Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 20, 1934
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Credits
178 titles
Sophia Loren
Biography
Sophia Loren, OMRI (born Sofia Villani Scicolone; 20 September 1934) is an Italian actress. In 1962, Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Two Women, along with 21 awards, becoming the first actress to win an Academy Award for a non-English-speaking performance. Loren has won 50 international awards, including an Oscar, seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Laurel Award. Her other films include: Houseboat (1958), El Cid (1961), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), A Special Day (1977). She has received critical and commercial success in movies for home box-office such as Courage (1986) and in American blockbusters such as Grumpier Old Men (1995), and Nine (2009). In 1994 she starred in Robert Altman's Ready to Wear, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination in 1995. The same year she received the Cecil B. de Mille award for lifetime achievements. In 1999, Loren was listed by the American Film Institute on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars as #21 of 25 American female screen legends of all time. In 2002, she was honored by the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) at its annual Anniversary Gala and was inducted into its Italian American Hall of Fame. In 2009, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized her as "Italy's Most Awarded Actress". In 1991, the Republic of France awarded her a Distinction of la Légion d'honneur (the Legion of Honor) with the grade of Chevalier (Knight). In 1997, Loren was invested Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic). In 2010, she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale by the Imperial Family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sophia Loren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
Self (Archive Footage)
Quelli che il cinema
Self
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
Self (archive footage)
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
Herself (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage)
Sophia!
Sé stessa
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Morceaux de Cannes
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
What Would Sophia Loren Do?
Self
The Life Ahead
Madame Rosa
Beautiful Like a Poem
Self (archive footage)
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
Untouchable
Self (archive footage)
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
Self
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Sophia Loren: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Self - Guest
Behind the White Glasses
Self
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Self (archive)
Great Women: Sophia on Loren
Herself
Human Voice
Angela
I Am Divine
Self (archive)
Mademoiselle C
Self
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
Girlfriend in a Coma
Mara (archive footage) (uncredited)
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Self (archive footage)
Bert Stern - Original Madman
Hollywood Invasion
self archive footage
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
1960
Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Self (archive footage)
Nine
Mamma
Vittorio D.
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Self
A Prince Called Toto
Self
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Maria (as Sofia Loren)
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self (archive footage)
Lives of the Saints
Teresa Innocente
Looking for Sophia
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
Self
Francesca and Nunziata
Francesca Montorsi
Cleavage
Between Strangers
Olivia