Round 7: Tossup 17

In 1974, an actress-turned-photojournalist from this country interviewed Fidel Castro. Howard Hughes had divorce lawyers waiting at LAX for that actress from this country, who spurned him and made her English debut opposite Humphrey Bogart in Beat the Devil. (15[1]-5[1])Two actresses from this country, who may have both had (15[1])affairs with heart transplant pioneer Christiaan Barnard, posed for a photo together with Michael Jackson as a “truce” during their career-long feud, which was partly over their bust sizes. While eating at (*) Romanoff’s restaurant in 1957, (10[1])the (10[1])younger of those actresses from this country was photographed side-eyeing (10[1])at the breasts of (10[1])Jayne Mansfield. (10[2])That actress from this country played three roles in the triptych Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, starred in A Special Day, and won an Oscar for playing a wartime mother in Two Women. For 10 points, name this (10[1])home country of rival actresses Gina Lollobrigida (“loh-loh-BREE-jee-dah”) and Sophia Loren. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Italy [or Italia; or Italian Republic; or Repubblica Italiana]
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