
Sophia Loren
Biography
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2021 | We Are Cinema | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2021 | Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2021 | What Would Sophia Loren Do? | Self | HIT | |
| 2020 | The Life Ahead | Madame Rosa | HIT | |
| 2019 | Sophia Loren, a special destiny | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2015 | Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian | Self | HIT | |
| 2015 | Tab Hunter Confidential | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2014 | Human Voice | Angela | HIT | |
| 2012 | Girlfriend in a Coma | Mara (archive footage) (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 2010 | L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo | Self | HIT | |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2009 | Paris Hilton, Inc. | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2006 | Grace Kelly: Destiny of a Princess | Self - Actress (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2004 | Looking for Sophia | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 2003 | Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years | Self | HIT | |
| 2003 | Francesca and Nunziata | Francesca Montorsi | HIT | |
| 1995 | Grumpier Old Men | Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti | HIT | |
| 1990 | Saturday, Sunday and Monday | Rosa Priore | HIT | |
| 1990 | Anthony Quinn: An Original | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1989 | Running Away | Cesira | HIT | |
| 1988 | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Self | HIT | |
| 1984 | Aurora | Aurora | HIT | |
| 1980 | SuperTotò | - | HIT | |
| 1978 | Blood Feud | Titina Paterno | HIT | |
| 1977 | A Special Day | Antonietta Taberi | HIT | |
| 1972 | Man of La Mancha | Dulcinea / Aldonza | HIT | |
| 1970 | Sunflower | Giovanna | HIT | |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow | Nora Van Ostamgen | HIT | |
| 1964 | Marriage Italian Style | Filumena Marturano | HIT | |
| 1964 | The Fall of the Roman Empire | Lucilla | HIT | |
| 1963 | Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow | Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara | HIT | |
| 1963 | La Rabbia | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1962 | The Condemned of Altona | Johanna von Gerlach | HIT | |
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70 | Zoe (segment "La riffa") | HIT | |
| 1961 | El Cid | Jimena | HIT | |
| 1960 | Two Women | Cesira | HIT | |
| 1958 | Along the Coast | Self (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1958 | Desire Under the Elms | Anna Cabot | HIT | |
| 1955 | Scandal in Sorrento | Donna Sofia | HIT | |
| 1955 | The Sign of Venus | Agnese | HIT | |
| 1954 | Too Bad She's Bad | Lina Stroppiani | HIT | |
| 1954 | The Gold of Naples | Sofia (segment Pizza on Credit) | HIT | |
| 1954 | Neapolitan Carousel | Sisina | HIT | |
| 1954 | Poverty and Nobility | Gemma | HIT | |
| 1953 | Africa Under The Sea | Barbara Lama | HIT | |
| 1951 | Anna | Vittorio's assistant (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Lygia's Slave (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1951 | Io sono il capataz | Segretaria del Dittatore (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1950 | Cuori sul mare | Una ragazza al ristorante | HIT |



