Lucia Bosè

Lucia Bosè (28 January 1931 – 23 March 2020) was an Italian actress.

Life and career

Lucia Bosè was born in Milan to Francesca Borloni and Domenico Bosè. 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 ''The Lady Without Camelias, 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 ''The Abandoned (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 ''Testament of Orpheus, Le testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi!''. Then, after divorcing Dominguin, she returned full-time to the screen, appearing in Federico Fellini, 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 (film), Arcana'' (1972), Marguerite Duras' ''Nathalie Granger'' (1972), Beni Montresor's ''La messe dorée'' (1975), Jeanne Moreau's ''Lumière (film), Lumière'' (1976) and Daniel Schmid's ''Violanta (film), Violanta'' (1976). She continued to be active in both Italian and Spain, Spanish films, appearing in Francesco Rosi's ''Chronicle of a Death Foretold (film), Cronaca di una morte annunciata'' (1987), Agustí Villaronga's ''Moon Child (1989 film), El niño de la luna'' (1989), Ferzan Özpetek's ''Harem Suare'' (1999) and Roberto Faenza's ''I Viceré (film), I Viceré'' (2007).

Death

Bosè died at the General Hospital of Segovia on 23 March 2020, at the age of 89, from pneumonia during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, COVID-19 pandemic.

Partial filmography

* ''No Peace Under the Olive Tree'' (1950) – Lucia Silvestri
* ''Story of a Love Affair'' (1950) – Paola Molon Fontana
* ''It's Love That's Ruining Me'' (1951) – Clara Montesi
* ''Paris Is Always Paris'' (1951) – Mimi de Angelis
* ''Three Girls from Rome'' (1952) – Marisa Benvenuti
* ''Rome 11:00'' (1952) – Simona
* ''The Temptress (1952 film), The Temptress'' (1952)
* ''The Lady Without Camelias'' (1953) – Clara Manni
* ''It Was She Who Wanted It!'' (1953) – Nausicaa Invernaghi
* ''Of Life and Love'' (1954) – Angela Reis (segment "Marsina stretta")
* ''Concert of Intrigue'' (1954) – Elisabeth Tatabor
* ''It Happened at the Police Station'' (1954) – Stefania Rocca, wife of Luigi
* ''Magic Village'' (1955) – Thérèse Miceli
* ''Death of a Cyclist'' (1955) – María José de Castro
* ''Abandoned (1955 film), Abandoned'' (1955) – Lucia
* ''Symphony of Love'' (1956) – Teresa Grob
* ''Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (1956) – Clara
* ''Testament of Orpheus'' (1960) – Une amie d'Orphée / Orphée's Friend (uncredited)
* ''No somos de piedra'' (1968) – Monja
* ''Nocturne 29'' (1968)
* ''Under the Sign of Scorpio'' (1969) – Glaia
* ''Fellini Satyricon'' (1969) – La matrona
* ''Love and Other Solitudes'' (1969) – María
* ''The Picasso Summer'' (1969) – Woman (uncredited)
* ''Jutrzenka'' (1969) – George Sand
* ''Metello'' (1970) – Viola
* ''So Long Gulliver'' (1970) – Evelyne
* ''Something Creeping in The Dark'' (1971) – Sylvia Forrest
* ''The Double (1971 film), The Double'' (1971) – Nora Tosatti
* ''L'ospite'' (1971) – Anna / Mélisande / Geneviève
* ''The House of the Doves'' (1972) – Alexandra / Mother
* ''Arcana (film), Arcana'' (1972) – Mamma
* ''Nathalie Granger'' (1972) – Isabelle
* ''La colonna infame'' (1972) – Chiara Mora – la moglie di Giacomo
* ''The Heroes (1973 film), The Heroes'' (1973) – (uncredited)
* ''Ceremonia sangrienta'' (1973) – Erzebeth Bathory
* ''Manchas de sangre en un coche nuevo'' (1975) – Eva
* ''La messe dorée'' (1975) – Hélène
* ''Down the Ancient Stairs'' (1975) – Francesca
* ''Lumière (film), Lumière'' (1976) – Laura
* ''Los viajes escolares'' (1976) – Avelina
* ''Violanta (film), Violanta'' (1977) – Donna Violanta
* ''Chronicle of a Death Foretold (film), Chronicle of a Death Foretold'' (1987) – Placida Linero
* ''Brumal'' (1988) – Madre de Adriana
* ''Moon Child (1989 film), Moon Child'' (1989) – Directora
* ''Volevo i pantaloni (film), Volevo i pantaloni'' (1990) – Grazia
* ''The Miser (1990 film), The Miser'' (1990) – Dona Elvira
* ''Harem Suare'' (1999) – Old Safiye
* ''I Viceré (film), I Viceré'' (2007) – Donna Ferdinanda
* ''One More Time'' (2013) – Lucia (final film role)

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1931 births
2020 deaths
Italian film actresses
Actresses from Milan
20th-century Italian actresses
21st-century Italian actresses
Italian beauty pageant winners
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain
Deaths from pneumonia in Spain