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September 20, 1934

Sofia Villani Scicolone

Carlo Ponti (9 April 1966 - 10 January 2007) (his death) 2 children

Carlo Ponti (17 September 1957 - 1962) (annulled)

Actress

2010 My House Is Full of Mirrors (TV movie)

2009 Nine

2004 Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia

2004 Lives of the Saints (TV movie)

2002 Between Strangers

2001 Francesca and Nunziata (TV movie)

1997 Soleil

1995 Grumpier Old Men

1994 Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear

1991 Sabato, domenica e lunedì

1988 The Fortunate Pilgrim (TV mini-series)

1988 La ciociara (TV movie)

1986 Courage (TV movie)

1986 Qualcosa di biondo

1980 Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (TV movie)

1979 Firepower

1978 Brass Target

1978 Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici

1978 Angela

1977 A Special Day

1976 The Cassandra Crossing

1975 La pupa del gangster

1974 Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV series)

1974 Brief Encounter (TV movie)

1974 Verdict

1974 Il viaggio

1972 Man of La Mancha

1972 La mortadella

1972 Bianco, rosso e...

1971 La moglie del prete

1970 Sunflower

1967 Questi fantasmi

1967 C'era una volta...

1967 A Countess from Hong Kong

1966 Arabesque

1966 Judith

1965 Lady L

1965 Operation Crossbow

1964 Marriage Italian Style

1964 The Fall of the Roman Empire

1963 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1962 Le couteau dans la plaie

1962 I sequestrati di Altona

1962 Boccaccio '70 (segment "La riffa")

1961 Madame Sans-Gêne

1961 El Cid

1960 Two Women

1960 The Millionairess

1960 It Started in Naples

1960 A Breath of Scandal

1960 Heller in Pink Tights

1959 That Kind of Woman

1958 Houseboat

1958 The Black Orchid

1958 The Key

1958 Desire Under the Elms

1957 Legend of the Lost

1957 The Pride and the Passion

1957 Boy on a Dolphin

1957 Ci troviamo in galleria

1956 Un giorno in pretura

1955 La fortuna di essere donna

1955 Pane, amore e...

1955 La bella mugnaia

1955 Il segno di Venere

1954 La donna del fiume

1954 Peccato che sia una canaglia

1954 Attila

1954 L'oro di Napoli (segment "Pizze a credito")

1954 Carosello napoletano

1954 Poverty and Nobility

1954 Tempi nostri

1954 The Country of the Campanelli

1953 Aida

1953 La favorita

1953 Africa sotto i mari

1953 La domenica della buona gente

1953 Pellegrini d'amore

1953 Due notti con Cleopatra

1952 Le sei mogli di Barbablù

1952 La tratta delle bianche

1952 Il sogno di Zorro

1952 The Piano Tuner Has Arrived

1951 Anna (uncredited)

1951 Il padrone del vapore

1951 Era lui... sì! sì!

1951 Il mago per forza

1951 Quo Vadis (uncredited)

1951 Milano miliardaria

1951 Io sono il capataz

1951 Lebbra bianca

1950 Cuori sul mare (uncredited)

1950 Totò Tarzan

1950 Il voto

Appearances

2010 Janela Indiscreta (TV series)

2010 L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (documentary)

1999-2010 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)

2010 Cinema 3 (TV series)

2010 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

2010 Golden Globes Red Carpet Live (TV movie)

2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards

2004-2009 Larry King Live (TV series)

2009 Entertainment Tonight (TV series)

2009 TMZ on TV (TV series)

2009 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)

2007 Bambi Verleihung 2007 (TV movie)

2007 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)

2007 Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani (documentary)

2006 Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games (TV mini-series)

2004 Bambi Verleihung 2004 (TV movie)

2004 Looking for Sophia (TV documentary)

2003 Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (TV documentary)

2002 V Graham Norton (TV series)

2001 So Graham Norton (TV series)

1999 Beckmann (TV series)

1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards

1999 The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

1997 Corazón de... (TV series)

1997 Biography

1996 ¿Qué apostamos? (TV series)

