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Gina Lollobrigida (1927-2023) was an Italian actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood movies in the 1950s and 1960s. Her IMDb page shows 67 acting credits from 1946-1997. This page will rank 15 Gina Lollobrigida movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her many television appearances and her many movies not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings. Our page on “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” was requested by Lupino and seconded by Pierre.
Gina Lollobrigida Movies Ranked In Chronological Order with Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
Gina Lollobrigida Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
- Sort Gina Lollobrigida films by co-stars of her movies
- Sort Gina Lollobrigida films by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Gina Lollobrigida films by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Gina Lollobrigida films by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Gina Lollobrigida film received.
- Sort Gina Lollobrigida films by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
Possibly Interesting Facts About Gina Lollobrigida By Lupino
- Luigina Lollobrigida was born in Subiaco, Italy in 1927. She was the second of 4 sisters.
2. Gina Lollogridia won her first beauty contest in 1930 as Italy’s cutest/most beautiful toddler.
3. When Gina Lollogrigida’s father’s furniture factory was destroyed near the end of WWll, the family moved to Rome. In 1946 she started to study painting and sculpture on a scholarship.She also began to take opera lessons. To support herself, she took on modeling and became a regular in italian photonovellas.
4. By 1948, she had been discovered by Italian producer Mario Costa and worked as an extra. She also took part in various beauty contests and was not unsuccessful in their final results.
5. In 1952 her career took off with the female lead in Fanfan la Tulipe and Les Belles de la Nuit. From then on, the Italians proudly called her “Gina Nazionale”, the rest of Europe was happy with “La Lollo”.
6. From 1956 on, she worked on both sides of the Atlantic in starring roles. Even at the height of her Hollywood success, she returned to Europe for movies like Anna di Brooklyn and La Legge.
7. Between 1949 and 1971 Lollobrigida was married to a Yugoslavian doctor.They have one son, born in 1957. After her divorce, she began a totally new career as a professional photographer and became very successful- famous models were, amongst others, Paul Newman, Salvador Dali, Fidel Castro. She published 4 books as a photographer, one on her native Italy.
8. In 1990 La Lollo returned to her first love– at 60 plus years she started to take sculpture lessons. After a rough beginning, she had a successful exhibition in Paris in 2003. She dedicated this exhibition to Marilyn Monroe and…Liza Minnelli. She was invited to join the Academy of the Arts in Florence.
9. Her ongoing rivalvry with Sophia Loren kept both their names in the media for years.
10. Gina Lollobrigida has been very active doing charitable work– coming from a poor backround herself, she supported the likes of Ärzte ohne Grenzen (“Doctors Without Borders”), UNESCO or UNICEF.
10A. In 2007, at age 79, Gina wanted to marry again. Her companion for many years was 45 year old spanish Javier Rigau Rifols- and, as La Lollo stated after she refused to marry him on short notice, was nothing but a marriage dodger. The story became very wild, with Rifols marrying Lollo without her knowing and presence in Barcelona, trying to pass a veiled woman as Gina…I remember that incident from the coverage the “wedding that never was” got in the German media at the time- and not just in the yellow press.
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Lots of interesting comments on Lollobrigida and Loren from Euro posters. What I would notice is that while both made box-office spectacles and comedies, Loren had a serious side to her career that Gina didn’t seem to have, with downbeat, artistic films such as Two Women and The Condemned of Altona. And Sophia won an Oscar for Two Women. I notice that your critical ratings have Sophia with three movies over 80, and six over 70, while Gina has only one over 70.
Hey John. Good points on their different types of movies…and for using the UMR stats to make you points….I like when people do that. 🙂 Sophia’s Oscar win is another strong point to argue….while Gina never got recognized by the Academy. Thanks for checking out the page and all the comments….she has indeed gotten people to share there thoughts on her career.
BRUCE
1 I agree with you about Gina’s stats and of course she was in the commercial blockbuster Solomon and Delilah – surprised you didn’t credit Angela with that one too! Wikipedia records that it made piles of money [as reflected in your own healthy adjusted figure] and as Gina was a legal partner in the financial backing of the film she made a small fortune from it.
2 It did not fare well with your critic/audience panel and the reviews at the time were mixed if I recall correctly. However such considerations were in a way academic as the main focus and hype were on (a) the association of the flick with Power’s sad death and his replacement by Brynner (b) the fact that Yul [as Samson?] had hair for once !
3 I am not familiar with Sophia’s foreign language movies and away from the America screen I can recall only that she drew negative publicity for a time because of an alleged real life affair with Archie Leach her co-star in two successful movies. However I did see a few of Gina’s “continental” movies as they were called in those days and found them drab affairs [compared with French classics such as Rififi and Belmondo’s Breathless***] with Gina usually playing low-life characters such as hookers which caused one critic to opine that they would not have gone down well in the US because “Americans aren’t entertained by movies about ‘losers’ “!
***However one historian comparing the Italian with the French cinema said that what they usually had it common was that it was mandatory for the plot to include a scenario in which a husband gets cuckolded!
