Lucia Bosè


Lucia Bosè 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.
She earned a role in Dino Risi's short film, 1848, before making her feature film debut in the 1950 film, Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi directed by Giuseppe De Santis, who later directed her again in 1952's Roma, ore 11. That same year, she starred in Antonioni's Cronaca di un amore and in 1953, she reunited with him for La signora senza camelie. In 1955, she appeared in the films Gli Sbandati and Muerte de un ciclista. The following year, she played the main female role in Cela s'appelle l'aurore.
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 Le Testament d'Orphée. Then, after divorcing Dominguín, she returned full-time to the screen, appearing in such films as Fellini Satyricon, Under the Sign of Scorpio, Something Creeping in The Dark, L'ospite, Arcana, Nathalie Granger, La messe dorée, Lumière, and Violanta. She continued to be active in both Italian cinema and Spanish films, appearing in Cronaca di una morte annunciata, El niño de la luna, Harem Suare, and I Viceré.

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.

Partial filmography

No Peace Under the Olive Tree – Lucia SilvestriStory of a Love Affair – Paola Molon FontanaIt's Love That's Ruining Me – Clara MontesiParis Is Always Paris – Mimi de AngelisThree Girls from Rome – Marisa BenvenutiRome 11:00 – SimonaThe Temptress The Lady Without Camelias – Clara ManniIt Was She Who Wanted It! – Nausicaa InvernaghiOf Life and Love – Angela Reis Concert of Intrigue – Elisabeth TataborIt Happened at the Police Station – Stefania Rocca, wife of LuigiMagic Village – Thérèse MiceliDeath of a Cyclist – María José de CastroAbandoned – LuciaSymphony of Love – Teresa GrobCela s'appelle l'aurore – ClaraTestament of Orpheus – Une amie d'Orphée / Orphée's Friend No somos de piedra – MonjaNocturne 29 Under the Sign of Scorpio – GlaiaFellini Satyricon – La matronaLove and Other Solitudes – MaríaThe Picasso Summer – Woman Jutrzenka – George SandMetello – ViolaSo Long Gulliver – EvelyneSomething Creeping in The Dark – Sylvia ForrestThe Double – Nora TosattiL'ospite – Anna / Mélisande / GenevièveThe House of the Doves – Alexandra / MotherArcana – MammaNathalie Granger – IsabelleLa colonna infame – Chiara Mora – la moglie di GiacomoThe Heroes – Ceremonia sangrienta – Erzebeth BathoryManchas de sangre en un coche nuevo – EvaLa messe dorée – HélèneDown the Ancient Stairs – FrancescaLumière – LauraLos viajes escolares – AvelinaViolanta – Donna ViolantaChronicle of a Death Foretold – Placida LineroBrumal – Madre de AdrianaMoon Child – DirectoraVolevo i pantaloni – GraziaThe Miser – Dona ElviraHarem Suare – Old SafiyeI Viceré – Donna FerdinandaOne More Time – Lucia