Sophia Loren
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
161
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
Bambi
Bambi
Leute heute
The View
Wogan
Champs-Elysées
Beckmann
Wetten, dass..?
Spécial cinéma
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
What's My Line?
Kulturzeit
Was bin ich?
The Oscars
Blood Feud
The Ed Sullivan Show
Goldene Kamera
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Numéro un
Cinépanorama
El Cid
V Graham Norton
Two Women
Hollywood Blue
Gun Moll
Quo Vadis
Reflets de Cannes
Jury of One
Running Away
Firepower
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess
Operation Crossbow
Boccaccio '70
Brass Target
Houseboat
La Rabbia
The Key
The Promise
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Lady L
Sunflower
Lady Liberty
SuperTotò
Anna
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Courage
Tototarzan
Arabesque
Lebbra bianca
Brief Encounter
The Millionairess
More Than a Miracle
Nine
Aida
Angela
Legend of the Lost
It Started in Naples
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The Anatomy of Love
Talking Pictures
A Special Day
The Cassandra Crossing
Judith
The Pride and the Passion
Grumpier Old Men
Good Folk's Sunday
The Life Ahead
Untouchable
A Countess from Hong Kong
Attila
A Breath of Scandal
Man of La Mancha
Girls Marked Danger
Two Nights with Cleopatra
Woman of the River
Heller in Pink Tights
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
Prêt-à-Porter
Poverty and Nobility
Music & Guests
The Priest's Wife
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Marriage Italian Style
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
The Gold of Naples
Scandal in Sorrento
The Black Orchid
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
1960
Madame
White Sister
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Vittorio D.
Le sei mogli di Barbablù
That Kind of Woman
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Marcello, una vita dolce
The Condemned of Altona
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Five Miles to Midnight
Too Bad She's Bad
Tab Hunter Confidential
The Voyage
Il padrone del vapore
Girlfriend in a Coma
Paris Hilton, Inc.
Francesca and Nunziata
Boy on a Dolphin
Aurora
The Sign of Venus
È arrivato l'accordatore
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues
Io sono il capataz
Behind the White Glasses
I'll See You on the Balcony
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
We Are Cinema
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
What Would Sophia Loren Do?
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
Ghosts, Italian Style
Desire Under the Elms
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Along the Coast
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
What a Woman!
Lives of the Saints
The Dream of Zorro
It's Him!... Yes! Yes!
Mademoiselle C
Il mago per forza
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Neapolitan Carousel
Between Strangers
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Cuori sul mare
A Day in Court
Notre Dame de la Croisette
Milano miliardaria
La Favorita
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers
Africa Under The Sea
A Prince Called Toto
Algeria in Flames
Lionpower from MGM
Soleil
Pilgrim of Love
Monument
Sophia Loren in Rome
Sophia!
Beautiful Like a Poem
Looking for Sophia
Human Voice
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne
Showman
With Love, Sophia
The Country of the Campanelli
Great Women: Sophia on Loren
Sophia Loren: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival
