Gina Lollobrigida represents the Golden age of Italian cinema.
This sultry beauty has excited the imagination of men, she is imitated by millions of women. Eternal optimist who managed to realize themselves and after sunset filmography.
The future sex symbol of Italy Gina Lollobrigida was born in 1927 in a poor family with many children. Looking at the incredible beauty of the girls, she predicted a wealthy groom and serene life of a housewife. But fate decreed otherwise.
At first, Gina thought about the career of the artist, despite the fact that her sister worked with girls at the Studio. She studied painting, dabbled in singing. One day her mother insisted that Gina took part in a beauty contest. She took only second place, but was spotted by film industry figures.
For the first its role as Gina had requested an incredibly high fee for aspiring actress. Oddly enough, but the Director went to her concessions. Then followed a cameo role, who for three years did not contribute to the promotion of the actress. Everything changed after the film “Fanfan-the Tulip” (1952). It was a success, and was followed by fame and universal adoration. By the way, sonorous name is not allowed Gina to get lost among the galaxy of other actors, because “Lollo” in Italian was translated as “bust”.
Howard Hughes invited Lollobrigida to move to Hollywood, but she refused, which, however has not prevented the actress to play in several films produced by dream Factory. Among them were such tapes, as “Notre Dame Cathedral”, “Sea”, “Solomon and Sheba”.
In the press and compare Gina Lollobrigida and Michelle Mercier (a famous Angelique). Between Actresses waged a secret war. Sometimes a third between them were Sophia Loren. Their competition called “battle of the busts”.
But fashion is fickle in the film industry. Some idols are replaced by others. In the “trend” become sexy beauty, cute and naive girls such as Audrey Hepburn. Gina Lollobrigida soberly assess the situation, so she was picky in her selection of roles: mainly the actress starred in the venerable Directors, playing specific characters.
In the early 1970’s the film career of the actress coming to an end, but that does not give up and picks up the camera. Photography became her second passion. Using his fame and feminine charm Gina takes the most famous people of the time: Salvador Dali, Paul Newman, and even Fidel Castro.
It should be noted that the actress looks at the height at any age. She has even insured his chest for a million dollars. Each year, a special person had to measure the distance from the breast to the navel. If it is reduced to a certain level, the woman will pay the money. In 70 years, Gina has received all insurance.
