Gina Lollobrigida – a life in pictures Actor, photographer, sculptor and style icon, Gina Lollobrigida has died at the age of 95 . La Lollo’s heyday was the 1950s and 60s and here we look back at her fabulous life
Greg Whitmore
Main image: Gina Lollobrigida in Solomon and Sheba, 1959 Photograph: United Artists/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Pagliacci, 1948 Luigina Lollobrigida was born in Subiaco in Italy on 4 July 1927Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida wearing an evening dress, photographed in 1952 for a feature in Picture Post entitled Stars Bring Fashions From ItalyPhotograph: Haywood Magee/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida in the 1950sPhotograph: Henry Gris/FPG/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Beat the Devil, 1953 Lollobrigida leads donkeys carrying actors Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre along a street in Ravello, Italy in 1953, during a break from filmingPhotograph: AP
Share on Facebook A wardrobe assistant helps Gina Lollobrigida get into her corset in 1954Photograph: Ullstein Bild/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Sophia Loren, left, Yvonne de Carlo, centre, and Lollobrigida at the Ball of Stars at the Berlin film festival in 1954Photograph: Popperfoto
Share on Facebook Woman of Rome, 1954 Pictured with Renato TontiniPhotograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida in 1955Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida prepares to photograph Salvador Dali in his studio at the St Regis hotel in New York in 1955Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Hundreds of fans, mostly teenagers, halt Lollobrigida’s car as she arrives in Stuttgart, Germany in 1957.Photograph: AP
Share on Facebook Never So Few, 1959 Pictured with Frank SinatraPhotograph: MGM/Allstar
Share on Facebook Solomon and Sheba, 1959 Pictured with Yul BrynnerPhotograph: www.ronaldgrantarchive.com
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida with her husband, physician Milko Skofic, and their son Andrea Milko on the set of Come September in 1960. The couple were married in 1949 and divorced in 1971. Andrea was born in 1957.Photograph: Henry Gris/FPG/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida in Genova on 20 September 1960.Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Come September, 1961 Pictured with Rock HudsonPhotograph: Universal Pictures/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Venere Imperiale, 1962 Winner of the David di Donatello award for best actress for her portrayal of Napoleon’s sister, Pauline BonapartePhotograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images
Share on Facebook Woman of Straw, 1964 Pictured with Sean ConneryPhotograph: Warner Bros/Allstar
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida at her home on the ancient Appian Way on the outskirts of Rome in 1964. She was an accomplished photographer and a book of her work called Italia Mia was published in 1974Photograph: Girolamo di Majo/AP
Share on Facebook Hotel Paradiso, 1966 Pictured with Alec GuinnessPhotograph: Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook La morte ha fatto l’uovo, 1968 Gina Lollobrigida on setPhotograph: Jim Pringle/AP
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida poses wearing a Pucci design in 1968Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Falcon Crest, 1984 Pictured with Lorenzo LamasPhotograph: Lorimar/Allstar
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida on the red carpet at the opening of the Gina Lollobrigida Fotografa exhibition at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in 2009Photograph: Marilla Sicilia/REX/Shutterstock
Share on Facebook Lollobrigida admires her 90th birthday cake at the official Gina Lollobrigida Birthday Celebrations in Rome on 4 July 2017Photograph: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images
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