Lucía Bosè

Lucía Bosè

  • Birthday: 1931-01-28
  • Deathday: 2020-03-23
  • Place of birth: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
  • Also know as: Lucia Borloni

Biography

Bosè was born in Milan, Italy, the daughter of Francesca Bosè and Domenico Borloni. After a number of years working in a bakery, Pasticceria Galli, in her native city, in 1947 she won the second edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest. Later, she acted in Dino Risi’s short The Five Days of Milan, then in 1950, she made her big screen debut in Giuseppe De Santis’ Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi (No Peace Under the Olive Tree). The same year, she gave a performance as Paola Molon in Antonioni's Cronaca di un amore. In 1953, Michelangelo Antonioni asked her to play Clara Manni in La signora senza camelie and Juan Antonio Bardem cast her in the lead of Muerte de un ciclista (1955). She also appeared in the 1955 film Gli Sbandati and played the main female role in Luis Buñuel's Cela s'appelle l'aurore (1956). Her career flourished until 1955, when she fell in love with Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín during the filming of Muerte de un ciclista, and gave up acting to marry and raise a family. The couple married twice, first on 1 March 1955 in Las Vegas and then on 19 October of that year, in a Catholic ceremony at the family estate or finca. Dominguín returned to the bullfighting arena abroad, and their first child, Miguel Bosé, was born in Panama on 3 April 1956. Their second child, Lucia, was born in 1957 and their third, Paola, was born in 1960. Lucia and her husband were married until 1968, but their differences were accentuated over time, especially her lack of interest in bullfighting. She never became close to the "Dominguín" clan, and his marital infidelities also took their toll. In 1960, she took a small uncredited role in Jean Cocteau's film Le testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi!. Then, after divorcing Dominguin, she returned full-time to the screen, appearing in Fellini's Fellini Satyricon (1969) and starring in the Taviani Brothers' Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969), Mario Colucci's Something Creeping in The Dark (1971), Liliana Cavani's L'ospite (1972), Giulio Questi's Arcana (1972), Marguerite Duras' Nathalie Granger (1972), Beni Montresor's La messe dorée (1975), Jeanne Moreau's Lumière (1976) and Daniel Schmid's Violanta (1976). She continued to be active in both Italian and Spanish films, appearing in Francesco Rosi's Cronaca di una morte annunciata (1987), Agustí Villaronga's El niño de la luna (1989), Ferzan Özpetek's Harem Suare (1999) and Roberto Faenza's I Viceré (2007).

Filmography

Nathalie Granger

1973

As Isabelle Granger

Death of a Cyclist

1955

As María José de Castro

Three Girls from Rome

1952

As Marisa Benvenuti

The Lady Without Camelias

1953

As Clara Manni

The Legend of Blood Castle

1973

As Erzebeth Bathory

Brumal

1988

As Madre de Adriana

Nocturne 29

1969

As Señora (as Lucia Bose)

Lumière

1976

As Laura

Abandoned

1955

As Lucia

Arcana

1972

As Mamma

So Long Gulliver

1970

As Evelyne

The Guest

1971

As Anna

Violanta

1978

As Donna Violanta

The Golden Mass

1975

As Hélène

A Winter in Mallorca

1969

As George Sand

1848

1948

As

Story of a Love Affair

1950

As Paola Molon Fontana

Something Creeping in the Dark

1971

As Sylvia Forrest

The House of Doves

1972

As Alexandra

Under the Olive Tree

1950

As Lucia Silvestri

That Is the Dawn

1956

As Clara

Rome 11:00

1952

As Simona

Era lei che lo voleva!

1953

As Nausicaa Invernaghi

Paris Is Always Paris

1951

As Mimi de Angelis

È l'amor che mi rovina

1951

As Clara Montesi

Magic Village

1955

As Thérèse Miceli

Mon enfant, ma mère

1981

As La mère

Moon Child

1992

As Directora

Night of Love

1954

As Elisabeth Tatabor

The Double

1971

As Nora Tosatti

Symphony of Love

1954

As Teresa Grob

It Happened at the Police Station

1954

As Stefania Giovetti

Last Harem

1999

As Safiye anziana

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

1987

As Placida Linero

School Trip

1976

As Avelina

La colonna infame

1973

As Chiara Mora - la moglie di Giacomo

All Night Long

2010

As Self

Metello

1970

As Viola

Down the Ancient Stairs

1975

As Francesca

The Miser

1990

As Dona Elvira

Testament of Orpheus

1960

As Orphée's Friend

I Wanted Pants

1990

As Grazia

Of Life and Love

1954

As Angela Reis, la sposa

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

2010

As (archive footage)

No somos de piedra

1968

As Monja

Camilo sinfónico: vivir así

2019

As Self - Actress (archive footage)

Fellini Satyricon

1969

As La matrona

The Picasso Summer

1969

As Guest George explains why he wants to meet Picasso (uncredited)

I Vicerè

2007

As Donna Ferdinanda

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