Is Sophia Loren Alive?
Is Sophia Loren Alive?: Sophia Loren, officially known as Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone is an Italian actress.
She developed a passion for acting at a younger age, has been consistent throughout her career, and has become one of the most sought-after Italian actresses.
Is Sophia Loren Alive?
Yes, as of this writing, the Grammy Award-winning actress, Sophia Loren is alive.
In September 2023, she hit major headlines following an emergency surgery following a fall in her bathroom at her Swiss home.
According to her agent Andrea Giusti, the 89-year-old actress sustained several “serious fractures” to different parts of her hip and thigh bone
Loren was taken to hospital on Sunday, September 24 for surgery after falling in her home in Geneva, Switzerland.
“The surgery went very well,” Andrea Giusti said, adding that now “we just have to wait.”
Loren began her film career at age sixteen in 1950. During the 1950s, she starred in films as a sexually emancipated persona and was one of the best-known sex symbols of the time.
Her film appearances include; The Reluctant Magician, Quo Vadis, I’m the Capataz, Brief Rapture, The Steamship Owner, Tototarzan, Hearts at Sea, Milan Billionaire, Houseboat, and It Started in Naples, among others
Loren’s performance as Cesira in the film; Two Women won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actor to win an Oscar for a non-English-language performance.
Loren has starred in films such as Prêt-à-porter, Grumpier Old Men, Woman of the Red Sea, A Slice of Life, A Day in Court, Neapolitan Carousel, The Gold of Naples, Nine, Attila, and The Life Ahead, to mention a few.
She holds the record for having earned seven David di Donatello Awards for Best Actress: Two Women; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian Style (for which she was nominated for a second Oscar); Sunflower; The Voyage; A Special Day and The Life Ahead.
Loren was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest stars of classical Hollywood cinema and is one of the last surviving major stars from the era.
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