Real Name : Sofia Villani Scicolone
Birth : 20 September 1934, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Height : 5' 8 1/2"
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Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Scicolone in a hospital charity ward in Rome, Italy, on September 20, 1934. Her father Riccardo was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother Romilda, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister Maria). Growing up in the slums of Pozzuoli during the second World War without any support from her father, she experienced much sadness in her childhood. Her life took an unexpected turn for the best when, at age 14, she entered into a beauty contest where she placed as one of the finalists. It was there that Sophia caught the attention of 37-year old film producer 'Carlo Ponti' (qv), whom she eventually married. She immediately enrolled in acting classes and was soon playing bit parts in several films per year. After starring in many Italian movies such as _La favorita (1952)_ (qv) and _Aida (1953)_ (qv), she embarked on a successful acting career in the United States, starting with her debut in _The Pride and the Passion (1957)_ (qv) with 'Cary Grant' (qv). They were paired together a second time in the family-friendly romantic comedy _Houseboat (1958)_ (qv), before Sophia returned to Europe to star in _La ciociara (1960)_ (qv) ("Two Women"). The film was a period piece about a woman living in war-torn Italy who is raped while trying to protect her young daughter. Originally cast as the daughter, Sophia fought against type and was re-cast as the mother, proving herself as a genuine actress and displaying her lack of vanity. This performance received international acclaim and was honored with an Academy Award for Best Actress. In the sixties and seventies, Sophia was a bonafide international movie star, and she continued to make films in both the U.S. and Europe, starring opposite leading men such as 'Paul Newman (I)' (qv), 'Marlon Brando' (qv), 'Gregory Peck' (qv), and 'Charlton Heston' (qv). Her notable American films included _El Cid (1961)_ (qv), _The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)_ (qv), _Arabesque (1966)_ (qv), _Man of La Mancha (1972)_ (qv), and _The Cassandra Crossing (1976)_ (qv). She gained a wider respect with her Italian movies like _Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)_ (qv) ("Marriage Italian-Style") and _Una giornata particolare (1977)_ (qv) ("A Special Day"). Between 1964 and 1977 she received a second Oscar nomination and won five Golden Globe Awards. From the eighties onward, Sophia's appearances on the big screen came few and far between. She preferred to spend most of her time with her husband, and raising sons 'Carlo Ponti Jr.' (qv) and 'Edoardo Ponti' (qv). After starring in a biopic based off her autobiography titled _Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV)_ (qv), she ventured into other areas of business and became the first actress to launch her own fragrance and design of eye wear. In 1982 she voluntarily spent nineteen days in jail for tax evasion. In 1991 Sophia received an Honorary Academy Award for her contributions to world cinema, and was declared "one of the world's greatest treasures." Her return to the screen in _Prêt-à-Porter (1994)_ (qv) ("Ready to Wear") was well-received, although the film as a whole was not. She followed this up with her biggest U.S. box-office hit in decades, the comedy _Grumpier Old Men (1995)_ (qv) in which she played a sexy divorcée who seduces 'Walter Matthau' (qv). After this she took another break from acting, occasionally appearing in small productions abroad such as _Between Strangers (2002)_ (qv) and _Lives of the Saints (2004) (TV)_ (qv). Still beautiful at 72, she posed scantily-clad for the 2007 Pirelli Calendar. Sadly, that same year she lost her husband of 50 years, Carlo Ponti, who was said to have wooed her all those decades by giving her a single rose every day of their marriage. After far too much time away from film, she re-emerged in the musical _Nine (2009)_ (qv) opposite 'Daniel Day-Lewis' (qv) and 'Penélope Cruz' (qv). These days Sophia divides her time between Switzerland and Los Angeles where she is close to her sons and their families. Despite her position as showbiz royalty, she relishes her discrete, low-profile lifestyle, claiming throughout the years "Showbusiness is what I do, not what I am." With a career that has already spanned six decades and been honored with 50 awards, Sophia Loren remains one of the most beloved and recognizable figures in the international film world.
Biography written by: jennyflex3@yahoo.com
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- 'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Leading Role]
- A Breath of Scandal (1960) [Princess Olympia] <1>
- A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) [Natascha] <2>
- Africa sotto i mari (1953) [Barbara Lama] <1>
- Aida (1953) [Aida] <1>
- All-Star Salute to Our Troops (1991) (TV) [Herself]
- Angela (1978) [Angela Kincaid] <1>
- Anna (1951) (uncredited) [L'assistente de Vittorio al nightclub]
- Arabesque (1966) [Yasmin Azir] <2>
- Attila (1954) [Honoria] <2>
- Bambi Verleihung 2004 (2004) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- Bambi Verleihung 2007 (2007) (TV) [Herself - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient]
- Becoming Bert Stern (2010) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Between Strangers (2002) [Olivia] <1>
- Bianco, rosso e... (1973) [Hermana Germana] <1>
- Boccaccio '70 (1962) [Zoe (segment "La riffa")] <8>
- Boy on a Dolphin (1957) [Phaedra] <3>
- Brass Target (1978) [Mara] <1>
- Brief Encounter (1974) (TV) [Anna Jesson] <2>
- C'era una volta... (1967) [Isabella Candeloro] <1>
- Carosello napoletano (1954) [Sisina] <10>
- Cercando Sophia (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- Charlie Chaplin - Les années suisses (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- Ci troviamo in galleria (1953) [Marisa] <2>
