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Luigina Lollobrigida Wiki Biography

Luigina “Gina” Lollobrigida was born on the 4th July 1927, in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, and is an actress and photojournalist, still best known for her roles in such movies as “Beat the Devil” (1953), “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1956), “The Law” (1959), and “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968). Lollobrigida won numerous awards including two Golden Globes nominations. Her acting career started in 1946 and ended in 1997.

Have you ever wondered how rich Gina Lollobrigida is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Lollobrigida’s net worth is as high as $20 million, earned through her successful career as an actress. In addition to being among the most famous Italian actresses of the time, Lollobrigida worked as a journalist too, which also improved her wealth.

Gina Lollobrigida Net Worth $20 Million

Gina Lollobrigida was one of four daughters of a furniture manufacturer father and his wife. She participated in beauty contests from an early age and also did some modelling that helped her start an acting career. In 1946, Gina had her big-screen debut in the movie called “Return of the Black Eagle”, and in 1947 Lollobrigida finished third in the Miss Italia pageant, so gaining national fame which secured her numerous roles in the future.

By the end of the ‘40s, Lollobrigida had parts in “Mad About Opera” (1948) and “Campane a Martello” (1949), and Howard Hughes even invited her to work in Hollywood, but she refused and decided to stay in Europe until 1959. In the meantime, Gina starred in more than 20 films including “Alina” (1950), “Vita da cani” (1950), “Four Ways Out” (1951), and “Attention! Bandits!” (1951), which helped her establish her net worth, but also boost her popularity. She also had roles in “Fan-Fan the Tulip” (1952), “Wife for a Night” (1952), “Beauties of the Night” (1952), “The Unfaithfuls” (1953), and “The Wayward Wife” (1953). Later, she began to play in American produced films, starting with John Huston’s “Beat the Devil” (1953) also starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones.

Lollobrigida ended the ‘50’s with notable roles in “Trapeze” (1956) with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1956) with Anthony Quinn, “Solomon and Sheba” (1959) starring Yul Brynner, and “Never So Few” (1959) with Frank Sinatra and Steve McQueen. Thanks to these roles, Lollobrigida gained international fame and her net worth significantly increased. She moved to Hollywood to work, and filmed many important movies such as “Come September” (1961) with Rock Hudson, “Woman of Straw” (1964) starring Sean Connery, “Strange Bedfellows” (1965), “Hotel Paradiso” (1966) with Alec Guinness, and Golden Globe-nominated “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968).

Lollobrigida’s career slowed down in the ‘70s as she decided to switch to journalism. However, she filmed a few movies, including “King, Queen, Knave” (1972), “Deceptions” (1985), “One Hundred and One Nights” (1995), and her last one “XXL” (1997) with Michel Boujenah and Gérard Depardieu, which only increased her net worth.

She had a decent career as a photojournalist, and photographed many celebrities including Paul Newman, Salvador Dalí, Audrey Hepburn, Henry Kissinger, Ella Fitzgerald, David Cassidy, and the German national football team. Among other notable work, Lollobrigida interviewed the Cuban president Fidel Castro in Cuba.

Regarding her personal life, Gina Lollobrigida was married to Slovenian physician, Milko Škofič, from 1949 to 1971; he abandoned the practice to become her manager, but they divorced in 1971 after a series of her affairs including with Christiaan Barnard and George Kaufman in the ‘60s – they have one child together. In 2006, she was engaged to Javier Rigau Rafols, a Spanish businessman, but they called off the engagement later that year. Lollobrigida has been living on her ranch in Sicily since 1949.

Lollobrigida is a well-known philanthropist; she has donated nearly $5 million to the stem cell therapy research.



