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Sophia Loren , 1934-, Italian film actress, b. as Sophia Scicoloni. She grew up in the slums of Naples. With the help of Italian producer Carlo Ponti (later her husband) she gained international fame as a beautiful and accomplished film actress in both tragic dramas and boisterous comedies. She won the first Academy Award for a foreign-language performance for her role in Two Women (1961), and she received a special Academy Award in 1991 for her body of work. Her movies include The Gold of Naples (1954), The Pride and the Passion (1957), Houseboat (1958), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), and A Special Day (1977). In the autobiographical television movie Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980), she played herself and her mother.

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Loren, Sophia (1934– ) Italian film actress. Her sensuous performance in The Black Orchid (1959) set Hollywood alight. She won a best actress Academy Award for Two Women (1961). Other films include Marriage Italian Style (1964).

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	Pozzolans, Pompeii, Naples, Thera, Santorini, Lost Atlantis, and Sophia Loren.(Hime & Erlin on Concrete) Magazine article from: Concrete Construction; 7/1/2004
	Eat your heart out, Sophia.(From the Editor)(Column) Magazine article from: Medical Laboratory Observer; 10/1/2003
	Kids! (interview with the cast of the film 'Grumpier Old Men')(Interview) Magazine article from: Interview; 1/1/1996

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	Pozzolans, Pompeii, Naples, Thera, Santorini, Lost Atlantis, and Sophia Loren.(Hime & Erlin on Concrete) Magazine article from: Concrete Construction; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...from Mt. Vesuvius was near the city of Pozzuoli on the Bay of Naples (now a suburb of Naples). It is interesting that Sophia Loren, one of the more reactive actresses of our times, is from Pozzuoli. That finding (the reactive ash one) was lost for... Read more
	Eat your heart out, Sophia.(From the Editor)(Column) Magazine article from: Medical Laboratory Observer; 10/1/2003; ; 547 words ; Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti, Sophia Loren once explained. Perhaps Sophia could get away with consuming a lifetime's worth of spaghetti and turn into a knock-out, but some of us cannot brag that pasta... Read more
	Kids! (interview with the cast of the film 'Grumpier Old Men')(Interview) Magazine article from: Interview; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...cast of legends - Jack Lemmon, Sophia Loren, Ann-Margret, Walter Matthau, Burgess...fabulous experiences. Talking to Sophia Loren HCB: It's interesting to see Walter...Grant, Marcello Mastroianni . . . SOPHIA LOREN: A woman like me is not usually... Read more
	Pasta: health food Italian style. (includes article on homemade pasta) Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 9/1/1985; ; 700+ words ; Sophia Loren once confessed to an interviewer that she had always loved pasta and ate it by the ton. Most women would eat tons, too, if they could end up with a figure like Sophia's, but they don't and won't because they think pasta's fattening. Well, relax, ladies. Nutritionists say that pasta is not as ... Read more
	Between strangers. (Reviews). Magazine article from: Take One; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Laing, mus Zbigniew Preisner; with Sophia Loren, Gerard Depardieu, Mira Sorvino...and the mother the incomparable Sophia Loren. With an extremely light touch...film. Remarkably, the age-defying Loren is made up to look older than her... Read more
	Monica Bellucci: from the country shape like a boot, the actress who's giving risk-taking roles a kick in the pants.(Interview) Magazine article from: Interview; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; With the beauty of Sophia Loren and the fierceness of Anna Magnani, Monica Bellucci is a celluloid force of nature. But if her natural assets have made her into... Read more
	FASHION FANS.(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Jet; 10/18/1999; 33 words ; Superstar Tina Turner, hit singer Ricky Martin and famed actress Sophia Loren sit next to the runway as they enjoy the latest fashion creations during the Giorgio Armani fashion collection presented in Milan, Italy. Read more
	Bar Pitti. (restaurant at 268 Sixth Ave., New York) (The Hunger) (Column) Magazine article from: Interview; 7/1/1994; ; 501 words ; 268 Sixth Avenue; 212-982-3300 Not long after it dawned on New Yorkers that Sophia Loren's countrymen listed more on the menu than eggplant Parmesan and pepperoni pizza, Da Silvano became the best-loved trattoria in... Read more
	Kim Basinger talks. (Interview) Magazine article from: Interview; 12/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE AN OUTSIDER IN HOLLYWOOD, INTRODUCING HER DADDY TO SOPHIA LOREN, AND HER COW HENRY As Pret-a-Porter's firm yet somehow flustered FAD-TV reporter, Kitty Potter, a fixture at the Paris collections... Read more
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