The exotic charms of the dark-haired, independent beauty made her an international sex symbol of postwar cinema.
as Lola, a high-wire artist caught in a love triangle with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. The movie achieved a high degree of realism by having the actors perform most of their own stunts. Lollobrigida trained for six months on a trapeze in her home to prepare for the film.
The actress relocated in 1959 to Hollywood, where she would star with the likes of Rock Hudson, Frank Sinatra and Sean Connery.
By the late ’60s, Lollobrigida was an accomplished photojournalist, and she shot such diverse figures as Paul Newman, Salvador Dali, Audrey Hepburn, Ella Fitzgerald and Henry Kissinger.
Lollobrigida virtually gave up acting in 1997 but continued to pursue photography, painting and sculpture. She
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