biography
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Loren, Sophia
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originally Sofia Scicolone
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pronunciation:
[loren]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1934– )
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| biography:
| Actress, born in Rome, Italy. An illegitimate child from a poor home in Naples, she became a teenage beauty queen and model. Her film debut was as an extra. She came under contract to film producer Carlo Ponti (1912– ), later her husband, and blossomed as an actress. An international career followed and she won an Oscar for La Ciociara, (1961, trans Two Women). Frequently appearing with Marcello Mastroianni, her many films include The Millionairess (1961) and Marriage Italian Style (1964). In 1979 she published Sophia Loren: Living and Loving (with A E Hotchner) which was filmed for television as Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980), in which she played herself and her mother. She received an honorary Academy Award in 1991. |
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