#Fact1Sophia first learned of her Oscar win for Two Women (1960) from erstwhile co-star and paramour Cary Grant who called her home in Italy from Los Angeles with the news. Greer Garson had accepted the statuette on her behalf (Santa Monica Civic Auditorium / April 9, 1962).2As of 2016, she is the seventh earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, tied with Piper Laurie and behind only Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Caron, Carroll Baker, Joanne Woodward, Shirley MacLaine and Doris Day. She was nominated (and won) in 1961 for Two Women (1960).3Despite being Italian, she was dubbed by Lidia Simoneschi and Rita Savagnone in the Italian versions of most of her films.4Her eldest son Carlo Ponti Jr. weighed 3.487050 Kilos or 7 lbs 11 oz at birth as announced in the January 10, 1969 Milestones column of that weeks issue of Time magazine.5For her 80th birthday in 2014, her son, Carlo Ponti Jr.. commissioned a symphony to be written by Daniel Brewbaker. "Sinfonietta per Sofia" ("for love and laughter") was performed in the Napa Valley in 2014 with Carlo Ponti Jr. conducting the orchestra.6Because of her love for actor Tyrone Power, she saw the romance drama Blood and Sand (1941) twenty times.7Yvonne De Carlo inspired her to become an actress.8Was mentioned in a song entitled "Oh Boy" by Allan Sherman.9Is one of six performers with multiple Oscar nominations for foreign language films; the others are Marcello Mastroianni for Divorce Italian Style (1961), A Special Day (1977) and Oci ciornie (1987) (Italian), Liv Ullmann for The Emigrants (1971) and Face to Face (1976) (Swedish), Isabelle Adjani for The Story of Adele H (1975) and Camille Claudel (1988) (French), Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls (2000) and Biutiful (2010) (Spanish), and Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007) and Deux jours, une nuit (2014) (French). Loren was nominated for her performances in Two Women (1960) (for which she won) and Marriage Italian Style (1964) (Italian), she and Marion Cotillard are the only atresses to win a Best Actress Oscar for a foreign-language film, they also appeared together in the film Nine (2009).10Was the 55th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Two Women (1960) at The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962) on April 9, 1962.11Is one of 14 Best Actress Oscar winners to have not accepted their Academy Award in person, Loren's being for Two Women (1960). The others are Katharine Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Joan Crawford, Judy Holliday, Vivien Leigh, Anna Magnani, Ingrid Bergman, Anne Bancroft, Patricia Neal, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith, Glenda Jackson and Ellen Burstyn.12(September 17, 1999) Filed a lawsuit against 76 websites for using "fraudulent photographs" of her on adult sites.13Delivered both her sons, Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti, via Caesarean section.14Was 1 month pregnant with her son Edoardo Ponti when she completed filming Man of La Mancha (1972).15Returned to work 7 months after giving birth to her son Edoardo Ponti to begin filming The Voyage (1974).16She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on January 9, 1994.17She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7050 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.18Turned down an offer to appear in the Western comedy 4 for Texas (1963) and a $1-million fee for four weeks' work.19Turned down the title role in Barbarella (1968).20Attended the September 1992 funeral of former co-star Anthony Perkins.21Has four grandchildren: Lucia (born May 12, 2006) and Leonardo (born December 20, 2010) from son Edoardo Ponti and his wife Sasha Alexander; Vittorio (born April 3, 2007) and Beatrice (born March 15, 2012) from son Carlo Ponti Jr. and his wife Andrea Meszaros.22Her father Riccardo died of cancer in 1976.23Has played the love interest of a much older man in the majority of her films, the most illustrative example being It Started in Naples (1960) with Clark Gable when she was 25 and he was 59.24Husband Carlo Ponti was two years older than Sophia's mother.25Turned down roles that went to Joan Collins on Dynasty (1981) and Gina Lollobrigida on Falcon Crest (1981).26Mother-in-law of Sasha Alexander and Andrea Mezaros.27Was amongst those considered for the role of Lara Antipova in Doctor Zhivago (1965), which ultimately went to Julie Christie.28Godmother of Drew Barrymore.29Her sister Maria Scicolone was once married to dictator Benito Mussolini's son, Romano Mussolini.30Is one of five performers to win an Oscar playing a character that spoke mostly in a foreign language. The other are Marion Cotillard, Robert De Niro, Roberto Benigni and Benicio Del Toro.31The Best Actress Oscar she won for Two Women (1960) was stolen by thieves from her Italian villa. