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He played great roles in the cinema in illustrious titles by Fellini, Bardem, Buñuel and the Taviani brothers. The Italian Lucía Bosé, linked to Spain since her famous marriage to the bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín, died at the age of 89 on March 23, 2020. “She is already in the best of places,” her son, the famous singer, has declared. and also actor Miguel Bosé.

Born in Milan on January 28, 1931, Lucía Bosé worked as a clerk in a pastry shop until she obtained the title of Miss Italy at the age of sixteen, which opened the doors of cinema for her. After filming  Ella cinco días de Milán , by Dino Risi , she stars in  Non c’è pace tra gli ulivi (1950) by Giuseppe de Santis , where she plays a shepherdess from the Ciociaría. She also participates in Cronaca di un amore , Michelangelo Antonion i’s first film, where she becomes Paola Molon, representative of the Milanese bourgeoisie.

He obtained box office success with various feature films, such as Paris, always Paris and Three Lovers , by Luciano Emmer . In 1955 he played his two best films,  Death of a Cyclist , directed by Juan Antonio Bardem , and Así es la aurora , directed by Luis Buñuel upon returning to France after his stay in Mexico.

After marrying the famous Luis Miguel Dominguín in Las Vegas on March 1, 1955, Lucía Bosé retired from the cinema. The marriage has three children, the aforementioned Miguel Bosé , and the actresses Paola Dominguín and Lucía Dominguín. He would return to the screen, starting in 1968, with titles such as  Nathalie Grange r, a film directed by the writer Marguerite Duras and co-starring Jeanne Moreau , Satyricón , by Federico Fellini , in which he has a small role, and Under the Sign of the Scorpion , by the Taviani brothers .

After starring in the series La señora García se confessa , along with Adolfo Marsillach , Lucía Bosé  would only resume her acting profession occasionally, in titles such as Chronicle of a Death Foretold , based on the famous short novel by Gabriel García Márquez , or El avaro , film version from Molière ‘s masterpiece , directed by Tonino Cervi .

During her last years of life, the famous actress retired to Brieva, a small town in Segovia. Between 2000 and 2007, Lucía Bosé opened a museum of artistic works of all kinds that represented angels, in the Segovian town of Turégano, but had to close due to financial difficulties.

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