Hey Bob….the return of Joel Hirschhorn…..his take on Gina…. “Gina Lollobrigida has talent and beauty, but like many European stars, such as Maria Schell and Alida Valli, her special quality didn’t work well on American shores”.
I did not know Angela was in Solomon and Sheba….I will make sure to go back and give her proper credit….lol. After reading the comments of Lupino and Pierre I am beginning to realize that I know almost nothing about movie history outside of the United States.
Archie fell hard for Sophia…..and you can tell by the way he looks at her in Houseboat and to a lesser degree in Passion and the Pride. Funny comment about the Italian and French cinema.
Gina Lollobrigida may not have been nominated for an Academy Award, but she surely has a shelf full of awards at home (most from Europe, many from Germany (Taken from Imdb.com):
Golden Globes, USA
1985 Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Falcon Crest (1981)
1969 Nominated
Golden Globe Best Actress – Comedy or Musical
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
1961 Won
Henrietta Award World Film Favorite – Female
BAFTA Awards
1955 Nominated
BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress
Pane, amore e fantasia (1953)
Italy.
Art Film Festival
1996 Won
Actor’s Mission Award
Bambi Awards (Germany)
1990 Won
Bambi Unknockable Stars
1987 Won
Bambi Jubilee
Representing the 1960s.
1961 2nd place
Bambi Best Actress – International
Come September (1961)
1960 2nd place
Bambi Best Actress – International
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
1959 Won
Bambi Best Actress – International
La legge (1959)
1958 Won
Bambi Best Actress – International
Trapeze (1956)
1957 Won
Bambi Best Actress – International
Notre-Dame de Paris (1956)
1956 Won
Bambi Best Actress – International
La donna più bella del mondo (Lina Cavalieri) (1955)
Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)
1986 Won
Berlinale Camera
Bravo Otto (German magazine for Teenagers)
1957 2nd place (Silberner Otto)
Bravo Otto Germany Best Actress
David di Donatello Awards
2016 Won
60th Anniversary David
2006 Won
50th Anniversary David
1996 Won
40th Anniversary David
1986 Won
Golden Medal of the City of Rome
1969 Won
David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
Tied with Monica Vitti .
1963 Won
David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)
Venere imperiale (1962)
Tied with Silvana Mangano for Il processo di Verona (1963).
1956 Won
David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)
La donna più bella del mondo (Lina Cavalieri) (1955)
Flaiano International Prizes
1997 Won
Career Award Cinema
Golden Globes, Italy
2010 Won
50th Anniversary Golden Globe
Golden Goblets, Italy
1992 Won
40th Anniversary Goblet
1953 Won
Golden Goblet Best Actress (Migliore Attrice)
La provinciale (1953)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
1963 Won
Silver Ribbon Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista)
Venere imperiale (1962)
1954 Won
Silver Ribbon Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista)
Pane, amore e fantasia (1953)
Joseph Plateau Awards
1997 Won
Joseph Plateau Life Achievement Award
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1995 Won
Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival
2010 Won
Career Award
Rome Film Fest
2012 Won
Excellence Award
2008 Won
Golden Marc’Aurelio Acting Award
Taormina International Film Festival
2012 Won
Le Colonne Award
2001 Won
Taormina Arte Award
Hey Lupino…..you are right….this is truly an impressive collection of acting awards for her. You have made a good case that we Americans probably missed the boat when not giving Gina more attention when she was in her prime. Going back to my Joel Hirschhorn book…Rating The Movies…this is what he said about her.
“Gina Lollobrigida has talent and beauty, but like many European stars, such as Maria Schell and Alida Valli, her special quality didn’t work well on American shores”.
Thanks for all of these information on your requested star.
Maria Schell was so famous in Germany! I never thought that highly of her, I always felt she was either smiling or crying (her nickname in the press was “Seelchen” = little soul ), but when I saw her in some foreign films, I changed my mind completly. Given a good script and a good director, she really was a match for the best of them. I did not like her in The Brother’s Karamasov, though, so I understand that her american career never took off. Alida Valli was a good actress, too, but look at her american movies: one of the weakest Hitchcock’s plus The Miracle of the Bells…still, imo she delivered good performances in both. Thank’s for the Hirschhorn quote!
Hey Lupino….I have seen Maria Schell’s name a few times….but your comment is now about 99% of what I know about her. Thanks for the mini-reviews on some of her movies. Good stuff as always.
BRUCE
1 Just in case you didn’t know it Maria Schell was the sister of Maximillian Schell who won the Best Actor Oscar for Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) also starring Tracy, Lancaster, Widmark etc.
2 As reflected in Lupino’s comments Maria was crucified for her performance in The Brothers Karamazov in 1958, the role originally being intended for Monroe, and things got even worse for Maria two years later as Glenn Ford’s leading lady in Cimarron which was a disastrous flop that lost MGM approx 30 million in today’s dollars.