Full Name Gina Lollobrigida
Net Worth $20 Million
Date Of Birth July 4, 1927
Place Of Birth Subiaco, Lazio, Italy
Height 1.65 m
Profession Actress, Soundtrack, Director
Nationality Italian
Spouse Milko Skofic (m. 1949–1971)
Children Andrea Milko Skofic
Parents Giovanni Lollobrigida, Giuseppina Mercuri
Siblings Giuliana Lollobrigida, Maria Lollobrigida, Fernanda Lollobrigida
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gina-Lollobrigida-PAGINA-UFFICIALE/191741407543663
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0518178/
Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/gina-lollobrigida-mn0000910103
Awards NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation’s Anniversary Gala (2008), Nastro d’Argento for Best Actress (1953),Golden Globe Henrietta Award, World Film Favorite (1961), David di Donatello for Best Actress (1963)
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (1968), for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1984)
Movies “Trapeze” (1956), “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1956), “Solomon and Sheba” (1959), “Never So Few” (1959), “Come September” (1961), “Strange Bedfellows” (1965), “Hotel Paradiso” (1966), “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968), “XXL” (1997)
TV Shows “Portrait of Gina” (1958), “The Adventures of Pinocchio” (1972), “Falcon Crest” (1984), “The Love Boat” (1986)
Trademark
1 Seductive deep voice
2 Voluptuous figure
3 Large brown eyes
4 Natural brunette hair
Quote
1 I have experience seducing nephews.
2 A woman at 20 is like ice, at 30 she is warm and at 40 she is hot.
3 I do what I like now. I just don’t have time for it all.
4 I’ve had many lovers and still have romances. I am very spoiled. All my life, I’ve had too many admirers.
5 There is only one trouble with having played the most famous courtesan of all times and that is, after Sheba, all other roles will certainly seem tame and anticlimactic.
6 My cinema — the ’50s, ’60s — is different from the cinema today so I thought that it would not be bad to show that kind of cinema where we could dream.
7 Popularity has a bright side, it unlocks many doors. But the truth is that I don’t like it very much because it changes the private life into a very small thing.
Fact
1 Retired from acting in 1997 after 50 years in the motion picture industry.
2 In October 2006, at age 79, she announced to Spain’s ¡Hola! magazine her engagement to a 45-year-old Spanish businessman, Javier Rigau y Rafols. They had met at a party in Monte Carlo in 1984 and had since become companions. The engagement was called off on 6 December 2006, reportedly because of the strain of intense media interest. In January 2013, she started legal action against Javier Rigau y Rafols, claiming that her ex-boyfriend had staged a secret ceremony in which he “married” an imposter pretending to be her at a registry office in Barcelona. She said he intended to lay claim to her estate after her death. Lollobrigida accused Rigau of fraud, saying that he had earlier obtained the legal right to act on her behalf with a power of attorney, and carried out the plot to get extra power.
3 Has one grandson: Dimitri Milko.
4 Gave birth to her first child at age 30, a son Milko Skofic Jr. on July 28, 1957. Child’s father is now ex-husband, Milko Skofic.
5 In May 2013, her diamond jewelry sold for more than $4.9 million in Geneva, setting an auction record for pearl earrings, according to Sotheby’s. The earrings beat the $1.98 million figure set in 2011 from the sale of ones made by Bulgari for Elizabeth Taylor. Lollobrigida said was selling the jewelry to raise money for stem cell research.