- Cleavage (2002) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Courage (1986) (TV) [Marianna Miraldo] <1>
- Cuori sul mare (1950) (uncredited) [Extra]
- Desire Under the Elms (1958) [Anna Cabot] <1>
- Due notti con Cleopatra (1953) [Cleopatra/Nisca] <1>
- Edward R. Murrow: The Best of 'Person to Person' (1993) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- El Cid (1961) [Jimena] <2>
- Era lui... sì! sì! (1951) (as Sofia Lazzaro) [Odalisca] <19>
- Europa riconosciuta (2004) (TV) (uncredited) [Herself/Guest audience]
- Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici (1978) [Titina Paterno] <1>
- Firepower (1979) [Adele Tasca] <1>
- Francesca e Nunziata (2001) (TV) [Francesca Montorsi] <1>
- Gilles Jacob, l'arpenteur de la croisette (2010) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Golden Globes Red Carpet Live (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- Grumpier Old Men (1995) [Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti] <3>
- Heller in Pink Tights (1960) [Angela Rossini] <1>
- Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988) (V) (archive footage)
- Hollywood sul Tevere (2009) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Houseboat (1958) [Cinzia Zaccardi] <2>
- I girasoli (1970) [Giovanna] <1>
- I sequestrati di Altona (1962) [Johanna] <1>
- Ieri, oggi, domani (1963) [Adelina Sbaratti/Anna Molteni/Mara] <1>
- Il falso bugiardo (2008) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Il mago per forza (1951) (as Sofia Scicolone) [La Sposa]
- Il padrone del vapore (1951) (as Sofia Lazzaro) [Una ballerinetta]
- Il paese dei campanelli (1954) [Bonbon]
- Il segno di Venere (1955) [Agnese Tirabassi] <1>
- Il sogno di Zorro (1952) (as Sofia Scicolone) [Conchita]
- Il viaggio (1974) [Adriana de Mauro] <1>
- Il voto (1950) (as Sofia Scicolone) [Un popolana alla festa di Piedigrotta] <10>
- Io sono il capataz (1951) (as Sofia Scicolone) [Segretaria del Dittatore] <12>
- It Started in Naples (1960) [Lucia Curcio] <2>
- Judith (1966) [Judith] <1>
- L'oro di Napoli (1954) [Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")] <2>
- La bella mugnaia (1955) [Carmela] <2>
- La ciociara (1960) [Cesira] <1>
- La ciociara (1988) (TV) [Cesira] <1>
- La domenica della buona gente (1953) [Ines] <2>
- La donna del fiume (1954) [Nives Mongolini] <1>
- La favorita (1952) (as Sofia Lazzaro) [Leonora] <1>
- La fortuna di essere donna (1956) [Antonietta Fallari] <1>
- La mia casa è piena di specchi (2010) (TV) [Romilda Villani] <1>
- La moglie del prete (1971) [Valeria Billi] <1>
- La mortadella (1971) [Maddalena Ciarrapico] <1>
- La pupa del gangster (1975) [Pupa] <1>
- La rabbia (1963) (archive footage) [Herself]
- La rabbia di Pasolini (2008) (archive footage) [Herself]
- La tratta delle bianche (1952) (as Sofia Lazzaro) [Elvira] <14>
- Lady L (1965) [Lady Louise Lendale/Lady L] <1>
- Le couteau dans la plaie (1962) [Lisa Macklin] <1>
- Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950) (as Sofia Lazzaro) [Ragazza rapita]
- Lebbra bianca (1951) (as Sofia Lazzaro) [A girl in the boardinghouse] <9>
- Legend of the Lost (1957) [Dita] <2>
- Lionpower from MGM (1967) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Lives of the Saints (2004) (TV) [Teresa Innocente] <1>
- Lykke og krone (1962) [Herself]
- Madame Sans-Gêne (1961) [Catherine Hubscher, dite "Madame Sans-Gêne"] <1>
- Man of La Mancha (1972) [Dulcinea/Aldonza] <2>
- Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself] <42>
- Matrimonio all'italiana (1964) [Filumena Marturano] <1>
- Mera Naam Joker (1970) (uncredited) [Herself : picture on cover of Life Magazine]
- Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (1988) (V) [Herself] <11>
- Milano miliardaria (1951) (as Sofia Scicolone) [Una commessa del bar]
- Miseria e nobiltà (1954) [Gemma]
- Nine (2009) [Mamma] <4>
- Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Operation Crossbow (1965) [Nora] <1>
- Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Pane, amore e... (1955) [Donna Sofia, a Smargiassa] <2>
- Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954) [Lina Stroppiani] <2>
- Pellegrini d'amore (1953) <1>
- Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia (2004) [Maria]
- Playboy Video Centerfold: Dutch Twins (1989) (V) (archive footage) [Herself] <7>
- Prêt-à-Porter (1994) [Isabella de la Fontaine] <1>
- Qualcosa di biondo (1984) [Aurora] <1>
- Questi fantasmi (1967) [Maria Lojacono] <1>
- Quo Vadis (1951) (uncredited) [Lygia's Slave]
- Sabato, domenica e lunedì (1990) [Rosa Priore] <1>
- Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Showman (1963) [Herself] <2>
- Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990) (TV) [Herself]
- Sixty Years of Seduction (1981) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Soleil (1997) [Maman Lévy] <1>
- Sophia Loren in Rome (1964) (TV) [Herself]
- Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV) [Sophia/Romilda Villani] <1>
- Sophia: A Self-Portrait (1968) (TV) [Herself] <1>
- Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani (2007) [Herself]
- Tempi nostri (1954) [The girl] <41>
- That Kind of Woman (1959) [Katherine aka Kay] <1>
- The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958) (TV) [Herself - Presenter: Best Director]
- The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959) (TV) [Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song]
- The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966) (TV) [Herself - recalling her award (pre-recorded)]
- The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999) (TV) [Herself] <16>
- The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991) (TV) [Herself - Winner - Academy Honorary Award for her contributions to world cinema]
- The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) [Herself - Co-Presenter: Honorary Award to Federico Fellini]
- The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) (TV) [Herself - Presenter: Best Foreign Language Film & 'La vita è bella' Film Clip]
