The diva of Italian cinema, Sophia Loren - the icon whose fame has long gone beyond the borders of the country where she was born and where her unrivaled talent was born, turns 90 today.
From the origin of her stage name to her first meeting with Carlo Ponti to her sensational arrest in 1982, Italy 24 introduces her fans to 10 significant facts from her life.
Daughter of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Mario Claudio Scicolone, Sophia Loren (Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone in the registry office) was born in Rome on September 20, 1934. After a few years, Romilda moved, due to economic constraints, to her family in Pozzuoli. Here, the future actress spent her childhood and early adolescence with her mother and sister Maria (Marianna Pia Villani Scicolone, who in 1962 married the jazz pianist and artist Romano Mussolini, the fourth child of Benito Mussolini). | BGNES
