Sophia Loren, Italian actress, born 20 September 1934 in Naples, Italy.
Biography and life story of celebrity in English.
Biography, Life story
Name in English: Sophia Loren
Full real name: Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone
Nationality: Italy, France
Language: Italian
Religion: Christianity (Catholic)
Origin: Palestine
Date of birth: 20 September 1934
Place of birth: Botswoli, Naples, Italy
Age: 88 years (in 2022)
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Profession: Actress
Genre: Hollywood Movies
Years of activity: 1950 – present
Social status: Divorced
Ex-husband: Carlo Ponte (1957-1962) (1966-2007)
Sons: Carlo Ponte, Eduardo Ponte
Father: Villani Skichloni (adopted)
Biography, Life story
Sophia Loren was born on 20 September 1934 in Botswoli, Naples, Italy. She was attributed to Filani Skichloni, who adopted her after he married her mother, as she belonged to Palestinian origins from the village of Kafr Qa ‘qa’ r. Her mother was a piano teacher and she aspired to become an actress, and her sisters lived from a young age without the father’s support. At one point Sofia and her sister Maria returned to Butzwoli near Naples, living with Sofia’s grandmother to spend on them. During World War II, the port and munitions factory in Butzioli were the target of repeated bombardment by the Allies. During one of these raids, while Sofia was on her way to the shelter from the shelling, she was hit by shrapnel in the chin. The family then moved to Naples where they resided with relatives. After the war Sofia and her family returned to Botzioli. The grandmother opened a bar and restaurant at home, selling alcohol made locally from cherries. While Romelda played the piano, and Maria sang, Sofia served tables and washed dishes.
At the age of 14, she participated in a beauty competition in Naples, and was selected among the finals matches. She later engaged in one of the acting classes and was selected in a small role in Merven Leroy’s Quo Vadis, where she began acting to later take her artistic name Sophia Lauren.
By the late 1950s, Sofia Lauren’s star began to shine in Hollywood, with films from 1957 (Boy on a Dolphin) and The Pride and the Passion) co-starring with Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. She became an international film star by signing five decades with Paramount. Among her films of the period (Desire Under the Elms, Heller in Pink Tights), where she appeared with wet blonde hair and demonstrated high performance skills, and contributed to attracting respect for her as a simultaneous dramatic and comedian, while acquiring good English language skills. In the 1960s, she appeared in “Two Women” to receive several awards, including Cannes Festivals, Venice and Berlin Film as best performers. The Best Actress Oscar was also awarded, the first Oscar awarded to an English actress who is not her mother tongue.
During that decade, Sophia Lauren was one of the world’s most popular actresses and continued to present films in both the United States and Europe, represented by the top stars. In 1964, her career peaked when she received $1 million for acting in The Fall of the Roman Empire. Although a number of her films failed at the box office, Lauren remained impressive. She became widely regarded as the most popular Italian actress in her time, and was also regarded as a symbol of temptation.
After becoming a mother, Sophia Loren reduced her artwork. She then appeared at the age of 40 and 50 in roles including in The Voyage with Richard Burton, and A Special Day with Masteriani. In 1980, in addition to her mother, she represented herself in the TV biopic Sophia Loren: Her Own Story. In 1991 she was awarded the Academy Honorary Award in honour of her contributions to the world of cinema, and was declared one of the treasures of world cinema. In 1995, she was awarded the Golden Globe, Cecil B. Demyle Oward. She has recorded more than 20 songs throughout her career, including a best-selling counting album featuring comedy songs with Peter Sellers.
Sophia Lauren made headlines in 1982 when she served 18 days in prison in Italy for tax evasion.
Sophia Lauren held a proxy marriage to film producer Carlo Ponte in Atlanta in 1957, who had filed a divorce case with his first wife Juliana in Mexico because Italy did not recognize divorce at the time, denouncing the Catholic Church’s marriage. In 1962, he and Juliana were divorced in France to marry Lauren as a civil marriage in 1966 in France. Carlo Ponte, Jr. and Eduardo Ponte, finally had a divorce in 2007.
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