Sophia Loren is recovering after surgery from a fall in her home, but her journey to icon status was complicated, filled with love, drama and determination.
is one of the few remaining stars of Hollywood’s golden era, with a legacy as both a sex symbol and talented actress.
The 89-year-old is semi-retired, having recently appeared in the 2020 film"The Life Ahead," directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti, following a 10-year acting hiatus, and was the subject of the 2021 documentary"What Would Sophia Loren Do?"In 2019, Fox News Digital spoke with Loren, who said she was still"full of pep" and wasn’t done just yet.
In 1958, she landed a five-picture contract with Paramount Pictures, which launched her to international stardom, with films like"Desire Under the Elms,""Houseboat" withHer role as a mother trying to protect her daughter in war-torn Italy in 1961's"Two Women" earned her an Oscar for best actress, the first for an Italian actress and a non-English language performance.
Ann Margret, Jack Lemmon and Sophia Loren appear at the"Grumpier Old Men" Los Angeles premiere in 1995.The star stepped away from the spotlight in the mid-2010s before returning for"The Life Ahead," a feature length-film directed by her son, Edoardo Ponti. In the film, she plays a Holocaust survivor who befriends a young boy from Senegal, and her performance earned her a best actress honor from AARP.
Carlo Ponti was charged with bigamy in Italy over his marriage to Sophia Loren, before they annulled it and eventually became French citizens, where they later legally married."I wanted to be his wife and have his children. We had done the best the law would allow to make it official, but they were calling us public sinners," she said."We should have been taking a honeymoon, but all I remember is weeping for hours.
In her autobiography,"Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today: My Life," Loren shared details of the affair, including messages Grant sent her, including,"If you think and pray with me, for the same thing and purpose, all will be right and life will be good."
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