- The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself] <40>
- The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Black Orchid (1958) [Rose Bianco] <1>
- The Cassandra Crossing (1976) [Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain] <1>
- The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) [Lucilla] <1>
- The Key (1958) [Stella] <2>
- The Love Goddesses (1965) (archive footage) [Herself]
- The Millionairess (1960) [Epifania Parerga] <1>
- The Pride and the Passion (1957) [Juana] <3>
- Totò Tarzan (1950) [Una tarzanide]
- Un giorno in pretura (1954) [Anna] <4>
- Una giornata particolare (1977) [Antonietta] <1>
- Verdict (1974) [Teresa Leoni] <1>
- Visitando a las estrellas (1964) [Herself]
- Vita da Star: Cristiano Malgioglio (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- With Love, Sophia (1967) (TV) [Herself - Hostess] <1>
- Zwischen Glück und Krone (1959) (archive footage) [Herself]
- È arrivato l'accordatore (1952) (as Sofia Lazzaro) [Amica di Giulietta] <10>
- "50 años de" (2009) {La mujer, cosa de hombres (#1.11)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "50 años de" (2009) {Tradiciones (#1.10)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Beckmann" (1999) {(1999-10-11)} [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Doris Day: It's Magic} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Biography" (1987) {Sophia Loren: Actress Italian Style} [Herself] <1>
- "Caiga quien caiga" (1996/I) {(2007-11-07)} [Herself]
- "Cinema 3" (1984) {(2010-01-23)} [Herself]
- "Cinépanorama" (1956) {(1957-04-06)} [Herself]
- "Cinépanorama" (1956) {(1958-05-08)} [Herself]
- "Cinépanorama" (1956) {(1960-12-17)} [Herself]
- "Clapper Board" (1972) {Peter Sellers: 2} (archive footage)
- "Corazón de..." (1997) {(2006-01-24)} [Herself]
- "Días de cine" (1991) {(1994-03-05)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-12-11)} [Herself]
- "Film Night" (1970) {(1971-03-14)} [Herself]
- "Good Morning America" (1975) {(1979-03-12)} [Herself]
- "Graffiti 60" (2005) (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Gran premio galà della TV" (1984) {(1995-05-09)} [Herself - Winner]
- "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Brief Encounter (#24.1)} [Anna Jesson] <2>
- "La mandrágora" (1997) {(2006-05-10)} (archive footage) [Filumena Marturano]
- "La nuit des Césars" (1976) {16ème nuit des Césars (#1.16)} [Herself - La Présidente Des Césars - César D'honneur]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {(2004-12-02)} [Herself]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {The Cast of Nine!} [Herself]
- "Late Night with David Letterman" (1982) {(1983-10-06)} [Herself]
- "So Graham Norton" (1998) {(#4.15)} [Herself]
- "Sorpresa, ¡Sorpresa!" (1996) {(#1.1)} [Herself]
- "The David Frost Show" (1969) {(#3.4)} [Herself]
- "The Fortunate Pilgrim" (1988) [Lucia] <1>
- "The Hollywood Greats" (1977) {Charles Chaplin (#3.3)} [Herself]
- "The Merv Griffin Show" (1962) {(1977-11-25)} [Herself]
- "The New Steve Allen Show" (1961) {(#1.10)} [Herself - Guest]
- "TMZ on TV" (2007) {(2009-09-25)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#10.27)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#10.40)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#11.14)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#11.38)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#13.45)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#14.33)} [Actress]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#15.31)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Turin 2006: XX Olympic Winter Games" (2006) [Herself] <6>
- "V Graham Norton" (2002) {(#1.4)} [Herself]
- "Wetten, dass..?" (1981) {Wetten, dass..? aus Berlin (#1.150)} [Herself]
- "Wetten, dass..?" (1981) {Wetten, dass..? aus Erfurt (#1.187)} [Herself]
- "Wetten, dass..?" (1981) {Wetten, dass..? aus Mallorca (#1.117)} [Herself]
- "What's My Line?" (1950) {(1958-06-29)} [Herself - Mystery Guest]
- "What's My Line?" (1950) {(1961-05-28)} [Mystery Guest]
- "¿Qué apostamos?" (1993) {(1996-12-13)} [Herself]
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- 'Carlo Ponti' (qv) (9 April 1966 - 10 January 2007) (his death); 2 children
- 'Carlo Ponti' (qv) (17 September 1957 - 1962) (annulled)
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- _Cercando Sophia (2004) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Sophia: A Self-Portrait (1968) (TV)_ (qv)
- _Sophia Loren in Rome (1964) (TV)_ (qv)
- _With Love, Sophia (1967) (TV)_ (qv)
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- _The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)_ (qv)
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- _Man of La Mancha (1972)_ (qv) -> $750,000
- _El Cid (1961)_ (qv) -> $750,000
- _The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)_ (qv) -> $1,000,000
- _The Pride and the Passion (1957)_ (qv) -> $200,000
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- "Epsilon" (Greece), 10 October 2004, Iss. 704, pg. 90-94, by: Lakis Chatzikiriakos, "Eho brosta mou olokliro to mellon"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 27 September 2003, Vol. 51, Iss. 39, pg. 51-52, by: Janet Weeks, "A Fine Italian Vintage"
- "The Daily Telegraph" (UK), 8 November 2001, by: Michael Shelden, "Did Cary Grant propose? Oh yes"
- "Cinema" (Hungary), May 1996, Iss. 54, pg. 34, by: Scott Orlin, "Már nem vagyok tinédzser"
- "Fotogramas" (Spain), 22 September 1961, Vol. XVI, Iss. 669, pg. 12-13, by: Francisco Vega, "Sofia no se arrepiente de su passado"
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- "Spotlight" (USA), 27 February 2009, Vol. 51, Iss. 15, pg. 2, by: Adrienne Papp, "Oscars Spotlight"
- "Sly" (USA), January 2006, pg. 54-63, by: Brian O' Connor, "40 Hottest Women Over 40: #27) Sophia Loren, 71"
- "Vimagazino" (Greece), 27 July 2003, Iss. 146, pg. 88-93, by: Kosmas Vidos, "Rezous thiliko"
- "Flare" (USA), October 2002, Vol. 24, Iss. 10, pg. 138-139, by: Kim Izzo, "Hail Sophia!"
