Gina Lollobrigida, the award-winning Italian film star who rose to fame in the 1950s, has died. She was 95.
Italian media reports she died in Rome, but no cause of death has been announced.
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Additional film credits include Fanfan la Tulipe, Trapeze, Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, and 1956's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, where Lollobrigida played Esmerelda alongside Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo. She also appeared on television shows, including Falcon Crest, and pursued interests like photojournalism and sculpting. She ran for a seat in the European Parliament in 1999, and last fall launched an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat in Italy.
Lollobrigida, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018, is survived by a son.
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