Ibrahima Gueye and Sophia Loren in The Life Ahead (2020). (Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection) Eduardo Ponti and Sophia ...

In Vittorio De Sica’s World War II drama, Loren plays Italian widow Cesira, who leaves Rome with her daughter Rosetta (Eleonora Brown) when the city comes under attack by Allied forces.

While Sophia Loren (90) and her mother, Romilda Villani, were looking for work in 1949 at Cinecittà, the film studios in Rome turned into a sort of Hollywood branch, the youngest of the house ...

1949 – Enters the Queen of the Sea beauty contest and comes in second, winning a train ticket to Rome, where she begins modeling and acting in B-movies. Early 1950s – Is the runner-up in a ...

Sophia Loren was born on September 20, 1934, in Rome, Italy. Loren’s journey to stardom began when she entered a beauty contest at age 14, subsequently launching her modeling and acting career.