- "To allo vima" (Greece), 1 September 2002, pg. 4, by: Yannis Zouboulakis, "I sofia ine pandotini"
- "The Daily Telegraph" (UK), 19 June 2001, by: Julian Coman, "Sophia Loren returns to her roots - at last"
- "Le Journal du Siècle" (Belgium), 4 August 1999, Iss. 114, pg. 4, "Sophia Loren en prison!"
- "Diário de Notícias" (Portugal), 16 August 1998, pg. 51, "Os «calores» de Sophia Loren"
- "Nova" (Portugal), June 1998, Iss. 52
- "Neue Post" (Germany), 10 January 1992, Iss. 3, pg. 8-9, by: Helen Gordon, "Filmstar Sophia Loren und Carlo Ponti : Der Rozenkrieg eines einstigen Traumpaares"
- "Vanity Fair" (USA), January 1991, Vol. 54, Iss. 1, pg. 80-85, 121-125, by: Nancy Collins, "Sophia"
- "Fiesta" (UK), December 1986, Vol. 20, Iss. 12, pg. 60-61, by: n/a, "People In Erotic History: Sophia Loren"
- "Good Housekeeping" (USA), September 1984, Vol. 199, Iss. 3, pg. 156-157+114+116+118+120, by: Sophia Loren, "Sophia's Loren Breast Beauty"
- "Us" (USA), 14 October 1980, Vol. 4, Iss. 13, pg. 60-62, by: Jerry Bauer and Marc Rangel, "Mama Mia! Sophia Loren plays her mother in a new tv movie - and triggers a fierce family feud"
- "¡Hola!" (Spain), 30 January 1971, Iss. 1379, pg. 44, "Sofia Loren no ha logrado salvar el matrimonio de su hermana"
- "Le Nouveau Cinémonde" (France), 11 October 1966, Iss. 1662, pg. 24, "Sophia et Jeanne tournent par amour"
- "Photoplay" (UK), March 1958, Vol. 9, Iss. 3, pg. 8-9, 46-47, "The Great Love of Sophia Loren..."
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- "Télépro" (Belgium), 13 May 2004, Iss. 2619, pg. 24-25, "Les chocs et les émotions du Festival de Cannes"
- "Playboy" (USA), January 2004, Vol. 51, Iss. 1, pg. 202, by: staff, "Golden Memories"
- "Playboy Special Edition" (USA), August 1999, pg. 8, by: staff, "Playboy's Sex Stars of the Century"
- "Playboy" (USA), January 1999, Vol. 46, Iss. 1, pg. 105-128+214- 220, by: D. Keith Mano, "Sex Stars Of The Century"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1999, Vol. 12, Iss. 4, pg. 78-79, by: staff, "Momma Mia"
- "Vox" (Hungary), November 1998, Iss. 19, pg. 78, "Visszanézõ"
- "Playboy" (USA), August 1998, Vol. 44, Iss. 8, pg. 83, "Playboy Gallery"
- "Votre Beauté" (France), February 1998, Iss. 714, pg. 77, by: Marie-Paule Vandunthun and Eve Zheim, "Comment on embrasse en 1998"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1997, Vol. 11, Iss. 1, pg. 48, by: staff, "Star-Tistics"
- "Playboy" (USA), November 1996, Vol. 43, Iss. 11, pg. 83, "Playboy Gallery"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), April 1995, Vol. 17, Iss. 41, pg. 35, by: staff, "Grin & Bare It: Sophia Loren"
- "Cinema" (Hungary), November 1994, Iss. 36, pg. 12, "Bellissima Sophia!"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1993, Vol. 6, Iss. 3, pg. 32-33, by: staff, "Car-Nal Knowledge: Sophia Loren"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1993, Vol. 6, Iss. 6, pg. 20-21, by: staff, "Big CupsTo Fill: Sophia Loren & Maria Scicolone"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1993, Vol. 6, Iss. 3, pg. 74-75, by: staff, "Catching Rays: Sophia Loren"
- "Gallery" (USA), August 1992, "The 20 Sexiest Women of the 20th Century"
- "Lui" (France), November 1990, Iss. 37, pg. 83, by: Jean-Pierre Bouyxou, "Elles ont commencé toutes nues"
- "Premiere" (USA), September 1989, Vol. 3, Iss. 1, pg. 82, by: Douglas Kirkland, "Douglas Kirkland: He is a Camera"
- "Playboy" (USA), January 1989, Vol. 36, Iss. 1, pg. 120, "Women Of The Fifties"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1988, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, pg. 58-63, by: staff, "Sophia Loren"
- "Pub" (USA), April 1983, pg. 74, by: staff, "Sex Kittens Of the Silver Screen"
- "High Society" (USA), April 1982, "Nudes Real"
- "Partner Sex Stars" (USA), 1981, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, pg. 76-78, by: staff, "Roman Rag Scores! Runs Loren's Lungs!"
- "Club International" (USA), January 1980, Vol. 4, Iss. 1, pg. 5, by: staff, "Celebrity Indiscretions: Sophia Loren"
- "Partner" (USA), November 1979, Vol. 1, Iss. 6, pg. 12-14, by: staff, "Celebriteasers: Roman Rag Scores! Runs Loren's Lungs!"
