Sophia Loren

Known for ActingBorn 1934-09-20 (age 91)Rome, Lazio, Italy

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.Read more

Movies & web series

We Are Cinema

Hollywood Blue

With Love, Sophia

Zwischen Glück und Krone

Il mago per forza

Spécial cinéma

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

Lykke og krone

Bambi

Belmondo: The Incorrigible

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

Cinépanorama

Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft

Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers

A Special Day

SuperTotò

Bert Stern - Original Madman

Francesca and Nunziata

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

Io sono il capataz

Poverty and Nobility

Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues

I Am Divine

Two Women

Tab Hunter Confidential

Marriage Italian Style

Saturday, Sunday and Monday

Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess

Numéro un

Human Voice

Sunflower

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

Sophia Loren, a special destiny

Running Away

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Girlfriend in a Coma

Aurora

The Life Ahead

Along the Coast

Was bin ich?

The Gold of Naples

Anna

Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian

What Would Sophia Loren Do?

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