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) later replaced it for a small fee.32Being one of the contestants at the 1950 Miss Italia competition, she earned the second place and was awarded "Miss Eleganza".33Hating beauty salons, she does her hair and nails herself.34Owns an apartment in the Trump World Tower in New York City.35Was mentioned in the song "I Shall Be Free" by Bob Dylan on his 1963 album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan".36Has appeared in the 2007 edition of the famous Pirelli Calendar at age 72, making her the oldest model in its history.37Being a huge fan of soccer club S.S.C. Napoli, she told the daily "Gazzetta dello Sport", when the team was just third in Serie B, that she would do a striptease if they achieved promotion to Serie A for the next season. When they managed to achieve promotion, she explained that she had made just a joke. [June 2007]38Cited as one of Drew Barrymore's early role models. Loren was close friends with Drew's godmother Anna Strasberg (wife of famed acting coach Lee Strasberg). Anna would bring young Drew--from age 8 until she was 12--to Sophia's ranch outside Los Angeles, where Drew would spend summers with Loren's two sons (Jane magazine interview March 2007).39She and Marcello Mastroianni appeared in 11 movies together: The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955), Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici (1978), What a Woman! (1956), A Special Day (1977), I girasoli (1970), Ieri oggi domani (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), La moglie del prete (1970), Peccato che sia una canaglia (1955), Ready to Wear (1994) and La pupa del gangster (1975).40(February 10, 2006) One of eight women, also among them Susan Sarandon and author Isabel Allende, carrying the Olympic flag at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony in Turin.41Was president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966.42Received an honorary citizenship in her hometown of Pozzuoli, Italy on June 22, 2005 (she gave up her Italian citizenship and became a French citizen years ago because of legal and tax problems she and her husband incurred in Italy).43Her "Best Actress" Academy Award was the first Oscar ever given for a performance in a "foreign-language" film.44At times, male actors have been hesitant to appear with her, due to the fact that she stands nearly 5'9" and wears towering heels and tall hair that can make her look over 6 feet tall.45Was named #21 Actress on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends.46Won a Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for her work in "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus" along with former US President Bill Clinton and former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev.47Her mother named her after her paternal grandmother. When Sophia's father abandoned her, her maternal grandmother began calling her "Lella".48Her adopted surname is a slight variation of "Toren" after the Swedish actress Märta Torén.49Her mother won an all-Italy Greta Garbo lookalike contest run by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932; but, being only 17 years old, her mother would not allow her to pursue her Hollywood dream. Soon after, she became pregnant with Sofia.50Had two miscarriages prior to her first-born son Carlo Ponti Jr. Because of these complications, she had to have complete bed rest throughout her first and second successful pregnancies.51Suffered from stage fright and, therefore, never appeared in a theatrical production.52Has one sister, Maria Scicolone (born 1938); and two half-brothers, Giuliano Scicolone (born 1943) and Giuseppe Scicolone (born 1946).53While filming Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Sophia was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, Alan Ladd, was taller than she.54(September 17, 1957) Carlo Ponti obtained a Mexican divorce from his first wife and married Sophia by proxy, while she was in Hollywood, filming Houseboat (1958) - and dating co-star Cary Grant.55She performed two duets with Peter Sellers which were major hits in the UK pop chart. "Goodness Gracious Me" was released in 1960 and reached four and "Bangers and Mash" made it to the top 20 in 1961.56She did not get along with Marlon Brando during the shooting of A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), especially after the day they were doing a love scene and he commented, "Did you know you have hairs up your nostrils?".57Derives great pleasure from rolling her bare feet over a wooden rolling pin while watching television.58Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#25) (1995).59She may have been the voluptuous sex goddess as an adult, by until age 14, she was a skinny child and considered an ugly duckling, nicknamed "The Stick" and "Toothpick".60She served an 18-day prison sentence in Italy in 1982 for tax evasion.61She had her marriage annulled to save Carlo Ponti from bigamy charges in Italy.62Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1991).63Mother of Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti. Father is Carlo Ponti.64Daughter of Romilda Villani.

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