- "Ciné-Revue" (Belgium), 29 March 1979, Vol. 59, Iss. 13, pg. 24, by: La Fayette, "Papotages parisiens"
- "Playboy" (USA), November 1978, Vol. 25, Iss. 11, pg. 186, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex in Cinema 1978"
- "Eros" (USA), June 1978, Vol. 2, Iss. 1, pg. 18-21, by: n/a, "Sophia Loren: The Original Bare-Breasted, Black Garter Girl"
- "Playboy" (USA), November 1973, Vol. 20, Iss. 11, pg. 152, by: Arthur Knight, "Sex In Cinema 1973"
- "Cine-Revue" (Belgium), 4 October 1973, Vol. 53, Iss. 40, pg. 18- 21, by: J.V. Cotton, "Sophia Loren: Celle qui a su magistralement jouer le jeu"
- "Cinema X" (UK), 1970, Vol. 2, Iss. 10, pg. 7, by: Domenico Laminafra, "The continental scene"
- "Playboy" (USA), July 1968, Vol. 15, Iss. 7, pg. 138-139, by: Arthur Knight & Hollis Alpert, "The History of Sex in Cinema - Part XIX: The Sixties Eros Unbound in Foreign Films"
- "Playboy" (USA), July 1968, Vol. 15, Iss. 7, pg. 138-139+141, by: Arthur Knight & Hollis Alpert, "The History of Sex in Cinema - Part XIX: The Sixties Eros Unbound in Foreign Films"
- "Modern Man Deluxe Quarterly" (USA), 1968, Vol. 8, Iss. Spring, pg. 59, by: staff, "Hollywood from fetish to flesh and back"
- "Jaguar" (USA), October 1967, Vol. 2, Iss. 12, pg. 14-17, by: staff, "Million Dollar Photos of Sophia Loren Nude"
- "Playboy" (USA), January 1967, Vol. 14, Iss. 1, pg. 99, by: Arthur Knight & Hollis Alpert, "The History Of Sex In Cinema: Part XIV - Sex Stars Of The Fifties"
- "Beau" (USA), October 1966
- "Lui" (France), June 1966, Iss. 30, pg. 135, by: Michel Caen, "Service après vamp"
- "Modern Man" (USA), March 1966, Vol. 15, Iss. 9, pg. 4-5, by: Raymond Lee, "HollywoodSex- and How It Grew!"
- "Playboy" (USA), December 1965, Vol. 12, Iss. 12, pg. 190, by: staff, "The Playboy Portfolio of Sex Stars"
- "Jeunesse Cinéma" (France), September 1965, Iss. 93, pg. 22-27, "60 ans en 60 minutes!! Sophia anarchiste de 20 ans, duchesse de 80 ans"
- "Bravo" (West Germany), 3 May 1964, Iss. 18, pg. 6, "Hallo Bravo"
- "Playboy" (USA), December 1962, Vol. 9, Iss. 12, pg. 136, "Playboy's Other Girlfriends"
- "Salut les Copains" (France), November 1962, Iss. 4, pg. 46, "Les filles"
- "Ciné-Revue" (Belgium), 28 June 1962, Vol. 42, Iss. 26, pg. 14, "Cette année encore, vous pouvez assister gratuitement au Festival de Venise"
- "Ciné-Revue" (Belgium), 28 June 1962, Vol. 42, Iss. 26, pg. 4, by: Jean-Marc Camus, "La mode "Cléopatre" a conquis Paris"
- "Cinemonde" (France), 14 November 1961, Vol. 29, Iss. 1423, pg. 16-17, "On en parle à l'Elysées-Club"
- "Paris Match" (France), 24 January 1959, Iss. 511, pg. 48-51, "Anastase chez les stars"
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- "K" (Greece), 6 May 2007, Iss. 205
- "Nuvo" (Canada), 2007, Vol. 10, Iss. 1
- "Telesette" (Italy), 22 January 2002, Iss. 4
- "Vanity Fair" (USA), April 2001
- "Parade" (USA), 12 November 2000
- "Town & Country" (USA), January 2000
- "Modern Maturity" (USA), November 1999
- "People" (USA), 31 May 1999, Vol. 51, Iss. 20
- "Paris Match" (France), March 1999
- "Le Lundi" (France), 5 September 1998
- "Good Housekeeping" (USA), August 1994
- "American Movie Classics" (USA), February 1993
- "Vogue" (USA), December 1990
- "Vogue" (USA), April 1990
- "Excelsior" (Italy), August 1989, Iss. 43
- "Oggi" (Italy), 20 April 1988
- "Oggi" (Italy), 25 February 1987
- "Good Housekeeping" (USA), September 1984, Vol. 199, Iss. 3
- "Frau im Spiegel" (West Germany), 29 April 1982, Iss. 18
- "McCall's" (USA), March 1982
- "Lady's Circle" (USA), February 1981
- "Hollywood Studio Magazine" (USA), October 1980, Vol. 14, Iss. 4
- "Story" (Netherlands), 4 January 1980, Iss. 1
- "Photo Revue" (West Germany), December 1979
- "Interviu" (Spain), August 1979
- "Story" (Netherlands), 11 May 1979, Iss. 19
- "McCall's" (USA), January 1979
- "Giorni" (Italy), 29 June 1977
- "Panorama" (Netherlands), 3 June 1977, Iss. 22
- "Paris Match" (France), May 1977
- "Photoplay" (USA), April 1977
- "Epoca" (Italy), 8 September 1976
- "Women's Weekly" (Australia), 7 July 1976
- "Ladies Home Journal" (USA), April 1976
- "People" (USA), 2 February 1976
- "Screen" (Japan), August 1975
- "Neue Post" (West Germany), 1 January 1975, Iss. 1
- "Stern" (West Germany), 28 November 1974, Iss. 49
- "TV Guide" (USA), 9 November 1974
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 31 October 1974, Iss. 45
- "Epoca" (Italy), 13 July 1974
- "Los Domingos de ABC" (Spain), 23 June 1974
- "Panorama" (Netherlands), 19 April 1974, Iss. 16
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 10 April 1974
- "Domenica Del Corriere" (Italy), 21 August 1973
- "McCall's" (USA), April 1973
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 15 February 1973, Iss. 8
- "Films Illustrated" (UK), January 1973
- "Films Illustrated" (USA), January 1973
- "Movie Digest" (USA), January 1973
- "New Cinema" (Italy), December 1972
- "Film Review" (UK), November 1972
- "Vogue" (USA), 15 April 1972
- "Ladies Home Journal" (USA), March 1972
- "Giorni Vie Nuove" (Italy), 1 December 1971
- "Oggi" (Italy), 26 April 1971
- "Films in Review" (USA), April 1971, Vol. XXII, Iss. 4
- "Ladies' Home Journal" (USA), January 1971
- "Vogue" (USA), 1 December 1970
- "Bolero Teletutto" (Italy), 27 September 1970
- "Good Housekeeping" (USA), November 1969
- "Nieuwe Revu" (Netherlands), 18 October 1969, Iss. 42
- "Neue Post" (West Germany), 5 July 1969, Iss. 27
- "Nieuwe Revu" (Netherlands), 28 June 1969, Iss. 26
- "Photoplay" (UK), May 1969
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 1 January 1969
- "Stern" (Germany), 1969, Iss. 8
- "Stern" (Germany), 1969, Iss. 3
- "Los Domingos de ABC" (Spain), 18 August 1968
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 24 January 1968
- "Saturday Evening Post" (USA), 21 October 1967
- "De Katholieke Illustratie" (Netherlands), 30 September 1967
- "Photoplay" (USA), September 1967, Vol. 18, Iss. 9
- "Stern" (West Germany), January 1967, Iss. 1
- "Jours de France" (France), January 1967
- "Tempo" (Italy), 9 November 1966
- "Beau" (USA), October 1966
- "Life" (USA), 16 September 1966
- "Screen Stories" (USA), August 1966
- "Epoca" (Italy), 12 June 1966
- "Newsweek" (USA), 6 June 1966
- "Stern" (West Germany), 6 May 1966, Iss. 19
- "Look" (USA), 19 April 1966
- "Life" (USA), 1 April 1966
- "Harper's Bazaar" (USA), December 1965
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 14 July 1965, Iss. 29
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 12 May 1965, Iss. 20
- "Ecran" (Chile), May 1965
- "Stern" (West Germany), 4 April 1965
- "Eikones" (Greece), March 1965
- "Stern" (West Germany), 24 January 1965
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 6 January 1965, Iss. 2
- "Epoca" (Italy), 29 November 1964
- "Tempo" (Italy), 11 November 1964
- "Stern" (West Germany), 4 October 1964, Iss. 40
- "Life" (USA), 18 September 1964
- "Quick" (West Germany), 13 September 1964, Iss. 37
- "Tempo" (Italy), 4 July 1964
- "Er" (West Germany), June 1964
- "Parade" (UK), 25 April 1964, Iss. 1272
- "Epoca" (Italy), 19 April 1964
- "Saturday Evening Post" (USA), 15 February 1964
- "Tempo" (Italy), 15 February 1964
- "De Katolieke Illustratie" (Netherlands), 1964, Iss. 7
- "Er" (West Germany), November 1963
- "Vie Nuove" (Italy), 31 October 1963
- "Tempo" (Italy), 22 June 1963
- "Bravo" (West Germany), 12 May 1963, Iss. 19
- "Eiga no tomo" (Japan), May 1963
- "Ecran" (Chile), April 1963
- "Tempo" (Italy), 9 March 1963
- "Epoca" (Italy), 27 January 1963
- "Tempo" (Italy), 29 December 1962
- "Amis du film" (France), December 1962
- "Vogue" (USA), 1 November 1962
- "Cine Avance" (Mexico), September 1962
- "Frankfurter Illustrierte" (West Germany), August 1962
- "Tempo" (Italy), 28 July 1962
- "Capri" (France), June 1962, Iss. 68
- "Epoca" (Italy), 22 May 1962
- "Parade" (UK), 19 May 1962, Iss. 1171
- "Revue" (West Germany), May 1962
- "L'Europeo" (Italy), 22 April 1962
- "Tempo" (Italy), 7 April 1962
- "Time" (USA), 6 April 1962
- "Screen Stories" (USA), April 1962
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 14 March 1962
- "Parade" (UK), 10 March 1962, Iss. 1161
- "Cronaca" (Italy), February 1962
- "Bravo" (Germany), 1962, Iss. 21
- "Film Revue" (Germany), 1962, Iss. 18
- "Piccolo" (Belgium), 1962, Iss. 4
- "Epoca" (Italy), 8 October 1961
- "Parade" (UK), 23 September 1961
- "Life" (USA), 18 September 1961
- "Life" (USA), 11 August 1961
- "Stern" (West Germany), 25 June 1961
- "Ude og Hjemme" (Denmark), 22 June 1961
- "Tempo" (Italy), 17 June 1961
- "Revue" (West Germany), 28 May 1961
- "Screen Stories" (USA), April 1961
- "Bunte" (West Germany), 7 January 1961
- "Cine Tele Revue" (France), 1961, Iss. 9
- "Stern" (West Germany), 1961, Iss. 26
- "Cine Tele Revue" (France), 1961, Iss. 5
- "Life" (USA), 14 November 1960
- "Revue" (West Germany), 1 October 1960
- "Police Gazette" (USA), July 1960
- "Oggi" (Italy), 9 June 1960
- "Film Revue" (West Germany), 12 April 1960
- "Neue Illustrierte" (West Germany), 30 January 1960
- "Family Weekly" (USA), 10 January 1960
- "Cine Tele Revue" (France), 1960, Iss. 6
- "Stern" (West Germany), 1960, Iss. 26
- "Cine Tele Revue" (France), 1960, Iss. 4
- "Paris Match" (France), 1960, Iss. 6
- "Mascotte" (Italy), 10 December 1959
- "Tempo" (Italy), 5 May 1959
- "Stern" (West Germany), 7 March 1959, Iss. 10
- "Inside Story" (USA), March 1959
- "Le Ore" (Italy), January 1959
- "Cinemonde" (Belgium), 1959, Iss. 1
- "Paris Match" (France), 15 November 1958
- "Tempo" (Italy), 9 September 1958
- "Festival" (Italy), 1 September 1958
- "Candido" (Italy), 1 June 1958
- "Epoca" (Italy), 11 May 1958
- "Se" (Sweden), 10 April 1958
- "Tempo" (Italy), 20 March 1958
