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Lollo: Italian starlet was dubbed ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’
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American audiences will remember her from “Trapeze” (1956) with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis; “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1956), as Esmeralda, Quasimodo’s beloved beauty (Anthony Quinn played Quasimodo); “Solomon and Sheba” (1959), a biblical epic with Yul Brynner; “Come September” (1961), a romantic comedy with Rock Hudson; and “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” (1968), a comedy about an unwed mother.
Even as her star rose in the United States, she continued to make many more European films than American ones. She starred with many of the continent’s leading men.
She starred in the 1955 film, “La Donna Più Bella del Mondo” (“The Most Beautiful Woman in the World” — a term some in Holly- wood came to use about Lollobrigida herself.
The New York Times noted that Lollobrigida was always considered more a sex symbol than a serious actress — at least by the American press — but she was also nominated for a BAFTA award as best foreign
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UNICO National honors Dr. Victor Basili with Marconi Science Award
actress in “Pane, Amore e Fantasia” (1953). She received Golden Globe nominations for “Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell” in 1969 and for a recurring role on the prime-time television soap “Falcon Crest” in 1985.
After two decades in front of the camera, she embarked on a second career as artist and filmmaker. She published her first book of photographs, “Italia Mia,” in 1973. “Believe it or not, she takes good pictures and isn’t just trading on her name,” Gene Thornton of The New York Times wrote.
Lollobrigida continued as an active supporter of Italian and Italian-American causes, particularly the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). In 2008 she received the NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation’s Anniversary Gala. [4][5] In 2013, she sold her jewelry collection and donated the nearly $5 million from the sale to benefit stem-cell therapy research.
The Guardian, covering the starlet’s funeral, reported that her fans shouted “goodbye, Queen of Rome” as her coffin was carried into Piazza del Popolo in Rome. IAH
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The recipient of the 2023 UNICO National Marconi Science Award is Lewes resident Dr. Victor Basili.
Dr. Basili, a professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park, received this award along with many previous accolades. His work has been in the area of software engineering where he has developed methods for measuring, evaluating and improving the software development process.
The UNICO National Marconi Science Award was established in 1995 to annually recognize a living scientist who exemplifies
Guglielmo Marconi’s vast scientific and creative accomplishments through their own life and career achievements.
It is just one of the many national awards and scholarships bestowed annually by UNICO National. In 2010, another member of our local UNICO Rehoboth Area Chapter, Joseph Mule, was given this honor.
Dr. Basili’s wife, Dr. Patricia D’Amato Basili, is also a celebrated educator with a doctorate in science education and teacher education. She was awarded the President’s Medal from Prince George Community College in 1993 and the Catalyst Medal from Chemical Manufacturer’s Association also in 1993. IAH
From left: Pam Notarangelo, UNICO Rehoboth Executive Vice President; Dr. Patricia Basili; Dr. Victor Basili; and Sal Ingallina, governor of UNICO Delaware District 1.
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