Luigina “Gina” Lollobrigida was born on the 4th July 1927, in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy, and is an actress and photojournalist, still best known for her roles in such movies as “Beat the Devil” (1953), “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1956), “The Law” (1959), and “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968). Lollobrigida won numerous awards including two Golden Globes nominations. Her acting career started in 1946 and ended in 1997.
Have you ever wondered how rich Gina Lollobrigida is, as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Lollobrigida’s net worth is as high as $20 million, earned through her successful career as an actress. In addition to being among the most famous Italian actresses of the time, Lollobrigida worked as a journalist too, which also improved her wealth.
Gina Lollobrigida Net Worth $20 Million
Gina Lollobrigida was one of four daughters of a furniture manufacturer father and his wife. She participated in beauty contests from an early age and also did some modelling that helped her start an acting career. In 1946, Gina had her big-screen debut in the movie called “Return of the Black Eagle”, and in 1947 Lollobrigida finished third in the Miss Italia pageant, so gaining national fame which secured her numerous roles in the future.
By the end of the ‘40s, Lollobrigida had parts in “Mad About Opera” (1948) and “Campane a Martello” (1949), and Howard Hughes even invited her to work in Hollywood, but she refused and decided to stay in Europe until 1959. In the meantime, Gina starred in more than 20 films including “Alina” (1950), “Vita da cani” (1950), “Four Ways Out” (1951), and “Attention! Bandits!” (1951), which helped her establish her net worth, but also boost her popularity. She also had roles in “Fan-Fan the Tulip” (1952), “Wife for a Night” (1952), “Beauties of the Night” (1952), “The Unfaithfuls” (1953), and “The Wayward Wife” (1953). Later, she began to play in American produced films, starting with John Huston’s “Beat the Devil” (1953) also starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones.
Lollobrigida ended the ‘50’s with notable roles in “Trapeze” (1956) with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1956) with Anthony Quinn, “Solomon and Sheba” (1959) starring Yul Brynner, and “Never So Few” (1959) with Frank Sinatra and Steve McQueen. Thanks to these roles, Lollobrigida gained international fame and her net worth significantly increased. She moved to Hollywood to work, and filmed many important movies such as “Come September” (1961) with Rock Hudson, “Woman of Straw” (1964) starring Sean Connery, “Strange Bedfellows” (1965), “Hotel Paradiso” (1966) with Alec Guinness, and Golden Globe-nominated “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968).
Lollobrigida’s career slowed down in the ‘70s as she decided to switch to journalism. However, she filmed a few movies, including “King, Queen, Knave” (1972), “Deceptions” (1985), “One Hundred and One Nights” (1995), and her last one “XXL” (1997) with Michel Boujenah and Gérard Depardieu, which only increased her net worth.
She had a decent career as a photojournalist, and photographed many celebrities including Paul Newman, Salvador Dalí, Audrey Hepburn, Henry Kissinger, Ella Fitzgerald, David Cassidy, and the German national football team. Among other notable work, Lollobrigida interviewed the Cuban president Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Regarding her personal life, Gina Lollobrigida was married to Slovenian physician, Milko Škofič, from 1949 to 1971; he abandoned the practice to become her manager, but they divorced in 1971 after a series of her affairs including with Christiaan Barnard and George Kaufman in the ‘60s – they have one child together. In 2006, she was engaged to Javier Rigau Rafols, a Spanish businessman, but they called off the engagement later that year. Lollobrigida has been living on her ranch in Sicily since 1949.
Lollobrigida is a well-known philanthropist; she has donated nearly $5 million to the stem cell therapy research.
