Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Sophia Loren
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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Houseboat | Cinzia Zaccardi | 1958 |
Nine | Mamma | 2009 |
Sunflower | Giovanna | 1970 |
The Millionairess | Epifania Parerga | 1960 |
Prêt-à-Porter | Isabella de la Fontaine | 1994 |
Sophia Loren, a special destiny | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
Saturday, Sunday and Monday | Rosa Priore | 1990 |
A Countess from Hong Kong | Natascha | 1967 |
Jury of One | Teresa Leoni | 1974 |
Arabesque | Yasmin Azir | 1966 |
The Pride and the Passion | Juana | 1957 |
Two Women | Cesira | 1960 |
The Cassandra Crossing | Jennifer Rispoli Chamberlain | 1976 |
Legend of the Lost | Dita | 1957 |
Operation Crossbow | Nora Van Ostamgen | 1965 |
A Special Day | Antonietta Taberi | 1977 |
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara | 1963 |
Heller in Pink Tights | Angela Rossini | 1960 |
More Than a Miracle | Isabella Candeloro | 1967 |
I'll See You on the Balcony | Marisa | 1953 |
Boy on a Dolphin | Phaedra | 1957 |
Grumpier Old Men | Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti | 1995 |
Five Miles to Midnight | Lisa Macklin | 1962 |
It Started in Naples | Lucia Curcio | 1960 |
Aida | Aida | 1953 |
Ghosts, Italian Style | Maria Gennari | 1967 |
Boccaccio '70 | Zoe (segment "La riffa") | 1962 |
1960 | Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
Too Bad She's Bad | Lina Stroppiani | 1954 |
Man of La Mancha | Dulcinea / Aldonza | 1972 |
El Cid | Jimena | 1961 |
Between Strangers | Olivia | 2002 |
Le sei mogli di Barbablù | Ragazza rapita (uncredited) | 1950 |
Firepower | Adele Tasca | 1979 |
The Fall of the Roman Empire | Lucilla | 1964 |
Untouchable | Herself (archive footage) | 2019 |
Tab Hunter Confidential | Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
Marriage Italian Style | Filumena Marturano | 1964 |
Gina, Sophia, Claudia, trois symboles de la féminité à l'italienne | Self | 2019 |
Algeria in Flames | 1958 | |
Two Nights with Cleopatra | Cleopatra / Nisca | 1954 |
The Miller's Beautiful Wife | Carmela | 1955 |
A Day in Court | Anna | 1954 |
Running Away | Cesira | 1989 |
A Breath of Scandal | Princess Olympia | 1960 |
Lady L | Lady Louise Lendale / Lady L | 1965 |
Brass Target | Mara | 1978 |
Along the Coast | Self (archive footage) | 1958 |
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years | Self | 2003 |
The Gold of Naples | Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit) | 1954 |
Blood Feud | Titina Paterno | 1978 |
Attila | Honoria | 1954 |
Scandal in Sorrento | Donna Sofia | 1955 |
The Sign of Venus | Agnese | 1955 |
The Black Orchid | Rose Bianco | 1959 |
Poverty and Nobility | Gemma | 1954 |
Hollywood Blue | (archive footage) | 1970 |
Desire Under the Elms | Anna Cabot | 1958 |
The Key | Stella | 1958 |
Great Women: Sophia on Loren | Herself | 2014 |
Gun Moll | Pupa | 1975 |
Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers | Maria (as Sofia Loren) | 2006 |
The Voyage | Adriana de Mauro | 1974 |
Good Folk's Sunday | Ines | 1953 |
Brief Encounter | Anna Jesson | 1974 |
Courage | Marianna Miraldo | 1986 |
The Condemned of Altona | Johanna von Gerlach | 1962 |
The Priest's Wife | Valeria Billi | 1970 |
With Love, Sophia | 1967 | |
Girlfriend in a Coma | Mara (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012 |
Judith | Judith Auerbach | 1966 |
Madame | Catherine Hubscher | 1961 |
That Kind of Woman | Kay | 1959 |
The Dream of Zorro | Conchita | 1952 |
Soleil | Madame Levy | 1997 |
Sophia Loren in Rome | 1964 | |
Lady Liberty | Maddalena Ciarrapico | 1971 |
Woman of the River | Nives Mongolini | 1954 |
Aurora | Aurora | 1984 |
Francesca and Nunziata | Francesca Montorsi | 2003 |
L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) | 2023 |
Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity | Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
