Loren on the set of the 1962 anthology Boccaccio ’70, where she appeared in a segment directed by longtime collaborator Vittorio De Sica. Sporting a fur coat with a matching cap in Milan ...

Sophia Loren's mother had the makings of a Hollywood starlet. An aspiring actress, Romilda Villani began her career by winning a Greta Garbo lookalike contest hosted by MGM studios in Italy.