Gina Lollobrigida turns 95, a tribute to her career with the Silver Ribbon

Gina Lollobrigida turns 95 and Film Journalists pay homage to her with the prestigious Silver Ribbon for Career 2022. This was announced by the National Board of the Award who wishes the legendary Gina, “her magnificent 95 years and together with a splendid career that began on set in 1946, the same year in which the Nastri d’Argento were born in Rome “. The Sngci in agreement with the MiC – Directorate General for Cinema, will deliver the Award during an institutional event in Cinecittà, not surprisingly the most iconic place that has always marked the presence of Italian cinema in the world and which, even more in this new season, it combines the memory of a glorious past with the project for the international relaunch of its Studios. “Gina Lollobrigida is an icon of Italian cinema and an actress who, like few others, has had and continues to have an international image and popularity – explains the President, Laura Delli Colli on behalf of the National Board of Film Journalists – Reward her for her career it is the best tribute to say happy birthday to her today and to celebrate, together, a success that the specialized press highlighted with the first awards, immediately signaling her as a very young actress who would have come a long way “. This is how it has happened since her adventure began, after the Miss Italia catwalk, with the short skirts and braids of the ‘Bersagliera’ of Pane amore e fantasia alongside Vittorio De Sica, directed by Luigi Comencini. artist and photographer also baptized in the world simply ‘Lollo’. After her debut as a rough but beautiful and generous commoner, she was directed among others by Mario Soldati, Luigi Zampa, Mauro Bolognini and immediately requested in Hollywood where in 1953 she appeared with Humphrey Bogart in ‘The treasure of Africa’ by John Huston. That film was followed, among others, by John Sturges’ Sacred and Profane (1959) with Frank Sinatra and in 1964 ‘The Straw Woman’ with Sean Connery. Awarded the Golden Globe in 1961 for Robert Mulligan’s ‘Back to September’ with Rock Hudson, she has won the David di Donatello seven times and has entered the news, apart from the tumultuous events suffered in recent years, for an exceptional scoop like the memorable interview with Fidel Castro. In 2018, on the occasion of the Filming Italy Festival, Hollywood once again bowed to the popularity of the actress who will go down in history with the title of the film in which she staged the story of Lina Cavalieri: to Gina, the “most beautiful woman of the world “, the Walk of Fame dedicated a coveted star, received with great emotion but also with his unmistakable verve. On her knees, Lollo kissed the star, commenting on a historic moment also for Italian cinema: “I was spoiled by Hollywood who treated me like a queen.” And she has never forgotten it.