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Sophia Loren is an Italian actress who has been active in the entertainment industry since 1950. She is best known for her roles in films such as Two Women (1960), The Millionairess (1960), and Marriage Italian Style (1964). She has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962 for her performance in Two Women. Loren was born on 20 September 1934 in Rome, Italy. She is the daughter of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone, a construction engineer. She has two siblings, Maria and Anna Maria. Loren began her career as a model and appeared in several Italian films in the 1950s. She rose to international fame with her performance in Two Women (1960), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress. She has since appeared in numerous films, including The Millionairess (1960), Marriage Italian Style (1964), and A Special Day (1977). Loren has been married twice. She was first married to Carlo Ponti from 1957 to 1962, and then to producer Carlo Ponti Jr. from 1966 to 2007. She has two sons, Carlo Jr. and Edoardo. As of 2021, Sophia Loren's net worth is estimated to be $75 million.

Popular As Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 20 September, 1934
Birthday 20 September
Birthplace Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Nationality Italy

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Sophia Loren Height, Weight & Measurements

At 88 years old, Sophia Loren height is 5′ 9″ .

Physical Status
Height 5′ 9″
Weight Not Available
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Who Is Sophia Loren's Husband?

Her husband is Carlo Ponti Sr. (m. 1957-1962) (m. 1966-2007)

Family
Parents Not Available
Husband Carlo Ponti Sr. (m. 1957-1962) (m. 1966-2007)
Sibling Not Available
Children Carlo Ponti Jr. Edoardo Ponti

Sophia Loren Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Sophia Loren worth at the age of 88 years old? Sophia Loren’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from Italy. We have estimated Sophia Loren's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

The Pride and the Passion (1957)$200,000
Legend of the Lost (1957)$200,000
It Started in Naples (1960)$200,000
El Cid (1961)$1,000,000
Ieri oggi domani (1963)$500,000
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)$1,000,000
Judith (1966)$1,000,000
Man of La Mancha (1972)$750,000
Brass Target (1978)$1,000,000

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Timeline

2007

Still beautiful at 72, she posed scantily-clad for the 2007 Pirelli Calendar. Sadly, that same year she mourned the death of her 94-year-old spouse, Carlo Ponti.

2006

(February 10, 2006) One of eight women, also among them Susan Sarandon and author Isabel Allende, carrying the Olympic flag at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony in Turin.

2005

Received an honorary citizenship in her hometown of Pozzuoli, Italy on June 22, 2005 (she gave up her Italian citizenship and became a French citizen years ago because of legal and tax problems she and her husband incurred in Italy).

2004

Won a Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for her work in "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus" along with former US President Bill Clinton and former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev.

1997

Over the next decade Sophia had plum roles in a few independent films like Soleil (1997), Between Strangers (2002) (directed by Edoardo), and Lives of the Saints (2004).

1995

hit in years, the comedy Grumpier Old Men (1995), in which she played a sexy divorcée who seduces Walter Matthau.

1994

Her return to mainstream films in Ready to Wear (1994) was well-received, although the film as a whole was not. She followed this up with her biggest U. S.

1992

Attended the September 1992 funeral of former co-star Anthony Perkins.

1991

In 1991 Sophia received an Honorary Academy Award for her body of work, and was declared "one of world cinema's greatest treasures. " That same year, she experienced a terrible loss when her mother died of cancer.

1982

In 1982 she voluntarily spent nineteen days in jail for tax evasion.

1981

Turned down roles that went to Joan Collins on Dynasty (1981) and Gina Lollobrigida on Falcon Crest (1981).

1980

Her only acting credits during the decade were five television films, beginning with Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980), a biopic in which she portrayed herself and her mother. She ventured into other areas of business and became the first actress to launch her own fragrance and design of eyewear.

1973

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1968

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1967

She did not get along with Marlon Brando during the shooting of A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), especially after the day they were doing a love scene and he commented, "Did you know you have hairs up your nostrils?".

1966

Was president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966.

1965

Was amongst those considered for the role of Lara Antipova in Doctor Zhivago (1965), which ultimately went to Julie Christie.

1964

She gained wider respect with her Italian films, especially Marriage Italian Style (1964) and A Special Day (1977), both of which co-starred Marcello Mastroianni. During these years she received a second Oscar nomination and won five Golden Globe Awards. From the eighties onward, Sophia's appearances on the big screen came few and far between. She preferred to spend the majority of her time raising sons Carlo Ponti Jr. (b.

1963

Was mentioned in the song "I Shall Be Free" by Bob Dylan on his 1963 album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan".

1961

Her English-language films included El Cid (1961), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Arabesque (1966), Man of La Mancha (1972), and The Cassandra Crossing (1976).

1960

She performed two duets with Peter Sellers which were major hits in the UK pop chart. "Goodness Gracious Me" was released in 1960 and reached four and "Bangers and Mash" made it to the top 20 in 1961.

1958

They were paired together a second time in the family-friendly romantic comedy Houseboat (1958).

While under contract to Paramount, Sophia starred in Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Key (1958), The Black Orchid (1958), It Started in Naples (1960), Heller in Pink Tights (1960), A Breath of Scandal (1960), and The Millionairess (1960) before returning to Italy to star in Two Women (1960). The film was a period piece about a woman living in war-torn Italy who is raped while trying to protect her young daughter. Originally cast as the more glamorous child, Sophia fought against type and was re-cast as the mother, displaying a lack of vanity and proving herself as a genuine actress. This performance received international acclaim and was honored with an Academy Award for Best Actress. Sophia remained a bona fide international movie star throughout the sixties and seventies, making films on both sides of the Atlantic, and starring opposite such leading men as Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, and Charlton Heston.

1957

In 1957, she embarked on a successful acting career in the United States, starring in Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Legend of the Lost (1957), and The Pride and the Passion (1957) that year. She had a short-lived but much-publicized fling with co-star Cary Grant, who was nearly 31 years her senior. She was only 22 while he was 53, and she rejected a marriage proposal from him.

1955

She and Marcello Mastroianni appeared in 11 movies together: The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955), Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici (1978), What a Woman! (1956), A Special Day (1977), I girasoli (1970), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), La moglie del prete (1970), Too Bad She's Bad (1954), Ready to Wear (1994) and La pupa del gangster (1975).

1952

By her late teens, Sophia was playing lead roles in many Italian features such as La favorita (1952) and Aida (1953).

1950

Under his guidance, Sophia was put under contract and appeared as an extra in ten films beginning with Le sei mogli di Barbablù (1950), before working her way up to supporting roles. In these early films, she was credited as "Sofia Lazzaro" because people joked her beauty could raise Lazzarus from the dead.

1938

Has one sister, Maria Scicolone (born 1938); and two half-brothers, Giuliano Scicolone (born 1943) and Giuseppe Scicolone (born 1946).

1934

Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome on September 20, 1934. Her father Riccardo was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother Romilda Villani, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister Maria Scicolone). Growing up in the slums of Pozzuoli during the second World War without any support from her father, she experienced great sadness in her childhood. Her life took an unexpected turn for the best when, at age 14, she entered into a beauty contest and placed as one of the finalists. It was here that Sophia caught the attention of film producer Carlo Ponti, some 22 years her senior, whom she later married. Perhaps he was the father figure she never experienced as a child.

1932

Her mother won an all-Italy Greta Garbo lookalike contest run by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932; but, being only 17 years old, her mother would not allow her to pursue her Hollywood dream. Soon after, she became pregnant with Sofia.