Sophia Loren in 25 vintage shots
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On 20 September 1934 in Rome, Sofia Villani Scicolone was born. With her doe-eyed gaze and full lips, this ambitious and mysterious young girl, renamed Sophia Loren, became one of the greatest icons of Italian and American cinema.
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Sophia Loren in Ritter Brothers
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Sophia Loren
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Sophia Loren in “Arabesque”
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Sophia Loren in “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” in 1963
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Sophia Loren
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Sophia Loren in “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” by Vittorio De Sica
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Sophia Loren
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Sophia Loren in “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” by Vittorio De Sica
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Sophia Loren as Dita in the film Legend Of The Lost, directed by Henry Hathaway in 1957 Photo credit: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images
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Sophia Loren in 1958
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Sophia Loren
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Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando in Hong Kong in 1962
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Sophia Loren in 1955
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Sophia Loren in “Arabesque” by Stanley Donen in 1966
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Sophia Loren in Christian Dior in 1956
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Sophia Loren
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Sophia Loren in “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” in 1963
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Sophia Loren in Bulgari at Cannes Film Festival in 1966
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Sophia Loren in “Arabesque”