sophia loren

     

Her infant son Carlo Ponti, Jr. played her baby in the 1970 film "Sunflower"

Trivia about sophia loren

  • She's made countless moviegoers exclaim, "Che bella""With 36 films to her credit, the 21-year-old actress soon overtook Gina Lollobrigida as Italy's reigning box office princess."
  • Born Sofia Scicolone, her A&E bio was subtitled "Actress Italian Style"
  • Charged with bigamy with Carlo Ponti, she later served time in Italy for tax evasion
  • In 1961 she won the Best Actress Oscar for "Two Women", becoming the first to win for a foreign language film
  • Once nicknamed "Stecchetto", the Stick, because she was so skinny, she's the beauty who married Carlo Ponti
  • Italian lawmaker Alessandra Mussolini is the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini & the niece of this famous actress