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Matilda De Angelis
Matilda De Angelis
Italian actress
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Milva
Milva
Italian singer and actress
Gina Lollobrigida
Italian actress

Gina Lollobrigida

Intro
Italian actress
Awards Received
Officier des Arts et des Lettres‎
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Golden Globe Award
David di Donatello for Best Actress
Flaiano Prize
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
Joseph Plateau Awards 1997
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Rome Film Festival

Luigia Lollobrigida (born 4 July 1927), known professionally as Gina Lollobrigida, is an Italian actress and photojournalist. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol.

As her film career slowed, she established a second career as a photojournalist. In the 1970s, she achieved a scoop by gaining access to Fidel Castro for an exclusive interview.

She has continued as an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). In 2008, she received the NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation's Anniversary Gala. In 2013, she sold her jewelry collection, and donated the nearly $5 million from the sale to benefit stem-cell therapy research.


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