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.
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Movies (42)
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
as Self (archive footage)
2024
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Sophia!
as Sé stessa
2022
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
2021
What Would Sophia Loren Do?
as Self
2021
The Life Ahead
as Madame Rosa
2020
Beautiful Like a Poem
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Untouchable
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
as Self
2019
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Sophia Loren: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
as Self - Guest
2016
Behind the White Glasses
as Self
2015
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
as Self
2015
Tab Hunter Confidential
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Great Women: Sophia on Loren
as Herself
2014
Human Voice
as Angela
2014
Mademoiselle C
as Self
2013
Girlfriend in a Coma
as Mara (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
as Self (archive footage)
2011
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
2010
1960
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Nine
as Mamma
2009
Paris Hilton, Inc.
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Vittorio D.
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
as Self
2007
A Prince Called Toto
as Self
2007
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
2006
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
as Maria (as Sofia Loren)
2006
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Looking for Sophia
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
as Self
2003
Francesca and Nunziata
as Francesca Montorsi
2003
Between Strangers
as Olivia
2002
Soleil
as Madame Levy
1997
Grumpier Old Men
as Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti
1995
Prêt-à-Porter
as Isabella de la Fontaine
1994
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
as Rosa Priore
1990
Anthony Quinn: An Original
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Running Away
as Cesira
1989
