Gina Bosco

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Gina Bosco
Portrayed by	Flo Di Re
Character Information
Gender	Female
Age	58
Birthday	July 1931
Family Members
Parents Dominic Bosco (father) Philomena Bosco (mother) Guido (husband) Sophia Petrillo (possible biological mother) Salvadore Petrillo (possible biological father)
Romances
Spouses Guido (fiancé/husband)
Production Information
Appears In	The Golden Girls (guest role)
Debuts in	"Foreign Exchange" (The Golden Girls, 1989)
Final Appearance	"Foreign Exchange" (The Golden Girls, 1989)
Episode Count	1

Gina Bosco is a major one-off character in the 1985 NBC sitcom The Golden Girls. She is the daughter of Dominic and Philomena Bosco, but a recent blood test revealed that Gina may not have been related to the Boscos and was instead the daughter of their longtime friend Sophia Petrillo.

Gina appeared in the Season 4 episode "Foreign Exchange". She is portrayed by Flo Di Re.

Biography

Early life

Gina was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 31st, 1931, to Italian immigrants Dominic and Philomena Bosco. Gina was born just minutes apart from Dorothy Zbornak. This led their respective mothers becoming good friends, and the Petrillos and Boscos were good friends until the Boscos moved back to Sicily, Italy.

Foreign Exchange

At some point before the episode "Foreign Exchange", Gina became engaged to a man named Guido. Gina took a blood test for an unknown reason, and when the results came back, it was revealed that Gina may not have been the Boscos' daughter and that she and Dorothy were switched at birth. The Boscos travelled to Miami, Florida, to tell Sophia and Dorothy what had happened.

Relationships

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Family tree

To be added.

Appearances

The Golden Girls (1985 - 1992)

Season 4
1. "Yes, We Have No Havanas":	Absent	14. "Love Me Tender":	Absent
2. "The Days and Nights of Sophia Petrillo":	Absent	15. "Valentine's Day":	Absent
3. "The One That Got Away":	Absent	16."Two Rode Together":	Absent
4. "Yokel Hero":	Absent	17. "You Gotta Have Hope":	Absent
5. "Bang the Drum, Stanley":	Absent	18. "Fiddler On the Ropes":	Absent
6. "Sophia's Wedding, Part 1":	Absent	19. "Till Death Do We Volley":	Absent
7. "Sophia's Wedding, Part 2":	Absent	20. "High Anxiety":	Absent
8. "Brother, Can You Spare That Jacket":	Absent	21. "Little Sister":	Absent
9. "Scared Straight":	Absent	22. "Sophia's Choice":	Absent
10. "Stan Takes a Wife":	Absent	23. "Rites of Spring":	Absent
11. "The Auction":	Absent	24. "Foreign Exchange":	Debut
12. "Blind Date":	Absent	25. "We're Outta Here, Part 1":	Absent
13. "The Impotence of Being Ernest":	Absent	26. "We're Outta Here, Part 2":	Absent

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