Sophia Loren
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
171
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-09-20 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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
The View
Leute heute
What's My Line?
Wogan
Wetten, dass..?
Bambi
Bambi
Champs-Elysées
The Oscars
Spécial cinéma
Sunflower
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Ed Sullivan Show
Goldene Kamera
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Houseboat
Anna
Kulturzeit
Beckmann
Attila
Cinépanorama
Brief Encounter
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
V Graham Norton
Courage
SuperTotò
Numéro un
Was bin ich?
Arabesque
White Sister
Judith
Aida
Lebbra bianca
Untouchable
Lady L
Boy on a Dolphin
Angela
Behind the White Glasses
Tototarzan
Firepower
Prêt-à-Porter
The Condemned of Altona
Brass Target
I'll See You on the Balcony
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Poverty and Nobility
Reflets de Cannes
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Grumpier Old Men
Quo Vadis
Marriage Italian Style
Hollywood Invasion
Music & Guests
Francesca and Nunziata
Looking for Sophia
Talking Pictures
1960
Too Bad She's Bad
Pilgrim of Love
El Cid
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Nine
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
The Voyage
Operation Crossbow
Madame
Ghosts, Italian Style
Two Women
The Cassandra Crossing
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Lives of the Saints
Tab Hunter Confidential
Zwischen Glück und Krone
A Countess from Hong Kong
A Special Day
The Key
Quelli che il cinema
The Life Ahead
Africa Under The Sea
Boccaccio '70
Heller in Pink Tights
More Than a Miracle
It Started in Naples
The Millionairess
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Mademoiselle C
The Pride and the Passion
Legend of the Lost
A Breath of Scandal
Man of La Mancha
Lady Liberty
The Gold of Naples
Blood Feud
Scandal in Sorrento
The Promise
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
The Sign of Venus
What a Woman!
Desire Under the Elms
We Are Cinema
Two Nights with Cleopatra
Jury of One
The Black Orchid
Running Away
Girlfriend in a Coma
Woman of the River
The Priest's Wife
The Dream of Zorro
The Anatomy of Love
Five Miles to Midnight
Paris Hilton, Inc.
Girls Marked Danger
Heart of the Festival
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Between Strangers
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
That Kind of Woman
Gun Moll
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Neapolitan Carousel
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
È arrivato l'accordatore
Beautiful Like a Poem
A Day in Court
Lionpower from MGM
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Soleil
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
Hollywood Blue
Sophia!
La Rabbia
Marcello, una vita dolce
Along the Coast
Aurora
It's Him!... Yes! Yes!
Brasiliana: The Black Musical That Introduced Brazil to the World
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Vittorio D.
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Good Folk's Sunday
Io sono il capataz
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Cuori sul mare
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
Il mago per forza
Monument
What Would Sophia Loren Do?
Il padrone del vapore
Human Voice
Milano miliardaria
Sophia Loren in Rome
A Prince Called Toto
Lykke og krone
Hollywood sul Tevere
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
La Favorita
Showman
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
Sophia Loren: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
The Country of the Campanelli
Great Women: Sophia on Loren
With Love, Sophia
