Luigia “Gina” Lollobrigida was an Italian politician, photojournalist, and actress. Lollobrigida was a high-profile European actress in the 1950s and early 1960s when she was an international sex symbol.
Lollobrigida was one of the last living high-profile international actors from Hollywood’s Golden Age at the time of her death.
Howard Hughes signed Lollobrigida to a preliminary seven-year contract to make three films per year in 1950. Lollobrigida refused the contract’s final terms, preferring to remain in Europe, and Hughes fired her.
Hughes kept Lollobrigida’s contract despite selling RKO Pictures in 1955. The dispute prevented her from working in American films shot in the United States until 1959, but not in American productions shot in Europe, despite Hughes’ frequent threats to sue the producers.
How did Gina Lollobrigida die?
Gina Lollobrigida died on January 16, 2023, in Rome, at the age of 95. Lollobrigida died in a clinic in Rome, according to the Italian news agency Lapresse. There was no mention of a cause of death.
