Lucía Bosè

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 Later she acted in Dino Risis short The Five Days of Milan then in 1950 she made her big screen debut in Giuseppe De Santis Non cè pace tra gli ulivi No Peace Under the Olive Tree The same year she gave a performance as Paola Molon in Antonionis Cronaca di un amore In 1953 Michelangelo Antonioni asked her to play Clara Manni in La signora senza camelie and Juan Antonio Bardem cast her in the lead of Muerte de un ciclista 1955 She also appeared in the 1955 film Gli Sbandati and played the main female role in Luis Buñuels Cela sappelle laurore 1956 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 Jean Cocteaus film Le testament dOrphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi Then after divorcing Dominguin she returned fulltime to the screen appearing in Fellinis Fellini Satyricon 1969 and starring in the Taviani Brothers Under the Sign of Scorpio 1969 Mario Coluccis Something Creeping in The Dark 1971 Liliana Cavanis Lospite 1972 Giulio Questis Arcana 1972 Marguerite Duras Nathalie Granger 1972 Beni Montresors La messe dorée 1975 Jeanne Moreaus Lumière 1976 and Daniel Schmids Violanta 1976 She continued to be active in both Italian and Spanish films appearing in Francesco Rosis Cronaca di una morte annunciata 1987 Agustí Villarongas El niño de la luna 1989 Ferzan Özpeteks Harem Suare 1999 and Roberto Faenzas I Viceré 2007