Sophia loren movie actress
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Sophia Loren: 10 essential films
Anna Magnani, Gina Lollobrigida, Silvana Mangano, Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti… Italy has certainly produced more than its fair share of world-class female stars. Towering above them all – in terms of longevity, but especially in terms of international renown – is Sophia Loren.
From her humble beginnings in Naples, Loren rose rapidly from local beauty queen to national icon to major Hollywood star. Historian Stephen Gundle has noted how Loren’s “dark features and opulent figure have long been associated with a certain idea of Mediterranean beauty” but that “she also proved herself to be an actress of rare spontaneity whose talents could be turned to dramatic roles as well as to comedy or farce.”
By , with her career expertly guided by Milanese super-producer (and later husband) Carlo Ponti, she had already starred opposite acting royalty such as Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and John Wayne. Some of her best-remembered work, however, came opposite fellow Italian acting star Marcello Mastroianni, often under the direction of actor/director Vittorio De Sica.
The Gold of Naples ()
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Still barely out of her teens, Loren made no fewer than 10 films in The most important in terms of the development of her car
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Sophia Loren
Italian actress (born )
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (Italian:[soˈfiːavilˈlaːniʃʃikoˈloːne]; born 20 September ), known professionally as Sophia Loren (lə-REN;[1]Italian:[ˈlɔːren]), is an Italian and French actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a career spanning over 70 years, she is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.[2]
Encouraged to enroll in acting lessons after entering a beauty pageant, Loren began her film career at age 16 in She appeared in several bit parts and minor roles in the early part of the decade, until her five-picture contract with Paramount in launched her international career. Her film appearances around this time include The Pride and the Passion, Houseboat, and It Started in Naples. During the s, she starred in films as a sexually emancipated persona and was one of the best known sex symbols of the time.
Loren's performance as Cesira in the film Two Women (), directed by Vittorio De Sica, won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first performer to ever win an Oscar for a non-English-language performance. She holds the record for having earned seven David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress:
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Sophia Loren
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