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Sophia Loren is a Actor Italienne born on 20 september 1934 at Rome (Italie)

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren
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Birth name Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone
Nationality Italie
Birth 20 september 1934 (89 years) at Rome (Italie)
Awards Academy Award for Best Actress

Sophia Loren (/soʊˈfiːə ləˈrɛn/; [soˈfiːa ˈlɔːren]; stage name of Sofia Villani Scicolone Ponti [soˈfiːa vilˈlaːni ʃʃikoˈloːne], 20 September 1934) is an Italian film actress. She began her career at age 14 after entering a beauty pageant in 1949. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons, Loren appeared in several bit parts and minor roles until the late 1950s when Loren's five-picture contract with Paramount launched her international career. Notable film appearances around this time include Houseboat, That Kind of Woman, and It Started in Naples.

Her talents as an actress were not recognized until her performance as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica's Two Women; Loren's performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962 and made her the first artist to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. She holds the record for having earned six David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress, the most ever received: Two Women, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Marriage Italian-Style (for which she was nominated for a second Oscar), Sunflower, The Voyage, and A Special Day. After starting her family in the early 1970s, Loren spent less time on her acting career and chose to make only occasional film appearances. In later years, she has appeared in American films such as Grumpier Old Men and Nine.

Aside from the Academy Award, she has won a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award, and the Honorary Academy Award in 1991. In 1995, she received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements, one of many such awards.

Biography

Loren is a Roman Catholic.

Her primary residence has been in Geneva, Switzerland, since late 2006. She also owns homes in Naples and Rome.

Loren is a huge fan of the football club S.S.C. Napoli. In May 2007, when the team was third in Serie B, she told the Gazzetta dello Sport that she would do a striptease if the team won.

Loren posed scantily clad, at age 72, for the 2007 Pirelli Calendar, along with Penélope Cruz and Hilary Swank.


Affair with Cary Grant
Loren and Cary Grant co-starred in Houseboat (1958). Grant's wife Betsy Drake wrote the original script, and Grant originally intended that she would star with him. After he began an affair with Loren while filming The Pride and the Passion (1957), Grant arranged for Loren to take Drake's place with a rewritten script for which Drake did not receive credit. The affair ended in bitterness before The Pride and the Passion‍ '​s filming ended, causing problems on the Houseboat set. Grant hoped to resume the relationship, but Loren agreed to marry Carlo Ponti, instead.


Marriage and family
Loren first met Carlo Ponti, Sr. in 1950, when she was 15 and he was 37. They married on 17 September 1957. However, Ponti was still officially married to his first wife Giuliana under Italian law, because Italy did not recognize divorce at that time. The couple had their marriage annulled in 1962 to escape bigamy charges. In 1965, Ponti obtained a divorce from Giuliana in France, allowing him to marry Loren on 9 April 1966.

The couple became French citizens after their application was approved by then French President Georges Pompidou.

They had two children:


Carlo Ponti, Jr.

Edoardo Ponti

Loren's daughters-in-law are Sasha Alexander and Andrea Meszaros. Loren has four grandchildren.

Loren remained married to Carlo Ponti until his death on 10 January 2007 of pulmonary complications.
When asked in a November 2009 interview if she were ever likely to marry again, Loren replied "No, never again. It would be impossible to love anyone else."


Sibling
In 1962, Loren's sister, Anna Maria Villani Scicolone, married the youngest son of Benito Mussolini, Romano, with whom she had a daughter, the conservative Italian politician Alessandra Mussolini.

