Sophia (Sofia) Loren Talks about her life (March 1991) part 2

She was born Sofia Villani Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome, the daughter of Romilda Villani (1914-1991) and Riccardo Scicolone, a construction engineer.[2] Scicolone refused to marry Villani, leaving her, a piano teacher and aspiring actress, without support.[3] However, Loren's parents did have another child together, her sister Maria, in 1937. Romilda, Loren and Maria lived in Pozzuoli, near Naples, to live with Loren's grandmother in order to survive.[4]

During World War II, the harbor and munitions plant in Pozzuoli was a frequent bombing target of the allies. During one raid, as Loren ran to the shelter, she was struck by shrapnel and wounded in the chin. Subsequently, the family moved to Naples and begged distant relatives to take them in.

After the war, Loren and her family returned to Pozzuoli. Grandmother Luisa opened their living room as a pub, selling homemade cherry liquor. Villani played the piano, Maria sang and Loren waited tables and washed dishes. The place was very popular with the American GIs stationed nearby.

When she was 14 years old, Loren entered a beauty contest in Naples and, while not winning, was selected as one of the finalists. Later she enrolled in acting class and was selected as an extra in Mervyn LeRoy's 1951 film, Quo Vadis, thus launching her career as a motion picture actress. She eventually changed her name to Sophia Loren.
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[cyannj]

The quintessential actress- how candidly she speaks about her relationship.

[Hemloch]

@IDIOTES1982 fuck you

[sbobba75]

in her heart always Napoli

[CalifoniaGirl]

that is your oppinion and your entitled to it as I'm entitled to disagree with it which I do.

[IDIOTES1982]

she is one of the most overrated actresses ever