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| Sophia Loren |
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"Everything I have, I owe to spaghetti."
| Date of Birth: September 20, 1934 |
| Birthplace: poverty-stricken part of Rome, Italy |
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| Sophia Loren has appeared in over seventy films since 1950. She has co-starred with some of the biggest names in international cinema, and made movie history when she became the first person ever to win an Oscar for a foreign language film, for 1961's Two Women, a.k.a. La Ciociara. |
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| Sophia Loren started with nothing but dreams and determination to become the most celebrated European movie star of the past half century. She has evolved from international sex kitten, to award-winning actress, to the epitome of the strong, sophisticated woman. |
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Sophia Loren was born Sofia Villani Scicolone on September 20, 1934, in a poverty-stricken part of Rome, Italy. Her father, Riccardo Scicolone, refused to marry her mother, Romilda Villani, but allowed Sofia and her younger sister Maria to take his surname.
When she was four, her mother moved north with her daughters to a poor suburb of Naples called Pozzuoli. This was shortly before the outbreak of World War II.
Between the ages of five and ten, Sofia suffered the dread and hardships of the war, as Naples became one of the most frequent Italian targets of the bombing campaigns. Romilda tried to provide for her family by playing piano in local rundown cafes, but they often went without food due to lack of money and the war situation. |
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