Sophia Loren

Loren graduated from the school of hard knocks to become a legendary screen star, one of the most famous women of her generation. She has worked alongside all the movie greats—from Clark Gable and Cary Grant, to Gregory Peck and Richard Burton, from Peter O’Toole to Charlton Heston, from Paul Newman to Marcello Mastroianni, from Peter Ustinov to Peter Sellers. Sophia Loren was born in Rome in 1934, and raised in war-ravaged Naples. Her mother, a single parent,… (plus)