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Sophia Loren
Sofia Villani Scicolone (Italian: [soˈfiːa vilˈlaːni ʃikoˈloːne]; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren (Italian: [ˈlɔːren], English: ), is an Italian film actress. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons after entering a beauty pageant, Loren began her film career at age 16 in 1950. She appeared in several bit parts and minor roles in the early part of the decade, until her five-picture contract with Paramount in 1956 launched her international career. Notable film appearances around this time include The Pride and the Passion, Houseboat, 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 (1961); Loren's performance earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actor or actress to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. She holds the record for having earned six David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress: Two Women; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963); Marriage Italian Style (1964) (for which she was nominated for a second Oscar); Sunflower (1970); The Voyage (1974); and A Special Day (1977). After starting a family in the early 1970s, Loren chose to make only occasional film appearances. Most recently, she has appeared in American films such as Grumpier Old Men (1995) and Nine (2009). Aside from the Academy Award, she has won a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes (including the Cecil B. DeMille Award), a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award, the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival, the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Honorary Academy Award in 1991. In 1995, she received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievements, one of many such awards. In 1999, Loren was named by the American Film Institute the 21st greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She is currently the only living actress and the highest ranked living person on the list.
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Born
1934-09-20
Birth Place
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality
Italian
Also Known As
Sofia Scicolone Sofia Lazzaro
Famous As
Actress
Residence
Rome,_Italy
Spouse(s)
Carlo Ponti Sr. ​ ​ ( m.  1957; ann.  1962) ​ ​ ​ ( m.  1966; died 2007) ​
Children
Carlo Ponti Jr. Edoardo Ponti
Relative(s)
Alessandra Mussolini (niece)
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Sophia Loren receives the keys to Florence

Florence mayor plays violin for Sophia Loren. Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren received the keys to Florence at a ceremony in Palazzo Vecchio on 5 June. After conferring the honour, Florence mayor Dario Nardella performed a violin version of O sole mio especially for the veteran star of Italian cinema.
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In Which Sophia Loren Shows Up Looking Glamorous

This woman is 86 years old and still extremely dishy. Once a dish, always a dish!. And may we all salute her for putting on MANY diamonds (all of which I assume she owns) and her sequins and popping out to show everyone how it’s done. She’s also, by the way, basically the first celebrity to have her own line of eyeglasses, and I’d like to thank her for representing those of us who cannot, technically, read very well without help. (I swear to god, I’m going to get these next time I need to get readers, and see if it turns me into something even vaguely approximating this level of glam!)
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Vermicelli alla Sophia Loren: Rachel Roddy’s recipe for pasta with parsley pesto

The story starts with a pregnant woman stealing parsley from a garden. She gets caught by the owner, a furious ogress, who, as penance, makes the woman promise that one day she will hand over her child. The child is born, and beautiful, and named Petrosinella, the old Italian word for parsley. As she grows, her mother warns her to stay away from the ogress, but one day the ogress sees the child returning from school and grabs what she is owed, hiding Petrosinella in a tower in the woods. Climbing the tower using the girl’s long hair is the only means of entry for the ogress … but also for a prince.
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Sophia Loren Opens a Restaurant in Florence

Sophia Loren Original Italian Food opens this week in Florence, the first outpost of a group of restaurants offering food that's deeply rooted in the traditions of Campania. Gennaro Esposito, chef of the two-star Michelin-rated Torre del Saracino near Naples created the restaurant menu while Francesco Martucci, the pizzaiolo behind I Masanielli in Caserta, handles the pizza. Pastry chef Carmine Di Donna, a long-time colleague of Esposito, oversees the dolci.
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Sophia Loren Just Opened Her Own Pizza Chain

Veteran actress Sophia Loren is rather passionate about cooking. The star has already penned two cookbooks for her fans, according to Kitchn. Some of her best cooking hacks are extremely relatable, such as her advice to stick to the basics instead of trying to cook something complicated. She uses this principle in her life and turns to simple recipes when she's making food for her family. Another unexpected tip from Loren? She suggests using the kitchen to start tough conversations with your loved ones. Loren told Kitchn, "You come out with things that haven't been spoken before. There's a harmony in the kitchen; you can talk about delicate things."
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Priyanka Chopra reveals Sophia Loren is her Hollywood icon as she`s named one of 27 biggest stars of the world and Sophia Loren's 10 Best Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes

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Sophia Loren (‘The Life Ahead’) on being ‘completely taken’ by Madame Rosa [Complete Interview Transcript] and Laura Pausini on Giving Voice to 'Icon' Sophia Loren & Winning the Golden Globe

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Sophia Loren Draws From Her Own Life for Stunning Comeback in ‘The Life Ahead’ and Sophia Loren: 'Little by little, you see the light at the end of the tunnel'

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Julia Michaels Proudly Reveals Armpit Hair At Grammys & Praises Icon Sophia Loren

Julia Michaels hit the Grammys red carpet with her underarm hair on full display — after she vowed to stop shaving her armpits in May 2020. Julia Michaels gave a whole new meaning to going au naturalé on the red carpet when she attended the 2021 Grammy Awards in LA on March 14. The Grammy-nominated singer, 27, attended the show, which took place outside Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, in a strapless black dress that exposed her dark armpit hair — a bold move that was purposely planned. In May 2020, Julia declared in a tweet, “I’m not shaving my armpits ever again.” And, she kept her word.
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Sophia Loren: If You Haven’t Cried, Your Eyes Can’t Be Beautiful

Now 86, she’s considered one of the most beautiful women in the world — Here are her secrets. Sophia Loren in 1992. Image by SGT M. Preston via Wikimedia Commons. Sophia Loren’s tears began before she was born. Her father was descended from Italian nobility, but he refused to marry her mother, a piano teacher who dreamed of being an actress.
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The Film That Lit My Fuse: Screen Icon Sophia Loren, Star Of 'The Life Ahead' and Sophia Loren Breaks Down 8 Famous Looks: From 'Cleopatra' to Her Blonde Phase

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Sophia Loren to get award from Oscar Academy Museum

Italian diva hopeful of Oscar nod for her lead role in The Life Ahead. Oscar-winning Italian actress Sophia Loren is to be honoured by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the long-awaited Los Angeles venue set to open later this year. Loren will receive the inaugural 'Visionary Award' from the...
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‘We Don’t Give Up’: Sophia Loren on How She Found Her Confidence

I was born in 1934, raised by a single mother who had my sister and me out of wedlock. My father was nowhere to be found. We lived in a tiny house with my grandmother, mother, and uncles. Growing up in war-torn Italy, it wasn’t so much the bombings, the hunger or the general sense of chaos that truly upset my sister and me, we were just children after all. It was the jeers from the other kids at school, the disapproving looks from the adults in the street; we were laughed at, bullied and shunned because my mother was not married.
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Academy Museum to honor Sophia Loren, Haile Gerima at gala

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is assembling a star-studded cast for its opening gala in September. Italian screen legend Sophia Loren and independent filmmaker Haile Gerima will be honored with special awards, and Tom Hanks, Annette Bening and Bob Iger are being saluted for their efforts to raise $388 million for the long gestating museum, the organization said Monday.