– Loren and Jessica Lange have teamed up to raise awareness of children who are HIV-positive in Russia. (May 22, 2006)
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– Voted the 3rd most beautiful woman of all time by 5,000 New Woman magazine readers. (2006)
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– Was given honorary citizenship of Pozzuoli, the small town near Naples where she grew up in poverty before rising to international stardom. (June 23, 2005)
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– Loren may have made 100 films, been an international sex symbol for decades and even voted as the world's most beautiful woman, but she doesn?t want to be called her a star ? she said she just wants to be an actress. (September 2002)
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– After years away, Sophia returned to the Venice Film Festival, not as just another glitter-celebrity waggling for the paparazzi, but in the role she holds dearest of all: doting mom ? she was on hand Friday to promote the feature-film debut of her director son, Edoardo Ponti. (August 31, 2002)
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– British men need smart no more from Gwyneth Paltrow's barb that they were wimps for not asking her out as Loren has come to their rescue.
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– Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando co-starred in A COUNTESS FROM HONG KONG, a 1967 comedy.
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– Franco Zeffirelli originally proposed LA BISBETICA DOMATA (1967) as a vehicle for Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
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– Her bit role as a slave marked her film debut in QUO VADIS? (1951).
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– Is one of only four actors (with Robert De Niro, Roberto benigni, and Benicio Del Toro) to win an Academy Award for a role primarily in a language other than English, since almost all of his dialogue is in Italian.
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– Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for PR?T-?-PORTER (1995)
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– Nominated for World Film Favorite - Female at Golden Globe Awards (1977)
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– Nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for MARRIAGE ITALIAN-STYLE (1965)
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