- "Woman's Story" (UK), February 1958
- "Cine Revue" (Belgium), 1958, Iss. 6
- "Vue Images" (France), 1958, Iss. 5
- "Cinemonde" (Belgium), 1958, Iss. 6
- "Paris Match" (France), 1958, Iss. 12
- "Tempo" (Italy), 28 November 1957
- "Continental Film Review" (UK), November 1957
- "Epoca" (Italy), 20 October 1957
- "Liberty" (Canada), September 1957
- "Tempo" (Italy), 22 August 1957
- "Tempo" (Italy), 27 June 1957
- "Revue" (West Germany), 22 June 1957
- "Life" (USA), 5 May 1957
- "Tempo" (Italy), 11 April 1957
- "Revue" (West Germany), 23 February 1957
- "Oggi" (Italy), 14 February 1957
- "Modern Man" (USA), February 1957
- "Tempo" (Italy), 8 November 1956
- "Epoca" (Italy), 30 September 1956
- "Tempo" (Italy), 2 August 1956
- "Tempo" (USA), 7 February 1956
- "TAB" (USA), February 1956, Vol. 5, Iss. 6
- "Cine Revue" (Belgium), 1956, Iss. 6
- "Tempo" (Italy), 29 December 1955
- "Vie Nuove" (Italy), 30 October 1955
- "Epoca" (Italy), 28 August 1955
- "Life" (USA), 22 August 1955, Vol. 39, Iss. 8
- "Tempo" (Italy), 18 August 1955
- "Newsweek" (USA), 15 August 1955
- "Stern" (West Germany), 14 August 1955, Iss. 33
- "Spiegel" (West Germany), 3 August 1955, Iss. 32
- "Cinema Nuovo" (Italy), 25 June 1955
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- "Rosso e Nero" (Italy), April 1955
- "Tempo" (Italy), 31 March 1955
- "Tempo" (Italy), 17 February 1955
- "Epoca" (Italy), 16 January 1955
- "Paris Match" (France), 1955, Iss. 4
- "Cine Revue" (Belgium), 1955, Iss. 11
- "Quick" (West Germany), 21 November 1954, Iss. 47
- "Epoca" (Italy), 7 November 1954
- "Vie Nuove" (Italy), 10 October 1954
- "Le Ore" (Italy), June 1954
- "Tempo" (Italy), 20 May 1954
- "Cinema Nuovo" (Italy), 1 April 1954
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- "Vie Nuove" (Italy), 20 March 1953
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- Donald Zec. _Sophia._ 1975.
- 'A.E. Hotchner' (qv). _Sophia: Living and Loving._ 1979.
- Tony Crawley. _The Films of Sophia Loren._ 1974.
- Sam Shaw. _Sophia Loren in the Camera Eye._ 1979.
- Alan Levy. _Forever Sophia._ 1979.
- 'Warren G. Harris' (qv). _Sophia Loren._ 1998.
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- TV commercial: Parmacotto (italian prosciutto)
- Book: "Women and Beauty", 1984.
- TV commercial: Malma (Polish noodle producer).
- TV commercial: "Sophia" perfume line (1981).
- TV commercial: Lux Soap (1981)
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- (1998) Release of her cookbook, "Sophia Loren's Recipes and Memories".
- (1972) Release of her cookbook, "In the Kitchen with Love".
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- Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got.
- Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
- The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.
- Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent.
- [on adultery] It's a game I never play.
- [explaining why she did not pose nude in the 2007 Pirelli calendar] When Sophia Loren is naked, that is a lot of nakedness.
- Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets -- "piccoli segreti" -- that are simmering on the burners.
- A woman's dress should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
- A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
- Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough.
- [on 'Tyrone Power' (qv)] Tyrone Power was my ideal man.
- [on 'Marcello Mastroianni' (qv)] Marcello is a man who thinks like a man, talks like a man -- is a man! He has so much magnetism, he brings out the very soul in a woman.
- [on 'Gregory Peck' (qv)] One of the most charming men I've ever met.
- [on 'Cary Grant' (qv)] I learned many things working with Cary Grant. He has such tremendous concentration. Many actors do not have the courage to stand still. Cary Grant knows how to concentrate, how to look directly at you, but always with great relaxation.
- [on 'Gina Lollobrigida' (qv)] Gina's personality is limited. She is good playing a peasant but is incapable of playing a lady. That said, I don't think she's positively mad about me. Because I'm bigger than she? It's possible. Who knows?
- Hate is unfulfilled love.
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- As a child, she also had the nickname, "Toothpick".
- Filed a lawsuit against 76 websites for using "fraudulent photographs" of her on adult sites (17 September 1999).
- Mother of 'Carlo Ponti Jr.' (qv) (b. 1969) and 'Edoardo Ponti' (qv) (b. 1973). Father is 'Carlo Ponti' (qv).
- She may have been the voluptuous sex goddess as an adult, but until the age of 14, she was a skinny child and considered an ugly duckling, nicknamed 'The Stick'.
- Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world (1991).
- She had her marriage annulled to save 'Carlo Ponti' (qv) from bigamy charges in Italy.
