Sophia Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in TWO WOMEN ('60). It was the first Oscar ever given for a performance in a foreign-language movie. #SummerUnderTheStars | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Born in Rome on September 20, 1934, but raised in Pozzuoli near Naples, Sophia Loren rose from postwar poverty to international stardom. Circa 1950, she entered beauty contests before meeting Carlo Ponti, who shaped her career. By 1961, she made history with La Ciociara (Two Women), becoming the first actor to win an Oscar for a non-English role. Cannes, Venice, and Hollywood embraced her, awarding her the Volpi Cup, Golden Globes, and a 1991 Honorary Oscar. AFI later named her among cinema’s gr

The stunning Sophia Loren joined us at #TCMFF in an intimate conversation about her career, the life and loves with her son Edoardo Ponti in 2015. See this moving interview, LIVE FROM THE TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: SOPHIA LOREN, today at 4pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM