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Sophia Loren, whose real name is Sophia Villani Scicolone was born in September 1934 in Rome; she is a famous Italian actress and singer. Also she is the winner of honorable awards of all the film festivals. Soon after she was born her family relocates into a small fishers’ city which was located close by Naples. That was the place where she spent her childhood and youth. When she was young she was named “stekketo” which meant being very tall and thin. The first step to the fame was by the time she was fourteen, when she won on the local beauty contest, after which she relocated to Rome. In 1950, she participated in the “Miss Italy” beauty contest, where she won the prize as “Miss Elegance” which was created by the noble juries especially for her. While participating in the contest, she met with the producer and her future husband Carlo Ponti who was older than her with twenty two years. Ponte at that moment was married, and for a real catholic it was not easy to obtain the divorce. While being desperate to wait till Vatica will approve the divorce Carlo and Sophia secretly married in Mexico. By the time the long awaited divorce was received in April 1966 Carlo has married Sofia the second time. Later Sophia became a sex symbol, this title she keeps till nowadays.

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Here you can learn about the movies Sophia Loren acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Nine - Mamma, Soundtrack (performer: "Guarda La Luna")	$80M	2009	$257K	$19.7M
Grumpier Old Men - Maria Sophia Coletta Ragetti	$25M	1995		$69.9M
The Fall of the Roman Empire - Lucilla	$19M	1964
Man of La Mancha - Dulcinea/Aldonza, Soundtrack (performer: "It's All The Same", "The Dubbing" (Knight of the Woeful Countenance), "Aldonza", "Dulcinea" (reprise), "Man of La Mancha" (second repr	$12M	1972
Quo Vadis - Lygia's Slave (uncredited)	$7.62M	1951
El Cid - Jimena	$6.25M	1961		$26.6M
A Countess from Hong Kong - Natascha	$3.5M	1967
Legend of the Lost - Dita	$1.75M	1957
Attila - Honoria	$900K	1954
The Miller's Beautiful Wife - Carmela		1955
The Gold of Naples - Sofia (segment "Pizze a credito")		1954
The Pride and the Passion - Juana		1957
Too Bad She's Bad - Lina Stroppiani		1954
Desire Under the Elms - Anna Cabot		1958
The Country of the Campanelli - Bonbon		1954
The Key - Stella		1958
The Anatomy of Love - The girl		1954
Boy on a Dolphin - Phaedra, Soundtrack ("Boy on a Dolphin")		1957
Poverty and Nobility - Gemma		1954
Neapolitan Carousel - Sisina		1954