6 Was originally considered for one of the leading roles of Lady L (1965).
7 Joey “The Lips” Fagan’s trumpet in the Roddy Doyle novel “The Commitments” is named after her.
8 Was head of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1986.
9 Was considered for the role of Asunción Olazábal in Más allá del horizonte (1994), which went to Luisa Kuliok.
10 Has three sisters: Guiliana, Maria and Fernanda Lollobrigida.
11 She was placed third in the Miss Italy competition in 1947 behind Lucia Bosé and Gianna Maria Canale.
12 She was a successful photojournalist and scooped the world’s press by obtaining an exclusive interview with Fidel Castro.
13 “Lollo”, a kind of curly lettuce, was named after her.
14 In November 1998, £10,000 worth of her jewels was stolen from a bag. This happened at a hotel reception in Munich, Germany, while she was waiting for a taxi to the airport.
15 Born at 8:00am-CET.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
XXL 1997 Gaby Berrebi
Una donna in fuga 1996 TV Movie Eleonora Riboldi
One Hundred and One Nights 1995 L’épouse médium du professeur Bébel
La romana 1988 TV Mini-Series Margherita
The Love Boat 1986 TV Series Carla Lucci
Deceptions 1985 TV Movie Princess Alessandra
Falcon Crest 1984 TV Series Francesca Gioberti
The Lonely Woman 1973 Netty, aka ‘Tani’, the photographer
Obraz uz obraz 1973 TV Series Djina
Le avventure di Pinocchio 1972 TV Mini-Series Fatina Azzurra
King, Queen, Knave 1972 Martha Dreyer
Bad Man’s River 1971 Alicia
Un bellissimo novembre 1969 Cettina
Stuntman 1968 Evelyn Lake
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell 1968 Carla Campbell
The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell 1968 Maria (as Miss Gina Lollobrigida)
Death Laid an Egg 1968 Anna
Young Rebel 1967 Giulia
Le piacevoli notti 1966 Domicilla
Les Sultans 1966 Lisa
Hotel Paradiso 1966 Marcelle Cot
Me, Me, Me… and the Others 1966 Titta
Strange Bedfellows 1965 Toni Vincente
The Dolls 1965 Beatrice (segment “Monsignor Cupido”)
Woman of Straw 1964 Maria Marcello
Mare matto 1963 Margherita
Imperial Venus 1962 Paulette Bonaparte
La bellezza d’Ippolita 1962 Ippolita
Come September 1961 Lisa Helena Fellini
Go Naked in the World 1961 Guilietta Cameron
Never So Few 1959 Carla Vesari
Solomon and Sheba 1959 Sheba
The Law 1959 Marietta
Fast and Sexy 1958 Anna
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1956 Esmeralda
Trapeze 1956 Lola
Beautiful But Dangerous 1955 Lina Cavalieri
Frisky 1954 La Bersagliera
Woman of Rome 1954 Adriana
Crossed Swords 1954 Francesca
Flesh and the Woman 1954 Sylvia Sorrego / Helena Ricci
Bread, Love and Dreams 1953 La Bersagliera
Beat the Devil 1953 Maria Dannreuther
The Wayward Wife 1953 Gemma Vagnuzzi
The Unfaithfuls 1953 Lulla Possenti
Times Gone By 1952 Mariantonia (segment “Il processo di Frine”)
Beauties of the Night 1952 La caissière du Grand Café / Leïla 1830
Wife for a Night 1952 Ottavia
Fan-Fan the Tulip 1952 Adeline La Franchise
Amor non ho! Però, però.. 1951 Gina
Achtung! Banditi! 1951 Anna
The Young Caruso 1951 Stella
Four Ways Out 1951 Daniela
A Tale of Five Women 1951 Maria Severini
Vita da cani 1950 Margherita ‘Rita Buton’
The White Line 1950 Donata Sebastian
Alina 1950 Alina
Miss Italia 1950 Lisetta Minneci
La sposa non può attendere 1949 Donata
Campane a martello 1949 Agostina
Love of a Clown – Pagliacci 1948 Nedda, wife of Canio
Mad About Opera 1948 Dora Scala – la fidanzata di Guido
When Love Calls 1947 uncredited
A Man About the House 1947 uncredited
Flesh Will Surrender 1947 Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
Elixir of Love 1947 Adina’s girlfriend (uncredited)
Return of the Black Eagle 1946 Una ragazza alla festa

