Gina Lollobrigida Italian Actress Known for Never So Few

Gina Lollobrigida was an Italian actress born on 4 July 1927 in Subiaco. She died on 16 January 2023, aged 95. Her best-known titles on this site are Never So Few (1959) and XXL (1997).

Career

The earliest credit on record for Gina Lollobrigida is Black Eagle (1946). During the 1950s, she worked on Beat the Devil (1953) and Solomon and Sheba (1959, as Queen of Sheba). Work from the 1960s includes Come September (1961) and Woman of Straw (1964, as Maria Marcello). Bad Man's River (1971) and The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972, as The Fairy with Turquoise Hair) are among her 1970s credits. In the 1990s, she appeared in One Hundred and One Nights (1995).

Her filmography here covers 65 films and 2 TV series from 1946 to 2011. Comedy is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (4), followed by romance (2). Her last credit during her lifetime is Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011).

Marcello Mastroianni appears in six of her listed titles, including A Dog's Life (1950) and The Law (1958). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Jean-Paul Belmondo (three titles) and Gérard Depardieu (two titles).

Recognition

In 1961, she won the Golden Globes. She also won the Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1987) and the Knight of the Legion of Honour (1992). The records list 13 awards won by her.

Personal life

Marriages on record are to Milko Škofič (1949 to 1971). She had one child on record.