Sophia Loren

Italian actress Sophia Loren was the first performer to win the Best Actor or Best Actress Academy Award for a performance in a foreign film. She won it for her role in the 1960 film Two Women. Her other award-winning films include Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Houseboat.

Loren is set to star in her own biopic entitled My House is Full of Mirrors. Instead of playing herself, she will star in as her own mother.Variety: Sophia Loren to Star in Biopic (January 20, 2009)

Sofia Loren parlayed early minor success in beauty pageants into small roles in Italian films, which eventually brought her the notice of producer Carlo Ponti. Ponti and Loren fell in love, but Ponti was already married, and the Catholic Church refused to annul the union. In 1957, Ponti obtained a divorce in Mexico, and Loren married him. The divorce was not recognized in Italy, however, and Loren agreed to have the marriage annulled in 1962 to save Ponti from bigamy charges. In 1966, Ponti finally got his divorce, and Loren remarried him. They had two children and remained married until his death, nearly 41 years later.

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• 1934: Born

• 1950: Il Voto

• 1951: Anna

• 1957: Boy On A Dolphin

• 1958: Houseboat

• 1960: Won best actress Oscar for La Ciociara (Two Women)

• 1960: The Millionairess

• 1964: The Fall of the Roman Empire

• 1974: Verdict

• 1995: Grumpier Old Men

• 2002: Between Strangers

• 2008: Nine (pre-production)

• 2009: My House is Full of Mirrors

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