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