Gina Lollobrigida dies – level 1
20-01-2023 07:00
Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress. She dies in Rome on Monday. She is 95 years old. Lollobrigida is born in Subiaco in 1927. As a young woman, she is a model. She gets third place in Miss Italy in 1947.
She becomes famous in the 1950s. She plays in many Europeans and American films. One of her biggest roles is in the film ‘Beat the Devil’. She plays with actor Humphrey Bogart in the film.
Lollobrigida stops making films in 1997. She becomes a photographer and sculptor. She also works for fashion and makeup companies. She is a UNICEF ambassador.
She is married to a Yugoslavian doctor for 22 years. They have one son together.
Difficult words: role (an actor’s part in a play or film), sculptor (an artist who makes objects from wood, clay, or stone), ambassador (a person who works for a country or organization in another country).
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