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Sophia Loren, born Sophia Villani Scicolone in Rome, 1934 is an Italian actress. Sophia was born illegitimately and into a destitute family. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a pianist. During World War II, Sophia's neighborhood was hit particularly hard with bombings and her family often went without food. She says that being poor gave her a strength of character that nothing else could give her. She was very thin as a child but at fourteen, she transformed into a curvaceous beauty almost overnight. She began working as a model and had small roles in small Italian films. She is still praised for her body and once said, "Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti." (Wikipedia 2:5) Her film career took off when she signed a contract with Paramount pictures. Although much of her career due to her body, she had a natural talent for the drama of acting and won an academy award and she was the first actress to win an Oscar for a foreign language film. Sophia married Carlo Punti, a film producer and had two sons named Carlo and Edoardo.



Sophia Loren in __The Gold of Naples__.

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"Sophia Loren." __Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia__. 26 Oct 2006, 15:12 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 27 Oct 2006 .

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