The star of world cinema Sophia Loren ends 80 years. Diva, a perfectionist always sufficiently pleased with herself, still hungry for big roles. For years, lives in Geneva. Jubilee celebrated the release of his autobiography: “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”.
real name is Sofia Scicolone. She was born September 20, 1934, in Rome on a special hospital ward for single mothers. The father, whose name received, did not deal with it ever again. She spent her childhood in the town of Pozzuoli near Naples. Has known poverty and hunger.
Romilda Villani Her mother, a pianist and would-be actress, has planned for her acting career at the expense of the school. When Sofia was 15 years old, she won a beauty contest.
“A little I’m afraid of intellectuals, always afraid that I go to stupid, so I am. Did not go to university, they did not give me any diploma, my mother pulled me out of school to take me to Rome” – the actress told the magazine in an interview for the newspaper “La Repubblica”, conducted on the occasion of the 80th birthday.
Sofia with her mother went to the famous Cinecitta film Roman town, where Mervyn LeRoy hovering just “Quo Vadis” based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Sofia’s mother said to the director: “I do not know English, but we die of hunger, and you should understand it.” LeRoy hired them as statistics.
In 1952, he chose the stage name for themselves; name Sofia turned to full Sophia and added to it the name Loren.
As an actress was spotted, when at age 20 she starred in “The Gold of Naples”. As time began to score gigs in small comedies: “Two Nights with Cleopatra” (1953) Maria Mattoliego, “It is a pity that you’re such a jerk” (1955) Alessandra Blasettiego. Exposed to them first of all its beauty.
In 1958, for her role in “Black Orchid” received the award at the Venice Film Festival. Road to Hollywood was from that moment for her open.
milestone in her career she was awarded an Oscar in 1960 role in the film “La ciociara” (“Mother and Daughter”), directed by Vittorio De Sica . After years said that with 25 years, she could not play her mother 14-year-old girl and to put yourself in this role, she remembered how her mother fought like a lioness to get food for their daughters. All the most important, full of tragic scenes in the film adaptation of Alberto Moravia played only once; doubles were not needed.
She then starred in dozens of films, including “The Marriage in Italian”, “sunflowers”, “Travel”, “special day”, “Countess from Hong Kong”, “Yesterday, Today and tomorrow. ” Fourteen films starred Marcello Mastroianni, with whom was friends very much. The last time they met on set in 1994 playing “Pret-a-porter” by Robert Altman, where after 30 years of repeated famous striptease scene from ‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow “.
Her husband, producer Carlo Ponti met when she was 17 years old. Emphasizes that he owes a great start to a career. She married him in 1957. “It was he who first believed in me” – she said recently.
In 1991 Sophia Loren won an Academy Award for lifetime achievement. Still working and says he is still waiting for the big roles. She played recently presented at this year’s Cannes film “The Human Voice”, directed by her son Edoardo Ponti. This filming monodrama, depicting the story of an abandoned woman.
Her second son, Carlo Ponti Jr. is the conductor.
Loren released memoirs and cookbooks. Love the kitchen translators poverty, which has known in childhood.
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