Born Sept. 20, 1934, in Rome, Sophia Loren endured a childhood of poverty before modeling and beauty pageants brought her to the attention of producer (and future husband) Carlo Ponti. Loren quickly achieved stardom in Italy, but it wasn't until she appeared in Vittorio De Sica's L'Oro di Napoli (1954) that she received international notice.After signing a multipicture deal with Paramount, Loren began to catch on in America with films such as 1958's Houseboat (with Cary Grant) and It Started in Naples (with Clark Gable). Loren would return to Italy, however, to make the film that earned her an Oscar: De Sica's Two Women (1960).
With acting skills equal to her curves, Loren received another Oscar nomination for De Sica's Matrimonio all'Italiana (with her frequent co-star Marcello Mastroianni). More recent films include Robert Altman's Ready to Wear and Grumpier Old Men.
Operation CrossbowAs the story goes, three American soldiers (Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp and George Peppard) are ordered to parachute into Germany and destroy a critical Nazi base, a delicate mission that puts the operatives' lives at stake in this big-budget World War II flick. After bombing in its initial release,... Read More
Yesterday, Today and TomorrowSophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni team up for a trio of stories about sex in this Oscar-winning Italian comedy. In the first vignette, Loren plays a woman who avoids jail time by pumping out babies with a willing accomplice; in the second, the duo plays a pair of clandestine lovers who are... Read More
The Fall of the Roman Empire: DeluxeDirector Anthony Mann's Academy Award-nominated, epic drama brings to life the glory, grandeur and greed of the crumbling Roman civilization amid a love story for the ages. Faithful Roman soldier Livius (Stephen Boyd) follows the principles of aging Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness), hoping to... Read More
Marriage Italian StyleDomenico Soriano (Marcello Mastroianni) is about to marry, but when he learns that his mistress Filumena Marturano (Sophia Loren) is ill, he stays by her side, learning later that it was a ploy by her to get him to marry her instead. Read More
SunflowerMere days after marrying Giovanna (Sophia Loren), Antonio (Marcello Mastroianni) is called to the Russian front to fight for the Italian forces. Years after Antonio is reported missing in action, Giovanna travels to Russia to learn what happened to him, only to discover he's alive. Their reunion is... Read More
Nine (2009) | PG-13 | |
The Lives of the Saints (2006) | NR | |
Looking for Sophia (2004) | NR | |
NR | ||
Between Strangers (2002) | R | |
Grumpier Old Men (1995) | PG-13 | |
R | ||
The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988) | NR | |
Courage (1986) | NR | |
NR | ||
The Cassandra Crossing (1976) | R | |
PG | ||
Man of La Mancha (1972) | PG | |
G | ||
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) | G | |
NR | ||
Arabesque (1966) | NR | |
Operation Crossbow (1965) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
NR | ||
NR | ||
Boccaccio '70 (1962) | NR | |
Le Couteau Dans La Plaie (1962) | NR | |
NR | ||
El Cid (1961) | NR | |
NR | ||
The Millionairess (1960) | NR | |
It Started in Naples (1960) | NR | |
Heller in Pink Tights (1960) | NR | |
A Breath of Scandal (1960) | NR | |
The Black Orchid (1959) | NR | |
Desire Under the Elms (1958) | NR | |
Houseboat (1958) | NR | |
The Key (1958) | NR | |
Legend of the Lost (1957) | NR | |
The Pride and the Passion (1957) | NR | |
Too Bad She's Bad (1955) | NR | |
Attila / Madame Sans-Gene (1954) | NR | |
Carosello Napoletano (1954) | NR | |
Aida (1953) | NR | |
NR | ||
Best of Person to Person (1953) | NR | |
Quo Vadis (1951) | NR | |
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