1996 Sorpresa, ¡Sorpresa! (TV series)

1995 Gran premio internazionale della TV (TV series)

1994 Días de cine (TV series)

1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards

1991 All-Star Salute to Our Troops (TV movie)

1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards

1991 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)

1990 Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (TV special documentary)

1990 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (TV special)

1988 Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (video documentary)

1983 Late Night with David Letterman (TV series)

1979 The Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)

1979 Good Morning America (TV series)

1977 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)

1972 Mera Naam Joker (uncredited)

1971 Film Night (TV series)

1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)

1968 Sophia: A Self-Portrait (TV documentary)

1967 With Love, Sophia (TV movie)

1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards

1964 Sophia Loren in Rome (TV special)

1964 Visitando a las estrellas (documentary short)

1963 Showman (documentary)

1962 Lykke og krone (documentary)

1961 The New Steve Allen Show (TV series)

1958-1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)

1958-1961 What's My Line? (TV series)

1957-1960 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)

1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards

1958 The 30th Annual Academy Awards

Academy Awards

1991 Won Honorary Award For a career rich with memorable performances that has added permanent luster to our art form.

1965 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Marriage Italian Style (1964).

1962 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Two Women (1960). Sophia Loren was not present at the awards ceremony. Greer Garson accepted the award on her behalf.

Art Film Festival

1999 Won Actor's Mission Award

BAFTA Awards

1962 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Foreign Actress for: Two Women (1960). Italy.

Bambi Awards

2007 Won Bambi Lifetime Achievement

1969 Won Bambi

1968 Won Bambi

1967 Won Bambi

1965 Won Bambi

1964 Won Bambi

1963 Won Bambi

1962 Won Bambi

1961 Won Bambi

Berlin International Film Festival

1994 Won Honorary Golden Berlin Bear

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2010 Nominated Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble for: Nine (2009).

Cannes Film Festival

1961 Won Best Actress for: Two Women (1960).

César Awards, France

1991 Won Honorary César

David di Donatello Awards

1999 Won Career David

1984 Won Special Plate

1978 Won David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) for: A Special Day (1977). Tied with Mariangela Melato for Il gatto (1977).

1974 Won David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) for: Il viaggio (1974). Tied with Monica Vitti for Polvere di stelle (1973).

1970 Won David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) for: Sunflower (1970).

1965 Won David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) for: Marriage Italian Style (1964).

1964 Won David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) for: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963).

1961 Won David Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) for: Two Women (1960).

Fotogramas de Plata

1971 Nominated Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine extranjero) for: Sunflower (1970).

Golden Camera, Germany

1995 Won Golden Camera For lifetime achievement.

Golden Globes

1995 Won Cecil B. DeMille Award

1995 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear (1994).

1977 Won Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1971 Nominated Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1969 Won Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1966 Nominated Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1965 Won Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1965 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: Marriage Italian Style (1964).

1964 Won Henrietta Award World Film Favorite - Female

1961 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for: It Started in Naples (1960).

Istanbul International Film Festival

2005 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists

1978 Won Silver Ribbon Best Actress (Migliore Attrice) for: A Special Day (1977).

1961 Won Silver Ribbon Best Actress (Migliore Attrice Protagonista) for: Two Women (1960).

Laurel Awards

1971 Nominated Golden Laurel Star, Female 7th place.

1970 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 13th place.

1968 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 15th place.

1967 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 9th place.

1966 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 4th place.

1965 2nd place Golden Laurel Comedy Performance, Female for: Marriage Italian Style (1964).

1965 Nominated Golden Laurel Female Star 7th place.

1964 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 13th place.

1962 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 12th place.

1961 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Comedy Performance for: It Started in Naples (1960). 4th place.

1961 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 13th place.

1958 Nominated Golden Laurel Top Female Star 12th place.

Molodist International Film Festival

2003 Won Festival Diploma For the contribution to the world cinema.

Montréal World Film Festival

2001 Won Grand Prix Special des Amériques

Moscow International Film Festival

1997 Won Silver St. George Contribution to World Cinema

1965 Won Best Actress for: Marriage Italian Style (1964).

National Board of Review, USA

1994 Won NBR Award Best Acting by an Ensemble for: Prêt-à-Porter: Ready to Wear (1994).

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1961 Won NYFCC Award Best Actress for: Two Women (1960).

Palm Springs International Film Festival

1994 Won Desert Palm Achievement Award

San Sebastián International Film Festival

1974 Won Prize San Sebastián Best Actress for: Il viaggio (1974).

Sant Jordi Awards

1963 Won Sant Jordi Best Performance in a Foreign Film (Mejor Interpretación en Película Extranjera) for: Two Women (1960).

Satellite Awards

2009 Won Special Achievement Award Best Ensemble, Motion Picture for: Nine (2009).

Screen Actors Guild Awards

2010 Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for: Nine (2009).

ShoWest Convention, USA

1996 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Telegatto, Italy

2001 Won Lifetime Achievement Award

Venice Film Festival

1998 Won Career Golden Lion

1958 Won Volpi Cup Best Actress for: The Black Orchid (1958).

Walk of Fame

Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 7060 Hollywood Blvd.

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

2009 Nominated WAFCA Award Best Ensemble for: Nine (2009).

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In her heyday, Sophia Loren was considered to be one of many natural Italian beauties of humble origin, untouched by artifice and foreign glamour, a star who was at the heart of the Italian nation from her impoverished beginnings near Naples, which she often recounts, through to her high-profile international reputation with a five-film contract at Paramount Pictures and a Best Actress Oscar for La ciociara (1960) (Two Women). A national poll in the 1980s also revealed Loren to be Italy's most important icon, and an attempt was even made to erect a giant statue in her honor near her Neapolitan hometown.

Along with Claudia Cardinale, Loren started her career in beauty contests, where she was quickly noticed by movie producers - in her case by Carlo Ponti, whom she later married. Early on, she had numerous uncredited roles, and can be briefly glimpsed as a slave girl in Quo Vadis (1951) while still in her teens. Loren was also a popular model in Italian photo-story magazines. Her first notable role was in the operatic Aida (1953), although her singing voice was dubbed, but it was in the late 1950s and the 1960s that her fame became truly international, with numerous starring roles opposite Hollywood leading men, from Cary Grant in Houseboat (1958) to Marlon Brando in A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).

However, it was through Loren's collaboration with esteemed Italian director and actor Vittorio de Sica that her reputation was secured, not so much as one of cinema's most beautiful stars (that was already proven), but as a serious and versatile actress whose body might be international but whose heart belonged only to Italy. Her role as the pizza girl (la pizzaiola) in L'oro di Napoli (1954) (The Gold of Naples), one of her most cherished among Italian audiences, and her impressive performances alongside Marcello Mastroianni - the pair made 13 films together - as three different characters in leri, oggi, domani (1963) (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow) are career highlights. Her last reputable movie role, in which she wears a monstrously oversized hat (symbolic of her stardom?), is in Robert Altman's Pret-a-Porter (1994).

Sophia Loren set the standard of beauty against which all other stars of the period were measured. A term was even coined in Italy to describe Loren and her peers, such as Gina Lollobrigida, as new postwar embodiments of female stardom, defined by the presence of the body as having a star quality all its own. This term was maggiorate fisiche, meaning physically and very amply endowed. Loren was modest about her glorious physique, claiming, "Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti." Her beauty endures to this day: Loren features in the 2007 Pirelli calendar at age seventy-two.

"Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti."

Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.

She served 18 days in prison in Italy in 1982 for tax evasion.

Suffered from stage fright and, therefore, never appeared in a theatrical production.

Godmother of Drew Barrymore.

Turned down starring roles on the TV series "Dynasty" (1981) and "Falcon Crest" (1981)

Salary

Man of La Mancha (1972) $750,000

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) $1,000,000

El Cid (1961) $750,000

The Pride and the Passion (1957) $200,000