Best films

Grumpier Old Men (1995)
(Actress)
El Cid (1961)
(Actress)
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
(Actress)
A Special Day (1977)
(Actress)
Woman of the River (1954)
(Actress)
Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
(Actress)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sophia Loren (98 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
2019UntouchableActressHerself (archive footage)
2013Mademoiselle CActressSelf
2012Girlfriend in a ComaActressMara (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011Cars 2ActressMama Topolino (voice)
2010Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack CardiffActressSelf (archive footage)
2009NineActressMamma
2006Marcello, una vita dolceActressSelf (archive footage)
2005Lives of the SaintsActressTeresa Innocente
2004Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed PeppersActressMaria (as Sofia Loren)
2002Between StrangersActressOlivia
1997SoleilActressMadame Levy
1995Grumpier Old MenActressMaria Sophia Coletta Ragetti
1994Ready to WearActressIsabella de la Fontaine
1990Saturday, Sunday and MondayActressRosa Priore
1984AuroraActressAurora
1979FirepowerActressAdele Tasca
1979Sophia Loren: Her Own StoryActressSophia Loren / Romilda Villani
1978Blood FeudActressTitina Paterno
1978Brass TargetActressMara
1977A Special DayActressAntonietta Taberi
1977AngelaActressAngela
1976The Cassandra CrossingActressJennifer Rispoli Chamberlain
1975Gun MollActressPupa
1974Brief EncounterActressAnna Jesson
1974Jury of OneActressTeresa Leoni
1974The VoyageActressAdriana de Mauro
1972White SisterActressSoeur Germana
1972Man of La ManchaActressDulcinea / Aldonza
1971Lady LibertyActressMaddalena Ciarrapico
1970SunflowerActressGiovanna
1970The Priest's WifeActressValeria Billi
1968The Woman Is a StrangerActress
1967A Countess from Hong KongActressNatascha
1967Ghosts, Italian StyleActressMaria Gennari
1967More Than a MiracleActressIsabella Candeloro
1966ArabesqueActressYasmin Azir
1966JudithActressJudith Auerbach
1965Lady LActressLady Louise Lendale / Lady L
1965Operation CrossbowActressNora Van Ostamgen
1964The Fall of the Roman EmpireActressLucilla
1964Marriage Italian StyleActressFilumena Marturano
1963La RabbiaActressSelf (archive footage)
1963Yesterday, Today and TomorrowActressAdelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara
1962Boccaccio '70ActressZoe (segment "La riffa")
1962Five Miles to MidnightActressLisa Macklin
1962The Condemned of AltonaActressJohanna von Gerlach
1961El CidActressJimena
1961MadameActressCatherine Hubscher
1960It Started in NaplesActressLucia Curcio
1960Heller in Pink TightsActressAngela Rossini
1960A Breath of ScandalActressPrincess Olympia
1960The MillionairessActressEpifania Parerga
1960Two WomenActressCesira
1959The Black OrchidActressRose Bianco
1959That Kind of WomanActressKay
1958The KeyActressStella
1958Desire Under the ElmsActressAnna Cabot
1958HouseboatActressCinzia Zaccardi
1958Along the CoastActressSelf (archive footage)
1957Legend of the LostActressDita
1957Boy on a DolphinActressPhaedra
1957The Pride and the PassionActressJuana
1956What a Woman!ActressAntonietta Fallari
1955Scandal in SorrentoActressDonna Sofia
1955The Miller's Beautiful WifeActressCarmela
1955The Sign of VenusActressAgnese
1954Two Nights with CleopatraActressCleopatra / Nisca
1954AttilaActressHonoria
1954A Day in CourtActressAnna
1954The Gold of NaplesActressSofia (segment Pizza on Credit)
1954Neapolitan CarouselActressSisina
1954Poverty and NobilityActressGemma
1954Woman of the RiverActressNives Mongolini
1954The Anatomy of LoveActressRagazza
1954Too Bad She's BadActressLina Stroppiani
1954The Country of the CampanelliActressBonbon
1954Il medico dei pazziActress
1953AidaActressAida
1953I'll See You on the BalconyActressMarisa
1953Africa Under The SeaActressBarbara Lama
1953Good Folk's SundayActressInes
1952He Who Is Without Sin...Actress
1952È arrivato l'accordatoreActressAmica di Giulietta
1952The Dream of ZorroActressConchita
1952Girls Marked DangerActressElvira
1951Variety LightsActress
1951AnnaActressVittorio's assistant (uncredited)
1951Quo VadisActressLygia's Slave (uncredited)
1951Io sono il capatazActressSegretaria del Dittatore (uncredited)
1951It's Him!... Yes! Yes!ActressOdalisca
1951Lebbra biancaActressA girl in the boardinghouse
1951Il mago per forzaActressLa Sposa
1951Milano miliardariaActressUna commessa del bar
1951Il padrone del vaporeActressUna ballerinetta
1950Hearts at SeaActressUna ragazza al ristorante
1950Bluebeard's Six WivesActressRagazza rapita (uncredited)
1950Totò TarzanActressUna tarzanide (uncredited)
1950Il votoActressUn popolana alla festa di Piedigrotta