- She served 18 days in prison in Italy in 1982 for tax evasion.
- Born at 2:10pm-CET
- Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#25) (1995).
- Derives great pleasure from rolling her bare feet over a wooden rolling pin while watching TV.
- She didn't get along with 'Marlon Brando' (qv) during the shooting of _A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)_ (qv), especially after the day they were doing a love scene and he commented, "Did you know you have hairs up your nostrils?".
- She performed two duets with 'Peter Sellers' (qv) which were major hits in the UK pop chart. 'Goodness Gracious Me' was released in 1960 and reached four and 'Bangers and Mash' made it to the top 20 in 1961.
- 'Carlo Ponti' (qv) obtained a Mexican divorce from his first wife and married Sophia by proxy, while she was in Hollywood, filming _Houseboat (1958)_ (qv) - and dating co-star 'Cary Grant' (qv) (17 September 1957).
- While filming _Boy on a Dolphin (1957)_ (qv), Sophia was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, 'Alan Ladd (I)' (qv), was taller than she.
- Her sister 'Maria Scicolone' (qv) (born Anna Maria Scicolone) was married to dictator 'Benito Mussolini' (qv)'s son, 'Romano Mussolini' (qv).
- Suffered from stage fright and, therefore, never appeared in a theatrical production.
- Measurements: 38C-24-38 (self-described - 1955, and from 'Edith Head' (qv)- 1957), 36D-24-37 3/4 (at age 50 - 1985) (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Had two miscarriages prior to her first-born son 'Carlo Ponti Jr.' (qv) Because of these complications, she had to have complete bed rest throughout her first and second successful pregnancies.
- Her mother won an all-Italy 'Greta Garbo' (qv) lookalike contest run by MGM in 1932; but, being only 17 years old, her mother wouldn't allow her to pursue her Hollywood dream. Soon after, she became pregnant with Sofia.
- Her adopted surname is a slight variation of "Toren" after the Swedish actress 'Märta Torén' (qv).
- Her mother named her after her paternal grandmother, so when Sofia's father abandoned her, her maternal grandmother began calling her 'Lella'.
- Won a Grammy award in 2004 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for her work in "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus" along with former US President 'Bill Clinton (I)' (qv) and former Soviet Union President 'Mikhail Gorbachev' (qv).
- Was named #21 Actress, The American Film Institutes 50 Greatest Screen Legends
- Often called the "Italian 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv)".
- At times, male actors have been hesitant to appear with her, due to the fact that she stands nearly 5' 9" and wears towering heels and tall hair that can make her look over 6 feet tall.
- Portrays herself and her mother in _Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV)_ (qv)
- Her "Best Actress" Academy Award was the first Oscar ever given for a performance in a "foreign-language" film.
- Received an honorary citizenship in her hometown of Pozzuoli, Italy, on June 22, 2005 (she gave up her Italian citizenship and became a French citizen years ago because of legal and tax problems she and her husband incurred in Italy).
- President of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966.
- Is portrayed by 'Sonia Aquino (I)' (qv) in _The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)_ (qv)
- One of eight women, also among them 'Susan Sarandon' (qv) and author 'Isabel Allende' (qv), carrying the Olympic flag at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony in Turin (10 February 2006).
- She and 'Marcello Mastroianni' (qv) made 13 movies together: _La bella mugnaia (1955)_ (qv), _Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova - si sospettano moventi politici (1978)_ (qv), _La fortuna di essere donna (1956)_ (qv), _Una giornata particolare (1977)_ (qv), _I girasoli (1970)_ (qv), _Ieri, oggi, domani (1963)_ (qv), _Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)_ (qv), _La moglie del prete (1971)_ (qv), _Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954)_ (qv), _Prêt-à-Porter (1994)_ (qv), _La pupa del gangster (1975)_ (qv), _Questi fantasmi (1967)_ (qv) and _Tempi nostri (1954)_ (qv).
- Cited as one of 'Drew Barrymore (I)' (qv)'s early role models. Loren was a close friend of Drew's godmother, 'Anna Strasberg' (qv) (wife of famed acting coach 'Lee Strasberg' (qv).) Anna would bring young Drew - from age 8 until she was 12-to Sophia's ranch outside Los Angeles where Drew would spend summers with Loren's two sons. (Jane magazine interview March 2007).
- Being a fan of soccer club S.S.C. Napoli, she told the daily "Gazzetta dello Sport", when the team was just third in Serie B, that she would do a striptease if they achieved promotion to Serie A for the next season. When they managed to achieve promotion, she explained that she had made just a joke (June 2007).
- Appeared in the 2007 edition of the famous Pirelli Calendar at the age of 72, making her the oldest model in its history.
- Owns an apartment in the Trump World Tower in New York.
- Mentioned in 'Bob Dylan' (qv)'s song "I Shall Be Free".
- Hating beauty salons, she does her hair and nails herself.
- Being one of the contestants at the 1950 Miss Italia competition, she earned the 2nd place and was awarded "Miss Eleganza".
- The Best Actress Oscar she won for _La ciociara (1960)_ (qv) (Two Women) was stolen by thieves from her Italian villa. AMPAS later replaced it for a small fee.
- Is one of five performers to win an Oscar playing a character that spoke mostly in a foreign language. The other are 'Marion Cotillard' (qv), 'Robert De Niro' (qv), 'Roberto Benigni' (qv) and 'Benicio Del Toro' (qv).
- Sister of 'Maria Scicolone' (qv).
- Godmother of 'Drew Barrymore (I)' (qv).
- Was amongst those considered for the role of Lara Antipova in _Doctor Zhivago (1965)_ (qv), but the part ultimately went to 'Julie Christie (I)' (qv).
- Grandmother of Lucia Ponti (b. 2006) and Vittorio Ponti (b. 2007).
- Mother-in-law of 'Sasha Alexander (II)' (qv) and Andrea Mezaros.
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