3 As often there is a Dan-like link running through this trivia as Maximillian was a great pal of Mr Mumbles and appeared with the latter in The Young Lions and The Freshman whilst sister Maria had a supporting role in the mumbling version of Superman (1978)
Hey Bob….I did not know that at all. You would think “Schell” would have gotten me thinking. I did not that Maria was listed in Superman….makes you think maybe Brando pulled some strings to get his buddy’s sister in the movie too. I am sure I will be seeing her in a movie soon…..and go….”Oh that’s Maria Schell”. 🙂
Hello again Mr. Cogerson,
just found out you didn’t know Maria was Max’s sister. Sorry, should have made that clear. Two people from Vienna (though raised in Switzerland) with a successful career in international movies. As he had done with Dietrich, Maximilian Schell did a depressing documentary on his sister, aptly titled “My Sister Maria”. What was so depressing about it is the fact that it showed Miss Schell in the last stage of her life, suffering severly from Alzheimer’s disease. Contrasting her then current self with clips from her movie successes as a young woman, it really gave you the creeps when thinking about your own mortality…
Hey Lupino….that Schell documentary does sound like it would make you think about your own mortality…..good feedback.
Hello Lupino,
I know and I appreciate Miss Schell in a french film, where she was so funny,
She plaid à countess in a film which is called “le diable par la queue”
It is a french expression which means you Have no money, you need money and you Have to find some by anyway…..I dont know if it was on US market…
She was Casted with Yves Montand and Marthe Keller , Madeleine Renaud….
Montand is known in US because he turned a film with Monroe and I think Keller too because she plaid with DustinHoffman in “Marathon Man “, Al Pacino “Bobby Derfield and One of the last of Billy Wilder “Fedora” where she plaid à part near Garbo or Dietrich…and of course some others films….
I am not sur about Madeleine Renaud but she started her cariere before the war.
Anyway it was a big succes in France because it was simply FUN….
I know Maximilien too by Judgement at Nuremberg And his film about Dietrich which I saw and I remembered only one things ….the Voice of Marlene…
Have à Nice day
Pierre
🙂
Hello Bruce ,
First of all thank you very much for the page, and I know Miss Lollobrigida is more Europe actress than America, I Also know that you Have not a lot of films of her in american box office, but she made films in Hollywood.
Bardot never, the only American she made, with James Stewart was turned in France and Hollywood and Jimmy came to her fo the film.
The first Greats succes in France of Lollobrigida were two french films
Fanfan la Tulipe with Gerard Philippe (our movie myth because he Died very young) and Belles de Nuit always with Gerard Philippe and Martine Carole (our Number one before Bardot).
And I think she has such a magic name ……
Thank you for all
Pierre
Hello Pierre,
Belle De Nuit was 50/50 french/italian made.
Hello Laurent
You are right , I Forget it ,Sorry ….always problem of memory…..from Time to Time
Bonne fin de soirée
Pierre
Hey Pierre…..nobody’s perkect!….lol.
Just looked up Belle De Nuit …which is called Beauties of the Night here. It has a 7.1 IMDb rating….but only a little over 400 votes there. I am thinking many movie fans are not aware of that movie at all. Looks like she was billed 3rd in that movie.
Hey Pierre…..glad you liked this page. Thanks for the information on Gina’s success in France. Gotta admit…I have not even heard of Fanfan la Tulipe or Belles de Nuit. Interesting that it sounds like France has their own version of James Dean in Gerard Philippe. Good information…and it is wonderful to see how movies are viewed in other countries. Good feedback.
Bruce, that is amazing 🙂
Gina first came to my attention when I watched the TV mini series Pinocchio in the early 70’s when I was still a child. She played the good fairy, and although she was well over 40 by then, I was amazed by her beauty. In Germany, many of her italian films were shown on TV, and she quickly became a favorite of mine in films like Fanfan, la Tulipe, Pane, Amore e Fantasia and Pane Amore e Gelosia. I always prefered La Lollo to Sophia Loren, though I must add that I think Loren made some very impressive films and showed some real acting chops in her long and prolific career. But the beauty of Gina….;)
I have seen 9 movies from your list, with Trapeze, Come September, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell and Woman of Straw (though a bit unbelievable) being my favorites. Add a couple of her italian movies to that list. Just for the record: Gina, too, appeared on Falcon Crest, and still was a stunner at 56.
I think Miss Lollobrigida would enjoy your birthday present a lot- so do I. Molte grazie!
Hey Lupino.
1. Tally count: 9 for you…and a three way tie with 5….Flora, Steve and me.
2. Glad I was able to get this Gina page out so quickly…and that you liked it as well.
3. Thanks for sharing your childhood memory and how you first remember Gina L.
4. Sounds like the Gina/Sophia competition overseas was like the states Elvis vs Frank Sinatra….or Joan Crawford vs Bette Davis.
5. I enjoyed Woman of Straw….she was very lovely in that one…but it was Sean Connery that impressed me the most…..his role was a huge departure for him for sure.
Happy Birthday Gina!