She was born in Milan, Italy, the daughter of Francesca Bosè and Domenico Borloni. After a number of years working in a bakery, in 1947 she won the second edition of the Miss Italia beauty contest. 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). Her career flourished until 1955, when she fell in love with Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín, and gave up acting to marry and raise a family. She and her husband were married until 1968, but their differences were accentuated over time, especially her lack of interest in bullfighting. In 1960, she took a small uncredited role in Jean Cocteau's film “Le Testament d'Orphée.” Then, after divorcing Dominguín, she returned full-time to the screen.

Filmography

• 2022Everyday Portabella
• 2013Alfonsina y el mar (One More Time) — Lucia
• 2010Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense — (archive footage)
• 2007I Vicerè — Donna Ferdinanda
• Capri — Isabella Galiano
• 1999Last Harem — Safiye Anziana
• 1990I Wanted Pants — Grazia
• 1990The Miser — Dona Elvira
• 1989Moon Child — Directora
• 1988Brumal — Madre de Adriana
• 1987Chronicle of a Death Foretold — Placida Linero
• The Charterhouse of Parma — Marchesa del Dongo
• 1981Mon enfant, ma mère — La mère
• 1981T'es grand et puis t'oublies
• 1978Violanta — Donna Violanta
• 1976Lumière — Laura
• 1976School Trip — Avelina
• 1975Blood Stains in a New Car — Eva
• 1975Down the Ancient Stairs — Francesca
• 1975The Golden Mass — Hélène
• 1973La colonna infame — Chiara Mora - la moglie di Giacomo
• 1973Nathalie Granger — Isabelle Granger
• 1973The Legend of Blood Castle — Erzebeth Bathory
• 1972Arcana — Mamma
• 1972The House of Doves — Alexandra
• 1971Something Creeping in the Dark — Sylvia Forrest
• 1971The Double — Nora Tosatti
• 1971The Guest — Anna / Mélisande / Geneviève
• 1970Metello — Viola
• 1970So Long Gulliver — Evelyne
• 1969A Winter in Mallorca — George Sand
• 1969Love and Other Solitudes — María
• 1969Nocturne 29 — Señora (as Lucia Bose)
• 1969Satyricon — La matrona
• 1969The Picasso Summer — Guest George explains why he wants to meet Picasso (uncredited)
• 1969Under the Sign of Scorpio — Glaia
• 1968No somos de piedra
• 1960Testament of Orpheus — Une amie d'Orphée(non crédité)
• 1956That Is the Dawn — Clara
• 1955Abandoned — Lucia
• 1955Death of a Cyclist — María José de Castro
• 1955Magic Village — Thérèse Miceli
• 1954It Happened at the Police Station — Stefania Giovetti
• 1954Night of Love — Elisabeth Tatabor
• 1954Of Life and Love — Angela Reis, la sposa
• 1954Symphony of Love — Teresa Grob
• 1953Era lei che lo voleva! — Nausicaa Invernaghi
• 1953The Lady Without Camelias — Clara Manni
• 1952Rome 11:00 — Simona
• 1952Three Girls from Rome — Marisa Benvenuti
• 1951Paris Is Always Paris — Mimi de Angelis
• 1951È l'amor che mi rovina — Clara Montesi
• 1950Story of a Love Affair — Paola Molon Fontana
• 1950Under the Olive Tree — Lucia Silvestri
• 19481848

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2024Constel·lació Portabella — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Camilo sinfónico: vivir así — Self - Actress (archive footage)
• 2010All Night Long — Self
• 2007Le ragazze di Milano — Self
• La tele o yo — Self
• 2006Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema — Self
• 2001Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Visconti: La verdad del melodrama — Self
• 2000Speaking of Buñuel — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self