Notre Dame de la Croisette | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983 |
It's Him!... Yes! Yes! | Odalisca | 1951 |
Showman | 1963 | |
La Rabbia di Pasolini | Self (archive footage) | 2008 |
Human Voice | Angela | 2014 |
Looking for Sophia | Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
Neapolitan Carousel | Sisina | 1954 |
Sophia! | Sé stessa | 2022 |
Vittorio D. | Self (archive footage) | 2009 |
White Sister | soeur Germana | 1972 |
Quo Vadis | Lygia's Slave (uncredited) | 1951 |
Girls Marked Danger | Elvira | 1952 |
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Self | 1988 |
Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) | 1990 |
La Favorita | 1952 | |
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita | Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021 |
Behind the White Glasses | Self | 2015 |
È arrivato l'accordatore | Amica di Giulietta | 1952 |
Tototarzan | Una tarzanide (uncredited) | 1950 |
Anna | Vittorio's assistant (uncredited) | 1951 |
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Sophia Loren / Romilda Villani | 1980 |
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow | Self | 2007 |
The Anatomy of Love | Ragazza | 1954 |
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema | Self | 1985 |
Angela | Angela | 1977 |
Bert Stern: Original Madman | Self (archive footage) | 2011 |
Pellegrini d'amore | Giulietta / Beppina Delli Colli | 1954 |
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self | 2010 |
And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
The Life Ahead | Madame Rosa | 2020 |
Milano miliardaria | Una commessa del bar | 1951 |
Il mago per forza | La Sposa | 1951 |
Il voto | Un popolana alla festa di Piedigrotta | 1950 |
Africa Under The Sea | Barbara Lama | 1953 |
La Rabbia | Self (archive footage) | 1963 |
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane | Self (archive footage) | 2011 |
What a Woman! | Antonietta Fallari | 1956 |
The Country of the Campanelli | Bonbon | 1954 |
Lebbra bianca | A girl in the boardinghouse | 1951 |
Il padrone del vapore | Una ballerinetta | 1951 |
Cuori sul mare | Una ragazza al ristorante | 1950 |
Io sono il capataz | Segretaria del Dittatore (uncredited) | 1951 |
Mademoiselle C | Self | 2013 |
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
What Would Sophia Loren Do? | Self | 2021 |
A Prince Called Toto | Self | 2007 |
Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 2006 |
Marcello, una vita dolce | Self (archive footage) | 2006 |
Sophia Loren: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival | Self - Guest | 2016 |
Monument | Self (archive footage) | 1967 |
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian | Self | 2015 |
Ciao Marcello, Mastroianni l'antidivo | Self (archive footage) | 2024 | Series | Cast | Year |
The View | Self | 1997 |
Numéro un | Self | 1975 |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | Anna Jesson | 1951 |
V Graham Norton | Self | 2002 |
The Oscars | Self | 1953 |
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields | Self (archive footage) | 2023 |
Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | 2013 |
Beckmann | Self | 1999 |
Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
Wogan | Self | 1982 |
What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
Leute heute | Self | 1997 |
Spécial cinéma | Self | 1974 |
Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966 |
Bambi Awards | Self (archive footage) | 1948 |
Bambi Awards | Self | 1948 |
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975 |
Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982 |
Musik & Gäste | Self | 1976 |
Lives of the Saints | Teresa Innocente | 2004 |
The Fortunate Pilgrim | Lucia | 1988 |
Was bin ich? | self | 1955 |
Kulturzeit | self | 1995 |
Cinépanorama | Self | 1956 |
Reflets de Cannes | Self | 1954 |