[custom_adv] Italian actress Lucia Bosè has died at the age of 89. She was most known for appearing in films from acclaimed Italian directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini. [custom_adv] Her son, the Spanish singer Miguel Bosè, confirmed the news on social media, tweeting the below with the caption, “Dear friends … I inform you that my mother Lucía Bosé has just passed away. She is in the best of places.” [custom_adv] Lucia Bosè rose to fame after winning the 1947 Miss Italia beauty contest. She broke into cinema during the Italian Neorealism wave and appeared in movies such as Antonioni’s The Lady Without Camelias and Story Of A Love Affair, and Fellini’s Fellini Satyricon. [custom_adv] Lucia Bosè rose to fame after winning the 1947 Miss Italia beauty contest. She broke into cinema during the Italian Neorealism wave and appeared in movies such as Antonioni’s The Lady Without Camelias and Story Of A Love Affair, and Fellini’s Fellini Satyricon. [custom_adv] In 1956 she married the famed Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel González Lucas, giving up her acting career to raise their children Miguel, Lucia and Paola. She returned to the screen in the 1960s and the couple divorced in 1967. [custom_adv] According to Spanish news reports that cited information provided by family members, Lucia Bosé died of pneumonia in her Brieva, the small town in Spain where she lived. Some outlets reported that her death came after being infected with the coronavirus, though Billboard has not yet been able to confirm. [custom_adv] The dashing couple, who were married from 1955-1967, had three children, Miguel, Lucia and Paula. After leaving her career to raise her family, Bosé occasionally returned to the screen in small film roles. [custom_adv] Lucia Bosè was an Italian actress, who was at the height of her fame during the period of Italian Neorealism, the 1950s. She was the mother of Spanish singer Miguel Bosé. [custom_adv] 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. [custom_adv] 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.
