Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone is an Italian actress who the American Film Institute named one of the greatest stars of Classical Hollywood cinema.
Sophia Loren was born on 20th September 1934 in Rome, Italy. She was born to her parents, Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone Murillo.
Her father was a worker at the national railway Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and her mother, Romilda Villani was also a piano teacher. She has a sister called Maria Scicolone and two paternal half-brothers, Giuliano and Giuseppe.
Who has Sophia Loren dated?
Sophia Loren dated two people and married one who has now become late. Sophia Loren married Carlo Ponti who died on 10th January 2007 from pulmonary complications.
The duo met in 1950 when Sophia Loren was 15 years old and Carlo Ponti 37 years. At the time, Carlo Ponti has not divorced his ex-wife but they were separated. Sophia Loren and her then-husband, married by proxy in Mexico on 17 September 1957.
Due to the situation, they found themselves in, they had their marriage annulled in 1962 to avoid bigamy charges. They then remarried on 9 April 1966, after their french citizenship was finally approved.
She has two children called Edoardo Ponti, and Carlo Ponti Jr. Carlo Ponti was born on 29 December 1968, and Edoardo Ponti was born on 6 January 1973.
According to sources, Sophia Loren had an affair with Cary Grant when they were filming The Pride and the Passion. However, the relationship could not last long. They ended things prior to the end of the movie. Sophia Loren then took the decision to marry Carlo Ponti.