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
The Dean Martin Show 1969 TV Series performer – 1 episode
The Law 1959 performer: “La Loi La Legge”
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1956 performer: “Danza di Esmeralda” – uncredited
Beautiful But Dangerous 1955 performer: “Vissi d’arte” from opera “Tosca”, “Ideale”, “A Frangesa”, “La Spagnola”, “Pourquoi ne pas m’aimer”, “La ciociara”
Frisky 1954 performer: “La saltarella” – uncredited
De tú a tú 1991 TV Series performer – 1 episode
Ötszemközt 1973 TV Series performer: “C’est si bon”, “C’est Magnifique”

Director

Title Year Status Character
Le Filippine 1972 Documentary short
Ritratto di Fidel 1972 Documentary short

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Le Filippine 1972 Documentary short
Ritratto di Fidel 1972 Documentary short

Producer

Title Year Status Character
Le Filippine 1972 Documentary short producer
Ritratto di Fidel 1972 Documentary short producer

Music Department

Title Year Status Character
The Young Caruso 1951 singing voice: Maurizio Di Nardo

Self

Title Year Status Character
Cinet 2012 TV Series Herself
Box Office 3D: Il film dei film 2011 Herself
Fata Morgana 2005 TV Series Herself
Carta de ajuste 2004 TV Series documentary Herself – Guest
Vivement dimanche 2003 TV Series Herself
Thé ou café 2003 TV Series Herself
Le plus grand cabaret du monde 2003 TV Series Herself
Tout le monde en parle 2003 TV Series Herself
Élection de Miss France 2002 TV Series Herself – Présidente du jury
Cheer for Charlie: Charlie Goes Latin 2002 TV Movie documentary Herself
E! True Hollywood Story 2002 TV Series documentary Herself
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration 2001 TV Special documentary Herself
Boulevard Bio 1998 TV Series Herself
Millionär gesucht! – Die SKL Show 1998 TV Series Herself
Speciale mastroianni – il fascino della normalità 1996 TV Movie documentary Herself
Belmondo, le magnifique 1996 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1995 TV Series Herself – Guest
La marche du siècle 1995 TV Series documentary Herself
¡Hola Raffaella! 1993 TV Series Herself – Guest
Momentos de Glória 1993 TV Series Herself (1993)
Scherzi a parte 1992 TV Series Herself (1993)
De tú a tú 1991 TV Series Herself – Guest
A Night on Mount Edna 1990 TV Movie Herself
Anthony Quinn: An Original 1990 TV Movie documentary Herself
Más estrellas que en el cielo 1989 TV Series documentary Herself – Guest
La biennale di Venezia: 45ª Mostra internazionale del cinema 1988 TV Movie Herself
Àngel Casas Show 1988 TV Series Herself – Guest
Fantastico 8 1987 TV Series Herself
Fame, Fortune and Romance 1987 TV Series Herself
Wetten, dass..? 1986 TV Series Herself
This Is Your Life 1985 TV Series documentary Herself
La nuit des Césars 1979-1985 TV Series documentary Herself
The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1985 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards 1984 TV Special Herself – Presenter
Stelle emigranti 1982 TV Movie documentary Herself
Night of 100 Stars 1982 TV Special Herself
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny 1982 TV Movie Herself
Lola, Lola y Lollo 1982 TV Movie Herself – Hostess
The 35th Annual Tony Awards 1981 TV Special Herself
Stars 1980 TV Series Herself
Les rendez-vous du dimanche 1980 TV Series Herself
Aujourd’hui Madame 1980 TV Series Herself
La hora de… 1975 TV Series Herself
The 16th Annual TV Week Logie Awards 1974 TV Special Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1969-1973 TV Series Herself – Guest
Ötszemközt 1973 TV Series Herself (1973)
V.I.P.-Schaukel 1971-1972 TV Series documentary Herself
Film Night 1972 TV Series Herself
Stars in der Manege 1972 TV Series documentary Performer
Gala de l’Unicef 1972 TV Series Herself
Le Filippine 1972 Documentary short Herself – Interviewer
Ritratto di Fidel 1972 Documentary short Herself – Interviewer
Flip 1970 TV Series Herself
The Engelbert Humperdinck Show 1970 TV Series Herself
The Dean Martin Show 1969 TV Series Herself
The Dick Cavett Show 1969 TV Series Herself
Paris aktuell 1969 TV Series documentary Herself
Laugh-In 1969 TV Series Herself
Cinema 1969 TV Series documentary Herself
Le démoniaque 1968 Herself / Cameo appearance (uncredited)
What’s My Line? 1954-1967 TV Series Herself – Mystery Guest / Herself – Mystery Guest #2
A Bob Hope Comedy Special 1966 TV Special Herself
Stasera Rita 1966 TV Movie Herself
The Bob Hope Show 1959-1965 TV Series Herself
Gala de l’union 1963 TV Series Herself
Here’s Hollywood 1962 TV Series Herself
Cinépanorama 1956-1961 TV Series documentary Herself
The 33rd Annual Academy Awards 1961 TV Special Herself – Presenter: Best Director
Hollywood – Ein Vorort in vier Anekdoten 1960 TV Short documentary Herself (uncredited)
Discorama 1959 TV Series Herself
Orson Welles at Large: Portrait of Gina 1958 TV Short documentary Herself
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom 1958 TV Series Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show 1955-1958 TV Series Herself
Person to Person 1958 TV Series documentary Herself
Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall 1956 TV Series Herself
The Jimmy Durante Show 1954 TV Series Herself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Herr von Bohlen privat 2015 Documentary Herself (uncredited)
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All 2015 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 2013 TV Movie documentary Herself
Love, Marilyn 2012 Documentary Herself (uncredited)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai e l’Istituto Luce raccontano la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1932-1953 2012 TV Movie documentary Herself
Woody Allen: A Documentary 2012 Documentary Herself (uncredited)
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968-1979 2011 TV Movie documentary Herself
Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1954-1967 2010 TV Movie documentary Herself
Gilles Jacob: CIitizen Cannes 2010 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Naked Archaeologist 2008-2010 TV Series documentary Sheba / Adriana
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger 2010 Documentary Lisa Helena Fellini (uncredited)
Hollywood sul Tevere 2009 Documentary Herself
Comic Relief 2009 2009 TV Special
Ceremonia de inauguración – 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián 2008 TV Movie
La tele de tu vida 2007 TV Series Herself
Cannes, 60 ans d’histoires 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself
Aquí hay tomate 2006 TV Series Herself
Graffiti 60 2004 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself
Victoria Wood’s Big Fat Documentary 2004 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself
Sexe, censure et télévision 2001 TV Movie documentary Herself
Hollywood Remembers 2000 TV Series documentary
Mitomanía 1997 TV Series Herself
The 1950’s: Music, Memories & Milestones 1988 Video documentary Herself
Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen 1981 TV Movie documentary Herself
Sixty Years of Seduction 1981 TV Movie documentary
Bob Hope’s Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops – 1941-1972 1980 TV Movie documentary Herself
Bob Hope’s World of Comedy 1976 TV Movie Herself
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca 1975
The Love Goddesses 1965 Documentary Herself
The Ed Sullivan Show 1958-1963 TV Series Herself
Lykke og krone 1962 Documentary Herself (uncredited)
Zwischen Glück und Krone 1959 Documentary Herself
Bilanz des Jahres 1957 TV Series Herself

