Sophia Loren's biography
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone is 88 years old actor born at Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome, Lazio, Italy. She was born on Thursday 20th of September 1934. She is often nicknamed as Sofia Loren, Sofia Lazzaro, The Italian Marilyn Monroe, Sofia Scicolone, Sophia Loren, Sofia Villani Scicolone, Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone. According to year of birth 1934 Sophia belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 20th of September means Sophia is Virgo. Virgo is an earthy sign of Zodiac Belt. People born under this Rising Sign are practical in nature. They believe in reality and represents themselves as a strong person.
Sophia is white italian. Sophia is citizen of Italy. Sophia is roman catholic. Sophia´s primary profession is to be actor. You can know Sophia also as model, singer, autobiographer, beauty pageant contestant, film actor. She is recently known as voice actor. She received Academy Award for Best Actress Two Women in 1962
Sophia Loren's dad
Sophia Loren's father's name is Riccardo Scicolone.
Sophia Loren's mom
Sophia Loren's mother's name is Romilda Villani. She is known as piano teacher. Her mother was born in 1910. Sophia Loren was born when she was 24 years old. Sophia´s mother died in 1991. Romilda Villani was 57 years old, when this happened.
Sophia Loren's family
Sophia Loren's ex husband
Carlo Ponti
Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti have been together since 1957 for 5 years. He is known as film producer. Sophia´s ex husband was born on Wednesday 11th of December 1912 in Magenta. Her ex husband died on Wednesday 10th of January 2007 in Geneva. Carlo Ponti was 73 years old, when this happened.
Sophia has 2 sons.
Sophia Loren's son: Carlo Ponti Jr.
Sophia Loren's son's name is Carlo Ponti Jr.. He is known as conductor. Her son was born on Sunday 29th of December 1968 in Geneva.
Sophia Loren's son: Edoardo Ponti
Sophia Loren's son's name is Edoardo Ponti. He is known as screenwriter. Her son was born on Saturday 6th of January 1973 in Geneva.
Sophia Loren's schools
We found 1 school She attended. Name of the school: École Jeannine Manuel.
Sophia Loren's career
Sophia´s main focus is to be actor. Sophia is famous thanks to her role as Cesira in the 1960 war drama film directed by Vittorio De Sica, Two Women, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actor to win an Oscar for a non-English-language performance. You could see her also in career.
Is Sophia Loren gay ?
She is known to be straight.
Awards and competitions
Sophia Loren's Awards
- 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 and former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev.
- Her "Best Actress" Academy Award was the first Oscar ever given for a performance in a "foreign-language" film.
- Being one of the contestants at the 1950 Miss Italia competition, she earned the second place and was awarded "Miss Eleganza".
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7050 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.
- She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on January 9, 1994.
- Was the 55th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Two Women (1960) at The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962) on April 9, 1962.
- In 1965 she was the first artist to be given an award by the National, Film Theatre for Services to the Cinema.
Sophia Loren's Nominations
- Sophia was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress for work Two Women in 1962
- She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
What else you don't know about Sophia Loren ?
Her middle name is Villani. She likes to spend time in: Naples.
What Sophia Loren has done for a first time
- (September 17, 1957) Carlo Ponti obtained a Mexican divorce from his first wife and married Sophia by proxy, while she was in Hollywood, filming Houseboat (1958) - and dating co-star Cary Grant.
- Had two miscarriages before her first-born son Carlo Ponti Jr. Because of these complications, she had to have complete bed rest throughout her first and second successful pregnancies.
- Her "Best Actress" Academy Award was the first Oscar ever given for a performance in a "foreign-language" film.
- With El Cid (1961), she became only the second actress to get one million [U.S.] dollars for a single film role. Elizabeth Taylor was the first for Cleopatra (1963) in 1960 but El Cid (1961) was released to theaters first.
- In 1965 she was the first artist to be given an award by the National, Film Theatre for Services to the Cinema.
Sophia Loren's quotes
- 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.
- [on 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] Tyrone Power was my ideal man.
- [on Marcello Mastroianni] 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] One of the most charming men I've ever met.
- [on Cary Grant] 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] 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.
- I don't understand Sharon Stone, who talks about sex as if she were talking about a bowl of spaghetti or a pizza. These things are private; you need a bit of discretion.
- I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother.
- The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.
- I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.
- I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive.
- There IS a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
- [on having made the drama film Two Women (1960)] I said before I am not a sexy pot. Now I can prove it.
- [on Demi Moore] She dares, and I like a person who dares.
- [her advice to young actresses] Learn how to kiss. Now they kiss like they are devouring each other. They should see how people like Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant kiss. Do they eat each other's faces? No.
- [to Barbara Walters in 2000] I am not Italian, I am a Neapolitan!
Sophia Loren's height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color
Lets describe how Sophia Loren looks. We will focus on Sophia´s height, weight, body shape, eye color, hair color and shoe size. Sophia is tall as 5' 8½" (174 cm). She weights 141lbs (64 kg). Body build is voluptuous. Her eyes are tinted green. Her hair is shade of brown - dark. If you are really curious, you may find interesting her shoe size is 8.5.
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