Besides “The World’s Most Beautiful Woman” in 1955, Gina Lollobrigida's career highlights included “Come September,” with Rock Hudson and “Beat the Devil,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones.
, who achieved international film stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" after the title of one her movies, died in Rome on Monday, her agent said. She was 95.
"Lollo," as she was lovingly nicknamed by Italians, began making movies in Italy just after the end of World War II, as the country began to promote on the big screen a stereotypical concept of Mediterranean beauty as buxom and brunette. In Italy, she worked with some of the country’s top directors following the war, including Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Pietro Germi and Vittorio De Sica.
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