(CNN) — Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida has died at the age of 95, Italian news agency ANSA reported Monday, citing relatives.
Her great-nephew, Italian agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida, tweeted the news of her death, calling her “one of the brightest stars of Italian cinema and culture.”
The state media Rai also reported on his death.
Lollobrigida starred in Bread, Love and Dreams, The Wayward Woman and Woman from Rome. Along with Sophia Loren, she came to symbolize Italian actresses in the 1950s and 1960s.
(CNN) — Italian screen legend Gina Lollobrigida has died at the age of 95, Italian news agency ANSA reported Monday, citing relatives.
Her great-nephew, Italian agriculture minister Francesco Lollobrigida, tweeted the news of her death, calling her “one of the brightest stars of Italian cinema and culture.”
The state media Rai also reported on his death.
Lollobrigida starred in Bread, Love and Dreams, The Wayward Woman and Woman from Rome. Along with Sophia Loren, she came to symbolize Italian actresses in the 1950s and 1960s.
