friend who'd worked for Filmways East in the '70s), and Falcon Crest was one of the hits he'd worked on. I've already mentioned Ernie here, in the OP at https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181674319 since that thread was asking for prayers for someone with ALS, and Ernie is the only person I knew who developed ALS and had allowed his battle with the disease to be filmed. Ernie was in his 30s when I knew him, only 50 when he died in 2003. He was only 31 when Gina first appeared on Falcon Crest; she'd become a star with a film released the year after he was born, but she was still gorgeous then, in the mid-1980s.

I found YouTube video of her on Falcon Crest. Ernie's name is shown briefly at 1:35.

[Marthe48]

11. I think some of her movies are on You Tube for free

I tracked down Beat the Devil, which my husband and I watched years ago. And 2 people have mentioned Come September, so I checked for that one, too. Maybe a double feature

[ificandream]

13. She led a long life and a good one. RIP.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

15. One of my favorite movies is

Beat The Devil (1953), starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley, and Edward Underdown. That's a lot of acting talent. And it's directed by John Huston.

This is an unusual movie that includes humor, drama, action, and a surprise ending.

Lollobrigida really displays her talent in a humorous scene in which she pretends to be in love with the character played by Underdown.

[highplainsdem]

16. Beat The Devil is free, streaming, on the Roku.Channel, Tubi, Pluto, Freevee and

several other streaming channels.

[twodogsbarking]

23. She was the gold standard. No doubt about it.

[Hekate]

27. She took up photography as her movie career ebbed. I recall an appearance on a late night show...

… possibly Dick Cavett, and just remember being impressed by her intelligence and range of interests.

Never followed her career myself, but back in the day I certainly knew men and boys who thought she was the sexiest, most gorgeous woman ever.

RIP Gina Lollobrigida, and thanks for all your work.

[area51]

28. RIP