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 60th Anniversary David David di Donatello Awards
2012 Excellence Award Rome Film Fest
2012 Le Colonne Award Taormina International Film Festival
2010 50th Anniversary Golden Globe Golden Globes, Italy
2010 Career Award Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival
2008 Golden Marc’Aurelio Acting Award Rome Film Fest
2006 50th Anniversary David David di Donatello Awards
2001 Taormina Arte Award Taormina International Film Festival
1997 Career Award Flaiano International Prizes Cinema
1997 Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award Joseph Plateau Awards
1996 Actor’s Mission Award Art Film Festival
1996 40th Anniversary David David di Donatello Awards
1995 Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1992 40th Anniversary Goblet Golden Goblets, Italy
1990 Bambi Bambi Awards Unknockable Stars
1987 Bambi Bambi Awards Jubilee Representing the 1960s.
1986 Berlinale Camera Berlin International Film Festival
1986 Golden Medal of the City of Rome David di Donatello Awards
1969 David David di Donatello Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
1963 David David di Donatello Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) Venere imperiale (1962)
1963 Silver Ribbon Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Venere imperiale (1962)
1961 Henrietta Award Golden Globes, USA World Film Favorite – Female
1959 Bambi Bambi Awards Best Actress – International La legge (1959)
1958 Bambi Bambi Awards Best Actress – International Trapeze (1956)
1957 Bambi Bambi Awards Best Actress – International Notre-Dame de Paris (1956)
1956 Bambi Bambi Awards Best Actress – International La donna più bella del mondo (Lina Cavalieri) (1955)
1956 David David di Donatello Awards Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) La donna più bella del mondo (Lina Cavalieri) (1955)
1954 Silver Ribbon Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) Pane, amore e fantasia (1953)
1953 Golden Goblet Golden Goblets, Italy Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) La provinciale (1953)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1985 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Falcon Crest (1981)
1969 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
1955 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Foreign Actress Pane, amore e fantasia (1953)

2nd Place Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1961 Bambi Bambi Awards Best Actress – International Come September (1961)
1960 Bambi Bambi Awards Best Actress – International Solomon and Sheba (1959)
1957 Bravo Otto Germany Bravo Otto Best Actress (Schauspielerin)

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