Lucia Bosè
Biography
Lucia Bosè was born in Milan, Italy on January 28, 1931. She is the daughter of Francesca Bosè and Domenico Borloni. Bosè worked in a bakery before entering the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1947, where she won the second edition. She then began her acting career, making her big screen debut in Giuseppe De Santis' film "Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi" in 1950. Her career flourished until 1955, after which she gave up acting to marry and raise a family. Bosè was married until 1968 and passed away on March 23, 2020, at the age of 89.
Career overview
Lucia Bosè was born in Milan, Italy. She began her career in the entertainment industry after winning the second edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1947. This led to her acting in Dino Risi's short film The Five Days of Milan.
Her acting career flourished, and in 1950, she made her big screen debut in Giuseppe De Santis' film "Non c'è pace tra gli ulivi" (No Peace Under the Olive Tree). This marked the beginning of her transition to a full-time acting career.
Lucia Bosè went on to act in numerous films, with a total of 65 known credits.
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- Constel·lació Portabella (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Everyday Portabella (2022)
- Camilo sinfónico: vivir así (2019) as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- Alfonsina y el mar (One More Time) (2013) as Lucia
- Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense (2010) as (archive footage)
- All Night Long (2010) as Self
- Le ragazze di Milano (2007) as Self
- I Vicerè (2007) as Donna Ferdinanda
- Capri (2006) as Isabella Galiano
- La tele o yo (2006) as Self
- Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema (2006) as Self
- Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001) as Self
- Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema (2001) as Self (archive footage)
- Speaking of Buñuel (2000) as Self
- Last Harem (1999) as Safiye Anziana
- The Miser (1990) as Dona Elvira
- I Wanted Pants (1990) as Grazia
- Moon Child (1989) as Directora
- Brumal (1988) as Madre de Adriana
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987) as Placida Linero
- The Charterhouse of Parma (1982) as Marchesa del Dongo
- Mon enfant, ma mère (1981) as La mère
- Violanta (1978) as Donna Violanta
- Lumière (1976) as Laura
- School Trip (1976) as Avelina
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- Down the Ancient Stairs (1975) as Francesca
- The Golden Mass (1975) as Hélène
- Blood Stains in a New Car (1975) as Eva
- Nathalie Granger (1973) as Isabelle Granger
- The Legend of Blood Castle (1973) as Erzebeth Bathory
- La colonna infame (1973) as Chiara Mora - la moglie di Giacomo
- The House of Doves (1972) as Alexandra
- Arcana (1972) as Mamma
- The Double (1971) as Nora Tosatti
- Something Creeping in the Dark (1971) as Sylvia Forrest
- The Guest (1971) as Anna / Mélisande / Geneviève
- Metello (1970) as Viola
- So Long Gulliver (1970) as Evelyne
- Satyricon (1969) as La matrona
- Love and Other Solitudes (1969) as María
- The Picasso Summer (1969) as Guest George explains why he wants to meet Picasso (uncredited)
- Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969) as Glaia
- A Winter in Mallorca (1969) as George Sand
- Nocturne 29 (1969) as Señora (as Lucia Bose)
- No somos de piedra (1968)
- Testament of Orpheus (1960) as Une amie d'Orphée(non crédité)
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- That Is the Dawn (1956) as Clara
- Death of a Cyclist (1955) as María José de Castro
- Magic Village (1955) as Thérèse Miceli
- Abandoned (1955) as Lucia
- It Happened at the Police Station (1954) as Stefania Giovetti
- Symphony of Love (1954) as Teresa Grob
- Night of Love (1954) as Elisabeth Tatabor
- Of Life and Love (1954) as Angela Reis, la sposa
- The Lady Without Camelias (1953) as Clara Manni
- Era lei che lo voleva! (1953) as Nausicaa Invernaghi
- Rome 11:00 (1952) as Simona
- Three Girls from Rome (1952) as Marisa Benvenuti
- È l'amor che mi rovina (1951) as Clara Montesi
- Paris Is Always Paris (1951) as Mimi de Angelis
- Under the Olive Tree (1950) as Lucia Silvestri
- Story of a Love Affair (1950) as Paola Molon Fontana
- 1848 (1948)