BY RONALD CONSTANTINO
Italian actresses Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida can’t stand each other.
“Sophia Loren plays peasants. I play ladies.” – GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
“Who? I never criticize my elders.” – SOPHIA LOREN ON GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
“Sophia Loren has a noticeable bosom. Whose is bigger, I have no idea and could not care less. I became a star without a husband producing my pictures, and I became a star in respectable pictures!” – GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA
“It is shame that Miss Lollobrigida never won the Academy Award. But she likes to play herself instead of other characters.” – SOPHIA LOREN
Even real-life sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine dislike each other.
“I wish I had a sister. I’ve always been the intruder in her life, the interloper. As my older sibling, Olivia [de Havilland] could have looked after me. Au contraire, her desire my whole life has been to get me off-balance. We’ve not spoken since (our) mother’s death in 1974, and that’s it, kid. Never again.” – JOAN FONTAINE
“Joan deserved to win [the Oscar] and did. But Joan is fifteen months younger than I, and I knew I would lose prestige with her if I lost – I had always been a heroine in her eyes – and I did! The goddess had feet of clay, and she let me know it, too!” – OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND
“Everyone wants to know about the feud between my sister and myself, and why shouldn’t I admit that I haven’t been able to forgive her for not inviting me to our mother’s memorial service…and for other cruelties. I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first she’ll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it.” – JOAN FONTAINE
(Source “Hollywood Babble On” by Boze Hadleigh.)
