Q: Many decades ago, I saw a show that began with a close-up of a man putting eye drops in his eyes and then letting out a ...

And in 1960, Loren mined her painful past for deep vein of acting gold. In “Two Women,” she played a mother doing her desperate best to provide for her daughter in a war-torn Rome.

We're not sure, but Sophia Loren has mastered it. The Italian bombshell rose to fame as in the 1960s, squarely earning her spot as one of the decade's most iconic sirens.

Fox411: Sophia Loren's extensive career, passionate love affair with Cary Grant and lasting marriage to husband Carlo Ponti are explored in the new book, 'Sophia Loren: Movie Star Italian Style.' ...